Imperial Valley press., 1920-12-28
EXPERTS HERE
FOR DAIRY
MEET T|NGS
TOMORROW
Wednesday and Thursday
Will Be Big Days Among
Imperial Valley Dairy
men; Demonstrations Are
Planned; Other Meetings.

Valley that no repetition of the
present financial crisis resulting
from the planting of enormous
acreages to cotton, milo, canta-
lOupes, etc, to an annual crop,
will ever be possible series OF
meetings will be held for dairy
men, farmers, merchants and
bankers December 20 and 30.
These meetings will be held under
the auspices of the University of Cal
ifornia, the state department of agri-
culture, the California Dairy Council,
and the Imperial County Farm Bu-
reau.
These meetings will be purely edu-
catlonal and no attempt whatsoever
will be made to gain members or
form AN organization, and no such an
array of noted authorities OF dairy
topics have ever before been brought
to Imperial Valley. Similar meetings
will be held in San Diego, Los Ang-
eles, Riverside and San Bernardino
counties. Some of the experts are al
ready here.
Meetings for dairymen and farmers
will be held on the A. A. Grant place
near McCabe Wednesday 8 to IL, and
Thursday l to $3.50; on the W. A.
Swerdferger place near Meloland Oh
Wednesday 9 to IL and Thursday /
/ to $3.50; on the James N. Cook place
near Verde Wednesday l to $3.50 and
Thursday 9 to II and on the B. T.
Monhollen ranch near Eastside We'd
nesday l to $50 and Thursday 8 to
II. In order to make this possible
the speakers have been divided into
two groups, one group speaking at
one place while the other group is
speaking at another. The next day
these groups will trade places, so
that every dairyman will have a
chance to hear all the speakers with
out spending more than half q day
on one day. At these meetings the
experts will give demonstrations on
judging of dairy cattle, forage crops,
caklng tubercuhn test, sanitary equip
ment etc.
There will also be meetings for
bankers and merchants.
In order that business men, bankers
and others may have an opportunity
of joining in this drive to establish
this industry meetings have been
arranged in Ell Centre and Brawlcy
On Wednesday night December % at
1880 p. m. a meeting has been ar
ranged to be held in the Ell Centro
high school auditorium. At this
meeting bankers, farmers and mer-
chants will be present to hear some
of these dairy experts on the HeCess
ity of cooperation between Ggricul-
tural and financial interests. Dean
H. E. Van Norman, head of the I'm
iversity farm school at Davis, will
point out the necessity of having
only good cattle in the county. He
has had long experience in this line,
and is rated as one of the best
judges of dairy cows in America.
Mr.. Sam H. Greene. Of San Fran
cisco, will illustrate his lecture by
government charts and tables. Mr..
Greene's talk is pronounced by those
who have heard of it to be exception
ally good He will point out the re-
lationship of the dairy business to
community prosperity.
Prof. r. L. Adams, head of the di-
vision of farm management of the
! University of California and former
ly general manager of Miller and Lux
has made a special study of leasing
methods and has given considerable
time recently to drawing up recon-
mendations as to desirable leases for
Imperial Valley conditions. Prof
Adams talk should attract much at
tention in local financial circles.
Prof. C. F. Hoyt of the state de-
partment of agriculture is one of the
best authorities in the state on sani-
tation and sanitary methods. He
will point out the necessity for sani-
tary methods being practiced or
dairies in the valley in order TO PRO
. mote the dairyman's income. ToC
great stress cannot be laid on the
Importance of these meetings, the
public is cordially invited and all in
= terested strongly urged to attend.
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