The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-07-13
CONFER ABOUT
EXTENSION WORK
HOlstein-Friesian Field Sec
retaries and Census
Committee
HOLD SESSIONS
IN BRATTLEBORO
Men Prominently Interested in Hol-
stein-F -Friesian Cattle. Deciding How
Best to Use Information that Has
Been Assembled Past Year

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Prominent men interested in the
Holstein- Friesian industry in various
parts of the United States are in Brat
tleboro this week holding conferences
regarding extension work and consid-
ering what use will be made of the
valuable information which has been
gathered by the census committee,
which has been working since August,
1919, and whose work is practically
completed. 1t is understood that the
committee report will show a marked
Friesian cattle in the United States,
also in the number of breeders, as well
as other interesting data.
Aside from the census committee
the delegation includes field secreta
ries of the Holstein- Friesian clubs of
various states, who are devoting all
their time to the interests of thorough
bred Holstein -Friesian cattle, working
with a view to building up the breed
interests and improving the dairy
standard in their respective states and
assisting local clubs in organization
work
The census committee, which is get
ting information ready for publication
regarding the breed and distribution of
Holstein- Friesian cattle is the United
States. as well as other interesting and
valuable facts pertaining to the Hol-
stein dairy industry, consists of ID. d..
Aiken of Flint, Mich, president of the
Holstein-F -Friesian Association of Amer
lea, as chairman, John E. Pickett of
Philadelphia, feature writer for the
Country Gentleman and Ladies Home
Journal; Frank T. Price, business man
ager of the Holstein Friesian World,
with headquarters at Syracuse; IL. w.
Norton, ir., of Lansing, Mich; A. j.
Glover of Madison, Wis, editor of
Hoard 5 Dairyman; Hugh Van Pelt of
Waterloo Ia, associate editor of Kim
balls Dairy Farmer. f. l.. Houghton
of this town, secretary of the Holstein-
Friesian Association of America, also
is working with the committee.
Meetings of the census committee
were held last evening and this fore
noon in the association Offices, consid-
cradle time being spent in going. over
details of the work and considering the
disposition to be made of the informa-
ton
The state secretaries met at the
Brooks House last evening and went
over at some length the matter of show
ing state Holstein- Friesian herds at
the national dairy show in Chicago in
October and it was unanimously agreed
that the states represented would en-
ter state show herd at the exposition
if arrangements possibly can be COM
lpleted The secretaries also met this
forenoon in conference with r. G. Pol
lock of Chicago, a member of the ma
tional extension service, and Prof. w.
NJ. Rider of Brattlehoro, also of the
extension service of the Holsteln-fries
ian association.
The field secretaries here are Il. r.
thinner of Syracuse, n. Y, formerly
one of the leading county agents of
that state and who was associated with
the animal husbandry department of
Cornell university before taking up the
county agent work. III. w. Norton, jr.,
of Lansing, Mich, who formerly was in
charge of research investigation work
in animal husbandry for the Michigan
Agricultural college; Howard G.. Barker
of Tiffen o., at one time manager of
the Lyle Holsteih Farm in Illinois; r.
NJ Thompson of Chicago, who was con-
nected with the bureau of farm man
agement at Washington, ID. c., before
taking up his present work; G. f. Jen-
ness of Waterloo, Ia, who formerly
was engaged in breeding Holstein
Friesian cattle; Bertram ID. Scott of
Minneapolis Mimi, L. i. Oldham Of
Madison, Wis, in which state he for
merly was one of the leading county
agents.
The men will have lunch tonight at
the Country club and before they leave
for their homes it is planned to take
them by automobile to Mount Hermon,
Mass, to see the famous Holstein-
Friesian herd owned by the Mount Her
mon School for Boys and which is un-
der the management of Prof. T. E.
Elder. They probably will remain
here the greater part of the week.