The Holly chieftain., 1923-11-22
\ PROFITABLE SESSION

IN Striking contrast Win tne
hilarious Session OF q month ago.
note Of seriousness ran through
the Commercial Club meeting of
last Thursday. Both were profit
able sessions, each in its own way.
Prot r. j. Ilse presided. The ban
Quat, a sumptuOus one, was served
by the Catholic ladies'. Rev. D. A..
Barry said grace. The attendance
was very large, about 10 sitting
at the tables.
The program opened with patriot
ic songs in honor of Armistice Day
SO recently past. Other selections
were sung later including the clos
ing number in honor of the ladies
who served, Good Night, Ladies"
During the evening q quintette
consisting OF Messrs Adkins.
Woods. Northrup, Appel and White
sang two selections. I ais was fol
lowed by an improvised sextette
who announced through their
spokesman, that 1t was not a high
brow bunch, but only 'The Har
mony Hounds. The personel of
this choir were Messrs Sam Smith
Virgin, Rose, Fuller Garnett and
McCaslin. Both choirs were heart.
lily cheered
Max Grundy, Supervisor of the
Cow Testing Association, told of
the six years work Of the Associa-
tion, during two and half years
of which he has been associated
with the movement, The U. s
Department OF Agriculture cooper
ates with the state in sending out
men to get records of herds in the
State, without cost to the farmer
These men organize Associations
among the farmers the members
of which pay the cost Of testing
each his own herd.
The purpose of the testing is to
increase production of milk by
culling out and breeding up the
herdsby providing balanced
ration, which is both cheaper and
more productive OF milk. and by
encouraging the dairy business
among the farmers. In the past
six years for every dollar the mem
her has put IN he has gotten back
$500. = TEei I
The Association is anxious to get
the business men interested that
they may encourage the farmers
in the dairy business Besides any
thing that benefits the farmer also
benefits business.
J. H. Leonard of the Model Dairy
Farm was called on to speak on the
same subject. He said we work
to show whether the dairyman is
making money or losing it, Once
a month the tester weighs and
tests his milk and tells him the
average price of his milk per month
At the end of the year the farmer
gets certificates for the individual
COW. Today cows are bought and
sold on these certified records. 1t
Is hoped that annual stock sales
can be established in this part OF
the Valley when surplus pure-bred
stock can be moved at an advan-
tage. Dairymen should weed out
all the poor cows and. by feeding
different kinds of grain, give the
cows cheaper and better ration
Mr.. Wilson, the alfalfa man of
Lamar, was the next speaker. He
complimented the Club and said
the Chamber of Commerce of
Lamar could not get Nout One-third
as many as was shown that night
He suggested hat this was due to
our concentration of all our bust
ness efforts in one organization
He said that the only men now
generally paying their store bills
in Lamar were dairymen. He
spoke on the benefit of feeding
alfalfa to cows. He suggested that
an alfalfa breakfast food" might
assist humans" In the same way
1t did the cows.
At this point a surprise was In
jected into the program. The
folding doors of the banquet hall
were suddenly thrown open reveal
ing in the Club rooms beyond a
group of thirty boys with band
Instruments. AS the doors opened
the band, under the direction of
irector Leonard, struck up a
familiar air 1t was delightful
innovation and the boys, who made
their debut as band at this per-
fOrmapoe wara haartilV chepred