Connecticut western news., 1920-11-25
HOLSTEIN BREEDERS
 HOLD MEETING HERE
Many Join New England Hol- stein Breeders
 Club

| sian ASSOclaClon or Amerlca TOT Cn0 purpose of organizing a strong New England Holstein Club, was held at Odd Fellows hall Monday afternoon Breeders of the blackand white coww from this and many nearby towns were present and intensely interest ed in the plans for the association c. E. Hough acted as chairman oY the meeting and introduced as the first speaker Prof. Campbell of Storrs college.
 MT. Campbell stated that he was really four breed man, but that since he was fourteen years old h@ had been very much interested in the Holstein cattle. At this youthful age Prof. Campbell induced his fath- CT to visit one of the best herds in New Hampshire at that time, which is the oldest in New England, and he immediately fell for Holstein cattle and has been interested and connece- cd with various Holstein activities since. Prof. Campbell stated that the last census showed Litchfeid county was strong for Hoisteins and that only two other counties in tho state have more than this.
 This organization plan seems te offer a wonderful opportunity with Holsteins already established here- Looking back over past years it win be seen that Holsteins have gradually gained. The reason for this is thst the Holsteins are naturally large pro ducers, breed that produces heav- fest in milk. Another reason is tho value of calves. A carload or A days old or. fatted will bring more money than those of any other breed Another thing to be considered is that a Holstein COW, when she fails to qualify at the milk pail, will have considerable value as beef. All of this has a bearing on why those present are interested in the breed This state, said, Prof. Campbell, is largely fluid d.milk statea The milk produced baing sold largely for Eimmediate consumption. t Some N shipped in from other states, but there are number of so-calied city dairies who cater to the city trade and it has been their custim to buy their young stock and calves from the country breeder. Last week he was informed that athsse dairymen were no longer able to buy cows offa high grade and they were forced te raise their own. This would seenr 4e open up an opportunity for Litch- field county breeders if a good sire was used.
 Some farmers say they can't .aff ord to raise calves, said Prof. Campbell therefore do not keep good bulls. but if these farmers could be induced to keep good sires they would find "a ready market for the calves and be helping other farmers to raise good cows at the same time. .E.
 Other states are doing similar work in the way of organizing and every breeder should find out all the details and act accordingly. Some of the best Holsteins are in thhm county and there are no better any where. He believed the county wxs adapted to the raising of Holsteins.
 The next speaker was President Rider of the National Holstein Asso- citation of America. MT. Rider said this was the first meeting to be held in the state and that forty-five meet ings of this kind were planned for New England. Already twenty-eight have been held in Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Massachu- setts has not been visited due to the fact that the National Grange was in session there. Six other meetings will be held in this state.
 In outlining the plans of the or ganization, MT. Rider stated the chief objects of the Holstein industry in New England. Some of the best breeders in the United States gre right here in New England and there are no better anywhere, yet altogeth- CT they are not as well known as many western herds. We have just as good men back of our association but are getting only half as much as. others, therefore the aim is for greater publicity.
 Cooperation, organization and publicity are necessary to business success. In New England we have 30,000 pure bred cattle with value of over $10,000,000. With a busi- ness of such value it naturally needs the best of cooperation, and business methods to make it a success. New England is third as a Holstein cen ter, only being exceeded by .Nev York and Wisconsin.
 The state college in every state is back of this organization movement because it means the building up of the dairy and stands for better sices. A pure bred Holstein bull has ia many cases increased the production of grade herds 100 per cent, there fore you can realize the value of a pure bred sire.
 Speaking of the Holstein as a milk COW, let me say she is the commer- cial milk COW of the United States.