The Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1919-current, 1922-06-23

Prfarsi b. ~ usnss states Department
% AEutltural
A. result ~ the conference u
representatives VI the purebrcd dairy
cattle associations hs'i in Washing
too Mag 3. ~ the call of pf g. "
larson, chief u The dalry dlyisIon
% the United States Department %
Agriculture. humber of Important
recommendations uere made Cor ile
improvement oi the dairy industry
especially che pursbred daiU cattle
business Each of the brcod assol.a.
tious. Including ths Ayrshire. nruvu
Swiss. Guernsey. Holsioin.i ficslan. and
Jersey, WAS REPRESENTED hy two or
more delegates. The suhiecis % d.s.
cussion bad % 90 aiih ihr Improve.
meni u dairy cattle, advanced fcds.
try, fairs. and sales
No conferences ~ this Kind bad
been held Coz several years. and ilc
representatives expressed the desire
that this oue might result la the flr.
nation 70 permanent Organization 90
thresh out problems of mutual inisfss,
and 10 vork Coz the general bciicr.
ment % ne Industry. figurss pro
pared By the department showed q ~.
cidei heed Cor Improvement in dairy
animals and iu mailing fhe best use
% he Improved animals that arr pos
available. The average proiuction ~
the cows % ne uniisi States l. about
feo pounds u miik and iG0 pounds
% huiisrfat a year. while the aysfagr
cuW 10 sons other countries produoss
almost twice a. much There arc %
miilion xrade and scrub daIry animals
10 the county and less than a million
pufebrcis There ars tffltit Amer.
lean farms having dairy cattle. and
only a-2ii % these farms have pure
hrri dairy cattle u IL estimated that
approximately eioeo pufshrcd dairy
ball calves born each year ars not
needed Ca he farms where purchre.is
ar kept 90 TIE purebred animals
that uere registered iasi year. about
iioeD vers females ana les than
5ieo males. which Indicates that nat
haif % ne purebrei daio bulls are
registered
Rscommsnd Better slrsa
AmouT the rccommeuiaiious made
by The coufsrence sefe thoss sxprcss.
ins approval % plans Cor Increasing
the u.s. ~ pufehrsd bulls In scrub and
grade herbs. and % ne plans fur Cd.
operative bull associations as heinz
ths best kn1un means Or iisiritaiins
surplus bulls and Introducing them
into new territory Although there l.
a place in this country Or an ths
purehrci daiJ cattle nat may b. pro.
duced Coz s1ms time O. vas the con.
ssusus u ofiuiou that on expert busi.
ness IN purehr,is would help 30 sfimu.
late Interest amouE farmers 90 home
A number % questions related O.
advanced rcglstry were brought %
Coordination % sTori by AMI between
ths agricultural coiieecs and th0 hrcri
associations vas suggested. and it vas
recommended that These organizations
and Institutions make special efforts O.
cooperate. IN this counecfi1n it wus
suggested that ths various repfcseaih
tlysa ask their associations 40 their
earliest meetings o. appoint commit.
ties 20 meet with The naify Science
association o. 49, u an Improved plan
fur making oeicIal tests u cuua cau b.
WORKED out which viii b. aErscablc
o. ne breeder. the associations. AMI
the colleges that send out the onlclal
testers
The showing Of dairy animals o.
fairs aud expusitlons rcceirel a gop.l
deal ~ attention from several angle
n vas decided o. rccnmmcnd o. ne
associations that they c,ase Tiviug
money prizes az these shows. Bat
speud ne funds in uuiiinr on c'ilc-
ti0nal exhibits. that more aiirui.1n
should he Fitsn Or rroiuciion rcc1rls
in awarding prizes at faiu aui
shows. ffHt the associations rrrrc.
slrfUi should eIte morr affrli'0n in
ciuuton1l exhibits thHu.uE co., Uc1.
bonnie advantage 10 rurChrr.is iu dairy
rfuri.ce. chat each association has ri
distinct fuiy in onunccfou With tho
selection of Suitable rfrsnns tn nci as
Judges 81 thc various hrrels of dal1
cattle af fairs and shows that no anl.
mails should b. admitted o. falr and
exposliions unless they are from herds
accredited as helnr FREE ~ tuhcrcu.
losls OF in herds under federal or state
supervision. and that fairs not enforc.
ing such n rule should not b. favored
. with animals Cor exhibits
Live stosk Sales Discussed
Questions rlatiuE % private and
public sales uefs discussed. and u was
decided % suEscsi a meeting NJ an
early date u an the dairi cattle asso.
Citations with a view o. drafting a c,sie
90 ethics Cor sales that would elm.
iuats soms % the undesirable coudi.
tioua Since an excessive amount u
attention Il fiven 20 a few hirh pflces
20 ire nsglect u average conditions,
q was also agreed 20 rgcommcnd 20
the associations that they send IN o.
the bureau o. markets and crop esil.
mates Of the department regular ~.