Imperial Valley press., 1923-01-22
FIRST DAIRY DAY i
IS BIG SUCCESS:
FORESTER WINS
Event Will Do Much to
Stimulate Dairy
Industry

Imperial Valleys First Dairy
Day, held Saturday under the an.
spices of the FL Centre Chamber Of
Commerce has demonstrated that it
always gives the people of I'll Centro
and Imperial Valley something praes
teal and worth while, IN any pro-
gram that il undertakes.
The program Saturday afternoon
went off without Il hitch and TO the
njovment and interest of u large
crowd, composed boil, of farmers
and businessmen. The milking and
stock Judging contests were con-
ductcd shortly after the second sec-
tion of the program began ut lao:
Governor LugO's military band en-
tertained the crowds with an excel
lent concert of both popular yBd
classical music, and the people wef,;
loathe to have them stop 50 the n!
mainder Of the program cOnld go oG,
Governor Lugo Detained
Due to the heavy pressure of Of
fetal business, Governor LugO, Of
the northern district Of Lower Cali
forni:., was unable to come to. Et
Centro to take part in the pr0grani,
and sent his regrets and best wishes
for the success of the show.
Professor p. II. CrocherOn, leader
Of the state farm advisors, talked
to the dairymen on problems con
nected with that industry and urged
upon them the necessity OF COW
testing, better feeding conditions.
purchase Of purebred sires and elimi-
nation of scrub cattle as the inost
important requisite for the success
in the dairy business. Professor
CrOcheron : talk made deep i'm
preston on the dairymen, rs it WAS
straight from the shoulder and in
. language that all could under
stand.
TO the delight Of the audience.
Fred NebelThau led them in com
munity singing, and succeeded in
getting some real music out of the
men and women aftersht had broken
the ice by singing the song through
The milking contest: besisics
furnishing amusement for the croN,l
and e1ccrcise for the contestants.
showed that the women OF Imperial
Valley are well up in the greatest
of all dairy requisites and made: \ a
very conlmendable showing, eonsia-
ering that most of the cows wre
restless due to the crowds and the
noise @
Miss, X. Setz took first hon6rs.
getting II pounds Of milk and re.
ceived first prize of $3.50, donate,l
by j. w. Evitt and Son; Mrs. l..
Williams with l5 "a. pound. was
second, and won $5 donated by LIE
roy Holt; Miss B Fisher, third,
l3 "a pounds, prize of $3.50 donated
by Professor l.. II. MOulton Of the
California Dairy Council: Miss J.
Steele, fourth, l3 pounds. $a.50 dt.,
mated by Leroy Holt. The iud Sas
Porter, fifth, IL pounds, &a.5O do
mated by lie Roy Holt. The Judges
were LEROY Holt and Tom Elliott.
J. w. CopPini Of Ferndale, spoke
TO the dairymen as practical and
successful member Of the industry
and emphasized the necessity OF COW
testing for the successful dairvman.
Following Mr.. Coppini, sam II.
Greene, secretary manager of tha
California Dairy Council, gave his
second talk of the dav and eons
graduated the dairvmeu and the
Chamber Of Commerce ON tn. won,
dcrful program.
The FL Centre Boys Band played
several selections following Mr..
Greene's talk and surprised the pee
pie with the improvement they have
made since their last appearance.
The boys are rapidly beeomin. de-
eomplished musicians aud sres 4
credit TO themselves and their. lead
er, Mr.. Williams.
Secretary j. r. Covle, of the
Chamber Of Commerce, announced
the following prize winners in the
stock Judging contest: Judging BY
high school teams, FL Centro team
No. ,, first, 92 per cent prize. SIS
in gold; second, Holtville team No.
:, 81 per cent, prize SO ia gold.
individual students Judging, Ray
Pool, III Centre, first, - per cent.
prize $3.50 in gold; William warne.
Holtviile, second, 45 per eelt. prize
IS in gold; Carlos Harvey, lLoltvills.
third, SO per cent, prize $3.50 Open
event for dairy men, first, CLARK w.
Adair, Seeley, i5 per cent, $3.50;
second, G. p. Hill, Meloland, 10 per
cent, So; third, A. Martin, III Cen
tro, 30 per cent, $3.50. ~
The final event Of the program
was giving away +" Imperial yalIsv
Dairy Day Thoroughbred lfol.
stein bull, which VIA. Won by H. n.
Forester, we'll known III ,-ntro
stoekman aud raneher. Mr. fortes
ter held ticket No. 1873, which was
pulled from the big pail fun sf eos
pons held by u. T.. Zhn. This eyeAg
held the Interest of the estirs eroWl
while Colonel - Ziun was rellisx