The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-08-10
DAIRYING
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However, I am happy to tell you
that at a recent fair in this city
cheese from five states was entered
one state was Wisconsin-and your
Georgia cheese took the first prize ana
Wisconsin second.
What do | think is the first step
necessary to development of dairy
ing? [ was going to say send dele
cation of men from all walks of life
to our state-investigate our agri-
cultural department at the University
and don't forget to visit some dairy
farms, and visit the country bankers.
They'll tell you what backing they
give the dairy farmers.
This leads me to the answer to
the above question the principal first
need of the state of Georgia is the ed
ucation of it's farmers. Your farmers
have been raising cotton and it will
be hard to get them to add dairying.
So l say to get the new light send
delegation of inspection. See how
dairying is done in the leading states
See what it has done. Some go home
enthusiastic by getting information
! first handed and by seeing, for see
ing is believing. Your University
will have to take the lead with its
g., various ways in getting education out
! to the farmers But the strength of
any army-it can be the best gen
erally-the best trained-the best
armed-depends upon it's second line
the backing it gets from home So
your University will have little far
reaching effect-until it gets the
backing of its bankers, lumbermen,
commercial and industrial associa-
tons. In other words your second
line.
| The Bankers Part
If 1 have been properly informed
Their has been little real interest TAX
en- in dairying until recently by bank
ers, and while some of it may be due
to indifference | believe the great. part
to be due to the fact that you have
not sensed the existing conditions. It
lis good thing for all of usI really
believe to be Jared and shaken VI
a bit at times, for then we begin to
think to the point, and that we take
action.
i Further, believe that the Georgia
bankers should go out among the
farmers, have meetings and encour-
age farmers by being willing to lend
funds to them to buy grade and full
blood cows and nothing but full blood
sires. We have banker in Wiscon-
sin who, when the farmers want loans
! figures out a farmers overhead ex-
pense and if he hasn't enough cows
to offset the overhead he won't in
crease his loan until he agrees to buy
more cows. He loans him the money
/ to buy these cows. But | caution
you, do not let your farmers plunge;
let them start with a herd of five or
six, let them gradually work in. Have
for your time quality cows, remem-
bering that it has been with the medi-
OGRE COW that we have ACCOMPLISHED
what we have.
The Buyers Market
And let me tell you bankers that
today is the buyers market. | have
been buying Holstein sires for my
farmers from dams with records of
500 lbs. butter for the year for
S125, and you can buy full-blooded
cows with good pedigrees for $3.50
to 1925 depending on test. You
will never be able to buy the quality
full-bloods at this price again and I
have been most busy to get our farm
ers to buy and develop their herds.
Undoubtedly city bankers have said.
well this lets me out" Let me tell
you bankers of the city, Milwaukee
| bankers subscribed $500 each for a
$4,000 campaign to establish Bank
er-Farmer Exchange two years ago
| the director of which, Mr.. Otis. spoke
to you a few years ago.
Bankers Should Lead
In this great work, the banker must
be the leader in his community and
should be the nucleus around which
all activities for developement should
swing.