Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-09-20
Government Exhibit
at National Shov

washington, Sept. ls.-The United
States department of agriculture VIII
participate In the National Dairy SHOW
at Chicago, DOT. 6 to IL. not only 10
honor the dairy DOW, but also TO fur-
Their the principles and practices Oh
good dairying. and TO transmit TO tho
thousands OF dairyrnen and farmers
expected to assemble there the most
recent results Of COW handling mix
producing, and dairy management IN
vostigations of the dairy division OF the
bureau OF animal industry, Other
branches OF the department also VIA
show their work for The dairy indus
Try.
One OF the most interesting of the
dairy division exhibits will show the
exact amount and kinds of food re-
uuired to keep Il COW for one year. A
farm scene will show Il hay stack ana
fodder rick, containing the neces-
sary amounts Of dry forage; a si!C, flNe
feet In diameter and eleven feet h!gh'
which will hold the silage neccssar!
Tor the COW. and q large pile OF ear
corn and the mill feed in sacks which
the COW will cat during the twelve
months. Furthermore, a part OF the
area will be sodded to illustrate the
amount Of pastureuge necessary 70
maintain tho COW. A hugo milk bottle
four and one-half feet wide and nine
feet high. with a capacity Of o,Vyv
pounds Of milk, will be used to Mus
trute the cows production. To COM
plete the picture q. COW and calf q lAe
type which would consume the toei
u y,,t, ~. of TX
exhibited. will be on hand The
amounts OF feed and the milk supplied
arc actual averages Of results obtain
Cd by the dairy division from prac-
teal tests with dairy farmers in north
srn Indiana. \ small milk house
wherein will be demonstrated the
proper methods OF cooling milk, Is also
bart of this feature.
viii Chow Creamery Products.
An extremely interesting and valu-
able exhibit from an educational stand
point will be that OF the products OF
the Grove City. Pa, creamery, which
form the connecting link between the
laboratory and the commercial cream
cry. These products are all mad0 10y
processes worked out In the dairy d.
...s.e. laboratories. and applied to act
uai factory conditions. Chief among
them are various American made
cheesee Of foreign type. such as Swiss
Camembert. RoQuefort and Ricotta.
Exhibits Of butter packed for shipment
to the tropics. cottage cheese, the
manufacture Of cosein for commercial
purposes, condensed skim milk in bulk.
and also a creamery laboratory in OPP
Grafton. demonstrating the actual tests
Of butter. milk and cream used In
commercial concerns, also will he
shown.
A special booth will circulate infor-
nation about the Better Stres-Better
Stock" drive which the United States
department OF agriculture will conduct
In cooperation with the state agrlcul-
turai colleges and other agencies be-
ginning Got. !. The plan is to provide
an official emblem. q sort Of certiI1-
cate. to each owner of cattle. horses
and asses, hogs. sheep, goats, or poui-
try who uses only pure bred sires, no
matter Il he or she possess only one
animal Of the classes of domestic stock
specified. It IS anticipated that the
competitive spirit will be developed
among farmers turnout the country to-
obtain the Better Sires" emblem and
in th!a way the scrub and mongrel
stocks will be driven farther and far
Their into discard.
The dominant breeds Of 1--we stock in
each COUNTY are to be determined and
4 livestock index Of the country by
counties will ultimately result from
these STATISTICS. A breed will be called
dominant whenever 100 or more Of tho
farmers IN that country who maintain
animals Of that breed are awarded Of
fioinl enblerns of the Better Sires-
Better Stock" project Each farmer
must show oonclus!vely that Gil the
siras which he uses are pure-bred ami
mails Of quality and merit before the
"d!pHngutshed service cross" for stock
men will DO presented by Uncle Sam.
Children in Milk Play.
Theatrical possibilities also have not
been neglected, as a play staged by
school children and called the MIX
Fa.rien." will be presented twice a day.
In this little sketch the fairies appear
With large milk bottle, representing
ths dream Of child the various
sprites typify the constituents Of milk,