Manchester Democrat., 1921-10-05
DAIRY cow BEST ASSET FOR
FARMERS

Delaware County Butter took the
gold medal premium for butter at the
Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia
in. 1875. That called attention to the
fact that Iowa might become a dairy
state. For number of years there
alter Delaware County stood at the
head of the butter producing counties
OF the state. At one time there were
upwards of 80 creameries in this coun-
ty. Then an evil influence fell upon
us. The Stock buyers at the stock
yards in Chicago preferred to have our
farmers raise fat cattle rather than
Galry CattleA They thought that there
was more money for them in fat cat
tie They and their hired men never
lost an opportunity to knock on dairy
bred COWS. Their knocking had its
effect and Delaware County lost its
place at the head OF tine dairy produc-
Ing couniles of the State. But our
farmers are beginning to discover the
mistake they made trying to run fat
cattle ds;ries.
The interest taken III the Dairy Cat
tie Congress at Waterloo is positive
proof that our dairy men have learned
their Lesson in the. hard school of ex-
perience. where the teacher was wont
TO rap their knuckles, and will in the
years to come profit by what they
nave learned, s
We extract the following from the
Waterloo Times-Tribune:
"The dairy COW during the next
few years will speak for herself and
will become planted over the agri-
cultural map of the United States
as the best and surest form of in
come to the farmers of the county. :
With these words Prof. j. A. Nc
Lean, national dairy authority,
suggested the theme of the State
Dairy association at their annual
banquet at the Hotel Russel-Lam-
son last evening. Mr.. Mclean also
went on to say that "the dairy cow
and the dairy industry is going to
grow and grow and grow every day
and every year and that we will not
be able to stop it."
J. Fl. Cleverly, of Maxwell, Iowa,
president of the association, admit
ted that he was astonished at the
crowds attending the Dairy Cattle
Congress and took this as good
omen that the dairy COW and the
tributary interests were largely
coming into their own. Mr.. Clev-
erly recalls the time a few years
ago, when farm products were at
the peak of their prices, that a
number of farmers told him that
they wouldn't sit under a COW to
make their living, but, who would
now trade all they had for a dozen
good dairy cows. Farmers are be-
coming aware of the futility OF
raising beef cattle that sell at SS.15
per cwt. and in casting about for a
surer and steadier source of income
have decided that the dairy indus
try is the one which will provide
him with ready money at all times.
w. H. Barney, one of the Oldest and
best known men connected with the
dairy industry, supplied some sta
tistics which he said have had a
large part in influencing the farm
ers to change to dairying. In 1913
when beef was at it's highest price
of 1855 per cwt. butter was selling
at sac pei pound, now when beef has
fallen to SS.75 per cwt. or almost
hall of its 1919 price, butter was de-
fated to 42c per pound or just Is per
cent below its price for the same per-
iod, the decline in butter is not in
proportion to the fall of the price of
beef
e. A. Wentworth, secretary of
the state dairy council. told of the
time during the depression of '93
and "a when some farmers realiz-
ing that beef cattle did not pay, start
ed the first cooperative creameries
and that since that time small
group of wide awake men who knew
thai dairying was the better pay
ing of the two industries have been
preaching the gospel to the farmers
of Iowa to raise dairy cows.
w. w. Marsh, one of the first
advocaters of the dairying industry
IN Iowa, was the final speaker of the
evening. He told of the growth of
the present Dairy Cattle Congress-