Arizona republican., 1919-05-25
DA|RYNEN AND
 POULTRYMEN|N
 PICNIC MEE TING
Problems Discussed and Remedies Suggested-Ea Charming Lunch = Pro gram of Entertaining In terest

Speeches, demonstrations, music and a bountiful luncheon were the features of the big joint picnic held yesterday at Eastlake park by the members of the dairymen's mi1kmen's and poultry mems associations of Maricopa, county.
 The memberships of these organiza- tions were well represented and over 500 were estimated to have been pres ent. A majority of these in attend ance brought well filled baskets but those who did not, found the chairman of the refreshment committee, Mrs. W. A Wilson, well prepared to care for their appetite.
 Shortly after 1 o'clock Judge J. c. Phillips welcomed the visitors in an apt and humorous speech and as toast master introduced the several speak CTS. F. F. Van Kirk as president of the Maricopa County dairymen's asso- citation told of some of the struggles of the dairymen and the need of an organization, he also urged the attend ance of dairymen at the regular meet ings of the association and expressed a hope that this picnic would be the be- ginning of a better get together spirit on the part of dairymen. President H. 1 E. Geare of the Phoenix Milk Produc- CTS association, made his maiden l speech, he also made a hit, for in a few words he told of the problems | of the retailer and the necessity of get ting together not only in an organized way but in social way and expressed 1 the hope that this picnic would be the | beginning of an annual affair to be | held each season.
 | k. Draper of Glendale, president of ! the county poultry association, told | something of the value of the poultry l products, the worth as a human food l and touched briefly on the problems | of making the business more profitable | He read a letter from one of the larg- | est dealers in the Salt River valley | showing that the quality of eggs has l increased 20 per cent during the past year. From these figures which he l gave it is estimated that the eggs of the Salt River valley bring the produc- CTS more than a quarter of a. million | dollars annually. Mir. Draper pointed 1 out how by better feeding, better care i of the eggs and by organization that the poultry business could be made far more profitable, and urged every poul- tryman present to join the association. | Rev. Buchanan Talks
 | Rev. w. S. Buchanan, delivered an i address in his inimitable style, en- ] livening it with pointed anecdotes and 1 holding the attention of all the people | in the park. He said in part, q was raised on an Indiana farm and know what farm life is from experience" He
 said that when a boy they knew that
 he was driving home the cows by the brick bats and stones flung against the 1 barn, but T have long since learned that throwing brick bats and stones
 at cows is not the proper way to handle
 cows" He said, When God wants to make an oak he takes a hundred years,
 but squash is made in six or eight
 weeks. Building up herd of first class
 dairy cows takes years and to build a
 man that will think and sympathize l and will persist in this efforts in help
 ing God build COW, that will serve
 man the best possible, takes time and perseverance and especially on the part
 of the man. A COW is not like a man,
 for man says, I will find a way or 1 make one'-not so with the COW the
 man must give her the opportunity. 1 The dairy business is just as valuable l as the preaching business and should
 be looked upon as a calling from God. 4 cup of pure sweet milk to a child is
 better than a dry sermon, therefore
 the dairyman does not need to feel that
 he is not respected because of his call | ing. Have an aim in your business
 after you have prayed over the matter,
 get up from your knees, clinch your
 fists and grit your teeth and stamp
 your foot and say, by the help of God
 will make my dairy one of the great
 est blessings to the community
 should like to set an aim for this con-
 vention. Strive to make the dairy
 business more profitable, forst to your | self and then to others"
 State Dairy Commissioner ". A. i Bar, told of some of the rather extra
 ordinary cases of lack of proper dairy
 sanitation found in some of his inspec-
 ton work. This emphasized the inn
 portance of cleanliness and the profit
 ableness as we'll w. A. Warriner, Sr..
 has made almost a life time study of | silos, and in a brief talk told of some
 Of the advantages of building silos Captain Kenney, poultiyman of the
 Arizona College of Agriculture gave a
 most interesting demonstration of
 Hoganixlng laying hens and extended
 an invitation to all pou ltrymen to bring