The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-12-07
J. W. Vandervort Gives Interesting
Details at County Co operative AS
ISOLATION Meeting Last Night.

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The Importance of pure-bred stock
land the value of good milk, from both
a commercial and heaIth-giving stand
point and interesting details in regard
to stock and registered cattle, were
we'll brought out last night by j. w.
Vandervort, who spoke at a meeting
of the Escambia County Cooperative
association, Of Figland Park. Mr.. Van
dervort was introduced by l.. w.
Hardy president of the Escambia Fair
dissertation, and one Of the most eff
Gent members of the cooperative
association.
! That greater attention is being paid
to stock-raising in Escambia county
was manifested in the attendance and
the interest shown in the address,
which was closely followed, and a part
of which The Journal reproduces:
Gentlemen of this association. I am
glad to be with you this evening for
| the purpose of mainly getting ae-
tquainted, as no doubt you all know
that / am going to be located in Es-
Gambia county and be one of you, and
VIII work with you, for the betterment
and the upbuilding of the county.
There are so many thing that we
can do to bring joy and happiness to
one another, if each and everyone will
try. Escambia county is entitled to be
called the garden spot of the world,
for three reasons-namely: the climate,
the soil and the flowing streams Of
water that never grow dry.
Now, what part are we to do in
helping to make life worth living?
Let's make it one hundred per cent
everyone do something.
ITO begin with, would suggest that
everyone who has yard, plant two
or three satsuma oranges, one or two
grape fruit one of the large Japanese
persimmons. and one or two flower
beds, and place them so they will show
up from the public road
"And to go a little further just plant
a tree for the visitor in our county,
and when he comes along and stops
to admire your home, just go over to
his tree and pick an orange or what
ever fruit you have. and say: TRY
onei' And you viii make him want to
live in Escambia county, and what will
he say of you when he goes back home
to his friends? Why: Those people
believe in living down there / never
saw such friendly lot of people, This
little thing will pay you bigger in
terest on your investment in due time
than what 1 am going to tell you about
later. There is plenty for all, when we
put harmony and generosity first and
foremost"
Following this introduction, which
was well received, Mr.. vandervort
launched into his subject, which was
pure-bred stock and the Importance of
pure milk. He called attention to the
fact that you can never get rid of
good cattle in a county until you get
rid of the scrub bull. There are only
two or three kinds of dairy cattle in
this country-pure- blood grades and
scrub. You can take these scrub cows
and by using a bred bull of any
line of breeding, build up a grade
herd; but 1t will take longer to build
up a grade herd than it win to tear
down one, with a scrub bull"
Mr.. Van<ervort, after going into the
Importance of breeding, and the pleas
ure to be derived therefrom, called at
tention to the value Of pure bred stock
when buyers come to the county, as
against other cows, no matter how
good those cows may be.
Mr. Vandervort has devoted his time
and attention exclusively to the Jersey,
and he paid high tribute to the vet
eran Jersey importer and breeder, II. S.
Cooper, of Coopersburg. Pa, who has
purchased much of his stock from the
Isle OF Jersey having made frequent
trips across during the past forty-four
years. Mr. Cooper, said Mr.. Wander
wort. has done more for the Jersey
than any other man in the world.
The first bull ever sold for ten thou
sand dollars was sold by Mr. Cooper
to a Virginia stockman. Mr.. Wander
wort spoke of many of the most noted
Jersies. which had sold from $1,000 to
as high as $4,000 each. But he also
called attention to the fact that you
can get good registered Jersey bulls
as low as SIS to $500, three to six
months old, and stated that he con-
sidsred that enough for the man of
moderate means to pay.
In a very interesting way, Mr.. Van
dervort mentioned many breeders and
some of the most famous stock in the
country. among other cows mentioned
being Vive La France, the story of
which was a story of the rise of her