Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1920-10-22
HOLSTEIN men
TALK BUSINESS
Officials Tell of Cooperative
Plan for New England
Big Development Past Few Years
Field Representative TO Devote Time
to New England Unit

Field Representative to Devote Time
to New England Unit
With n view to cementing the New
England states into a unit in the HOl-
stein Fricsian cattle industry for the
purpose of employing field agent and
possibly two or three agents as the bust
ness develops. n series of ~ meetings of
owners of IIosteins was begun in Wind
ham county Wednesday, the first being
held in Bellows Falls in the afternoon
and the second in Brattleboro that eve
ming. They were addressed by the lead
ing officials of the HOlsten-Fricsian As
ISOLATION of America. whose headquar-
ters are located in Brattlcboro, and of
the extension service of the association.
and the result was to convince the own
crs present that they were not realiz-
ing the benefit which they might derive
through cooperation under efficient
leadership. Thus convinced, many of
them signed membership agreements.
promising to pay membership fees for
three years on the basis of the number
of IIolstcin cattle owned by them.
+. l.. Parmalee of Putney, president
of the Windham county branch of the
New England Producers association,
presided and presented Frederick l..
Houghton of Brattleboro, secretary of the
Holsten- Fricsian Association of Ameri-
ca, as the first speaker. Mr.. Hough-
ton spoke but briefly, stating some facts
to show the Importance of the local of
citation employed about 40 persons here.
that the income last year was about
S155,000 and that the daily bank de-
posts were about $1,000. The 800, 1000
lIolstein cattle in the United States sup
ply from 60 to so per cent of the milk
of the country. Fifty per cent of the
tremendous spread of the industry has
FOL al IN
years. Mr.. Houghton touched upon the
fact that few people realize the food
value of milk.
This fast fact was further emphasized
by Prof I. +. Elder of Mount IIermon
school, which owns valuable Holstein
herd. Prof. Elder is secretary of the
New England IIolstein club He stated
that in France during the war the lack
of milk was reflected in the underfed ap-
pearance of children and others, and he
asserted that in this country there were
sections where milk was so scarce that
it was regarded as luxury, New Eng
| land. he said, was natural geogrophi-
cal unit and should be made the Hol-
stein center of the country.
| The president of the national aSsocia-
ton. ID. ID. Aitkcn of Flint, Mich.
made the principal address, first paying
state. He said the scenic coloring was
"the greatest panorama l ever beheld,
and declared that lit would be childish fol
Zone to attempt to describe it,
/ He mentioned the Importance of co
operation and the necessity. of an organ
ization to bring it about. Other business
Industries realize these things and the
Holstein industry can take advantage of
/ the experience of others. Correct feeding
| is one important matter that can be
brought about through proper supervision.
In Texas there are more cows than in any
ctofn IN, tln Trin
sin and New York. but they are good only
for beef because "the breeders there have
no more conception of the proper method
! of feeding than goose has of the rudi-
mentS of astronomy" President Aitken
told the cattle owners that if they would
dispose of one third of their cows and
feed half those cows were getting to the
amount now fed to those two-thirds they
would make more money than they were
now getting from their entire herds.
President Aitken. referring to the food
value of milk products, told of the asso-
cations success in getting cheese in
cluded as part of the rations of the
American soldiers in the World war for
the first time in Americas history. Col
Goethals, head of the commissary depart
ment, turned down the idea because he
did not appreciate the food value of
cheese and because he thought the scope
of the rations was already wide enough,
but Mr.. Hoover. who knew something
about food, succeeded in getting it adj
mitted.
People write President Aitken to know
where they can buy lIolstein cattle, but
in justice to his position he cannot refer
them to individuals. He can refer them.
however. to the head of the geographical
unit to which they naturally would go,
hence the Importance of organization.
Vermont, cannot compete with the West
in raising corn, wheat or beef. but it is
well equipped for dairying and has every
thing needed in the way of financial adj
vantages. The important question is that
of marketing, which can best be solved
through cooperation.
The last speaker was r. c. Pollock of
Chicago, representing the extension SER
vice, who gave emphasis to the value of
publicity. He drew incidents from his
own experience AS Il former county agent
and county agent leader to show the adj
yantages of cooperation, and this he did
in very effective way. Membership
blanks were then distributed by Prof. w.
NJ. Rider of Brattleboro, representing the
extension service