The Ordway new era., 1920-11-12
Scientific Dairyiing
Brings Returns


October thousands of men and women
came to pay tribute and praise. Her
bovine majesty, the dairy cow. and
her consort, the dairy bull, receiv-
ed the honors. ~
The vent was the National Dair-
Show. So important has this dis
play of dairy cattle. of equipment,
and of information become that the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture is regular participant.
Fifteen Government Booths.
This year at Is booths and exhibits
in charge of Government specialists
the public received information on
its problems. Dairymen learned how
to improve their methods of feeding
and breeding, to obtain more milk
from their COWS, and maintain them
more economically. They learned
how to control the eradicate cattle
diseases. They obtained useful facts
by! which to judge the trend of mar
kets.
One feature of the Government Ex-
hibit was a Swiss-cheese factory in
actual operation. Here, far from the
original home of Swiss cheese, ex-
perts demonstrated that high quail
ity of this popular variety can be
made practically anywhere in the
United States when good milk is OBJ
tainable and methods developed by
the department are used.
But more interesting perhaps than
the exhibits themselves were the in
stances in which visitors obtained
from them specific help or clearer
understanding of dairy matters.
81 have always known that good
results in the dairy business depend
ed on good cows" one visitor re-
ynA II fhnnUlt
bulls had so much to do with it.
This comment followed the examina-
tion of pictures in Government exhib-
its dealing with cow-testing associa-
tions, bull associations, and the
Better Sires-Better Stock" cam
paign. One of the pictures showed
how a dairyman who used a good bull
obtained 5 heifers which gave on an
average, in a year, 944 pounds of
milk more than their dams. This
means that the owner received about
400 pounds more milk from them
than he would have obtained II the
bull had been no better than the orig
inal COW. -~-~
Many visitors were surprised at
the real and permanent prosperity
which the dairy business brings. For
the last six years the United States
Department of Agriculture has help
ed to develop dairying at Grove City.
Pa. Atzthe outset there were no
farm organizations and no dairy pro-
) ,dncts were prod 1ced in excess u To-
cal needs. To-day there are four
breeders.s associations and clubs, 387
tubercuiin-test herds. and within the
last yeargthe community shipped out
more than half million dollars
worth Of dairy products.
At the invitation OF the Govern
ment, the cashier of one OF the banks
o: Grove City presided over . boon
at the Dairy Show to explain how the
growing industry is being financed.
For that is big problem now that
the creamery there is drawing bus:-
r.ts from a radius of 15 miles as
compared with miles in 1914.
This is interesting, remarked cne
visitor who had merely glanced at
the booths presenting these facts.
but do you think such community
will ever really exist?" In reply ::,e
banker assured him that the exhibits
were models of a reality. Then he
showed the visitor photographs of the
farms. herds of cattle. the creamery
End the actual products going to mar
kst, also records of production wnicI.
though official, seemed fairy-like to
a person who had farmed in the old
way for years without getting mich
for his toll. The real purpose OF the
Dairy Show is to lessen drudge Y.
improve cattle and farms, make th..
distribution. of dairy products dtrnc:
and inexpensive, and to show the pub
lie that such products not only are
pure foods but economical and neccS-
s"r'y to human life.
Example of Market Service.
How government work smooths out
wrinkles that appear SO often in large
markets is illustrated by the expert
ence of a butter buyer in Philadelphia
old at the show. He had purchased
carload of butter from a dealer in
Chicago. but on arrival some OF the
butter appeared to be below the spec
flied grade. The Chicago dealer con-
tended, on the other hand. that it was
not. So the services of the Govern
ment market inspector were proour-
ed. The inspector examined the but
ter where 1t was held in Philadelphia
and on the basis of his decision the
buyer and seller came to terms
In discussing the incident with a
Federal market expert at the Dairy
Show, the Philadelphia buyer yex-
pressed his satisfaction with the ser
vice rendered. You could have had
even better service than that the
Government man replied. THE next
time you ought to have the butter in
spected at Chicago before it is ship
ped. Then you will know exac-.y
what you are getting. avoid concro
versy, and prevent the need for ad
justment later. We have a man al
Chicago and other large markets for
doing just that work"
Those are just few incidents in
which visitors learned more abu. |
the Department of Agriculture onI
the work it is doing for the public. |
The exhibits told most of the story, |
while those In charge OF each display
gave additional facts. Mingling with