The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-05-02
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Wnlcn casts veil over the future IT we had the power to lift the curtain, fear that it would but add to the dread of what is to come.
 
 l have frequently remarked on what a train ofNcircumstances came tome De- cause one day some five years ago casually accepted an invitation of my good friend. George Bondurant, to go to a sale of Jerseys out at Bob Bells place at Fulton Springs.
 
 It was a lovely day and George hav- ing an extra seat I asked him to let me take my namesake along, little know ing that at the sight of the cows and under the hypnotic fascination of the auctioneers voice that he would have a compelling desire to come into the possession of a walking milk wagon.
 But as little as I was prepared for the eagernesB with which he longed for a certain demure looking Jersey with the euphonious name of Islay May, I was still less prepared for the state of mind which in a moment of weak ness led me to purchase the only kind of animal for which I had always had a perfect aversion which amounted to an obsession.
 From my childhood up I had never drank sweet milk Buttermilk had the power to drive me away from the table. Clabber seemed to be an invention of H., T and there was no odor so offensive to my nostrils as that exhaled from a barn while cows were being milked. It was just one of those unaccountable preju- dices which at times takes hold on some of uIa
 l am rehearsing all this to show that while a man may be held in the grip of a great personal dislike for a certain industry, yet it's possible for him to be- come greatly interested in it from a. public standpoint. This has been so in my case in regard to dairying. for it is well known that for some years I have kept my pen busy and my tongue wag- ging in boosting the dairy COW and her products.
 But my reward has come. I have just been notified that have been made an honorary member of the Alabama Jer- sey Cattle club, duly certified to by President c. D. Shuptrine, and Secre- tary Bob Bell, with all the rights Qn- cluding attendance upon banquets and ol rSx ments.' am now a full-fledged Jer- seyite just as much as Hugh Praytor, John Dunnaway and certain other fan cers of the island breed.
 I hate to own it. but when my boy Proctor was ordered to Florida for the winter and my wife and namesake went with him it became necessary to close up my house and dispose of the COW. I sent lslay May and her daughter, Ar mistice Morn, being so named as she opened her dark eyes on that momen- tous dawn, up to the Liberty Farms, near Trussville, owned by my friends. Hugh Praytor and Bob Jemison IT, to be cared for until the return of my people.
 Hugh being one of the best breeders in the state and knowing good COW when he saw one, got his eyes glued on Islay May and her daughter to such an extent that he coveted them to the extent that he persuaded me to sell them to him. After family counsel it fin 1x, that <, thing to do under the circumstances, as the boys had to be in school and it was hard enough to get them off in time during the winter without thinking of making them do the milking.
 Every housekeeper knows 1t meant the loss of cook, and I had vowed a solemn oath that never would my fingers be used for the purpose of milk ing, and, furthermore, I had served mo- tice from the start that I was to be ex- cused from either feeding or watering her. It was all duly set out in the orig inal contract by which stle became member of the family. These conditions which I had stood solidly upon had much to do in Islay Mays getting a new owner.
 l also had a curiosity to know just what she would do under proper hand- ling, as she was a register of merit COW, with a pedigree that any member of the Jersey race might well be proud of, and knew that under the treatment | cbo was not shedding any lustre upon her. self or her sire or mother. This desire upon my part has been more than real ized, for Hugh Praytor has brought her out wonderfully and counts her among his very best and he has some noted prize winners in his most excellent herd. Armistice Morn is also showing some form with her first calf and prom ises to shed glory on Islay May and her sire, owned by the Liberty Farms. !.
 But enough of my personal venture into the COW kingdom. I sat down to tell about the second annual meeting which will be held here at the Chamber of Commerce at l p. m Monday, May 17. It promises to be one of great impor- tance, for the subject of getting field man for the south will come up. There will be a fine programme, as men from Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi and Flor ida will be present to discuss the live topics confronting the association.
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 The banquet on the evening of Mon-