The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1922-08-18
WITH IDAHO
DAIRY PARTY

Idaho has an opportunity which, if
grasped, will put it in the lead in the
dairy business in the United States.
This is the opinion of experts from
every part OF the east who are here
on invitation of Governor Davis to
inspect and investigate the region
with a view to definite steps toward
making the opportunity reality.
Because expansion of the dairying
industry, one of the largest in the
United States, is imperative, and be-
cause Wisconsin, present dairying
leader has reached the capacity Of
her production, New York state is on
the decline, and Minnesota is lethar-
gic, Idaho whose fertile land can
support nearly thirty times as many
cows on equal acreage as can Wis
consin is being looked to as the ideal
region for the necessary expansion.
This opinion was first voiced by ].
L. Kraft, the largest distributor of
dairy products in the United States
before the Boise Rotary Club in May,
his talk being largely responsible for
the invitation by Governor Davis to
the eastern dairy experts to come to
Idaho. The special party Of special
lists and representatives Of the big
farm and dairy journals of the coun-
try, arrived in Idaho Sunday night
in a special car over the Union Pa
cific. They will reh.afn in Idaho for
a week.
The visit of the eastern experts is
expected to accomplish a two-fold
object. First, it will show Idaho the
latent possibilities of it's own terri
tory, which if intelligently grasped
by farmers and bankers alike will re-
suit in tremendous impetus to bust
ness, population and Importance. The
second object, of equal significance is
the gaining of direct information by
the dairy experts for the guidance of
dairymen Of Wisconsin and other
crowded states who have their eyes
on the west as the logical new field
for the continuation and expansion of
their already successful business.
It has been limited that the estab-
lishment Of string of between TWEEN
ty and thirty cheese factories is pos
sible direct result OF the trip of the
present dairy party, and the spring
trip of Mr. Kraft. Another point
which will interest Idahoans is the
close relationship between the alfalfa
hay outright to that of feeding 1t to
dairy cattle, and then disposing Of
the butter and cheese-an item Of
about twelve dollars a ton difference.
Hay sold for four dollars ton, is
Cd I0l1 tn dot
ducts.
Tremendous publicity for the south
ern Idaho region will be direct re-
suit of the visit Of the eastern ex-
perts. Included among them Is j.. H.
Frandsen, formerly professor at the
University Of Idaho, and now dairy
editor of the Cappers Farm Press, re-
presenting the Nebraska Farm Jour-
nal, Kansas Farmer, Cappers Farmer,
Missouri Ruralist, Oklahoma Farmer,
Ohio Farmer, Pennsylvania Farmer
and Michigan Farmer, all Capper pub
locations with a circulation running
into the millions.
Kirk Fox, Waterloo, Iowa. repre-
sents the Dairy Farmer, another ag-
ricultural publication Of tremendous
circulation. The Union Pacific Sys-
tenn has installed in the special car
which brought the party west news
bureau complete even to news photo
graphic darkroom for the accommo-
dation of correspondents accompany
ing the party, and to serve the wes-
tern press.
r. A. Smith, supervisor Of agricul
ture of the Union Pacific System, his
assistant, C. c. GigsouX, and Joel l.
Priest, general agent of the system
for Idaho are also aiding in the worl
of the party.
Others are as follows:
Fl. G. Searles, head Of dairy hus