Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-10-28
ENTERTAIN DAIRYMEN.

Thirty-five or more members of the
Eastern Panhandle Cow Testing As
ISOLATION, along with DIR. H. o. Hen
derson, a dairy specialist from the
the West Virginia University; and DR..
E. F. Burton, of the Dairy Division of
the Department of Agriculture, Wash
ington, besides County Farm Agent
Paul Teal, of Berkeley county, and G.
A. Hughes, Jefferson county's live
wire Farm Demonstration, were guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar D. Conklyn at
Wheatland Saturday afternoon. Mr..
Conklyn is President of the Assocla-
ton.
The first feature of the program was
business meeting of the association.
Prices of dairy products, and dairy
feeds were discussed. 1t was agreed
as a basis on which to calculate the
cost of producing milk that the. fol-
lowing prices of homegrown feeds
should be allowed for the next six
months. Silage, $500 a ton; fodder,
$40 a ton, and alfalfa, $50 ton.
In the talks that followed the busl-
ness meeting the dairymen were told
some gratifying facts. DR.. Burton,
for instance, gave them the informa-
ton that the Eastern Panhandle herds
had the highest average production,
with one exception, of all the testing
associations east of Ohio. The one
association with better record than
the local organization is in New Jer-
sew. A close second to the Eastern
Panhandle Association is located in
Vermont.
Most impressive figures were pre-
sented by DIR. Henderson in statistics
taken from. the records of the Eastern
Panhandle Association for the year
ending August /. These showed the
importance of breeding as well as feed
ing in the dairy industry.
An accurate record of the cost OF
feed and the returns from the milk
Yields of 134 cows were kept through
out the year. The average production
of butterfat for the period was 269.2
mounds. the best herd making an aver
age of 374.6 pounds while the lowest
was 1894 pounds The cost of feed
varied widely. 1t varied from $50 to
sol a head. The profit on each cow
above the cost of her feed likewise
varied. running from $82.53 to S294.51.
| The average profit for each COW IN
the association was $128.20. The feed
cost to produce each pound of butter
fat was 261a cents. Ten OF the best
milk producers in the association
showed a profit of S224.51 each over
the cost of their feed. Ten of the
poorest milk producers made a profit
of S63.74 each for their owners above
the cost of feed. Another interesting
fact disclosed by the report is that
the poorest mixers got the least guam
tity of feed. Their feed cost an aver
age of S59.07, while the feed for the
ten best mixers was $87.55 each. Of
the ten best mixers in the Association
three are owned by President Conkly.n,
three by C. J. Cavalier & Son; one by
Mcdonald Brothers; one by l. ID. Van
meter; one by j. G. Debaugh, and one
by J. H. Staley.
At the conclusion of the addresses
of Drs. Henderson and Burton, mem
bers of the Association called on form
er County Commissioner Daniel Hef1e'
bower for a talk. The former com
missioner was in good trim, and tool
occasion to criticise the increase in tht
tax rate, declaring that the county. j:
being lead into an extravagant policy
of road making by forming a part
Inership with the State and Fedora
Governments. The alliance was SUR
to cause general dissatisfaction among
taxpayers, he said, and steady IN
crease in the tax-rate means confsca
ton of property in the end.