The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1927-06-30
Form Local Company
TO Secure Finances
for Farmers
Want More Checks
Dairy Industry to be Civ
en- Boost in This Section
-Chaffee Speaker

The meeting last Friday night
q discuss more and better cows
vss well attended, every available
chair in the Commercial club
rooms being occupied by an inter
ested farmer or business man. p.
G. Warnock, the chairman of the
committee appointed by the Com
mercial club presided, and makes
the following report:
Stephen Chaffee of Sunnyside
made the principal speech of the
evening. Two farmers said after
the meeting that it was the best
speech on the subject that they
had ever heard. He showed the
record of Ames Agricultural. They
secured grade (scrub) cows and
crossed them with blooded pedi-
creed stock with a notable in
crease in butterfat production.
Two things must be remembered
according to Mr.. Chaffee, first,
that butterfat production in thoro-
breds runs from 400 lbs. to 1900
lbs. and in certain isolated cases
higher than that; second, that it
costs as much to keep a scrub and
perhaps more than thorobred cat
tie.
Dairy cattle contribute $4,000
900 annually to the wealth of the
state of Washington. The average
yield per cow is the highest of
any state in the Union.
The value, of dairy products for
1924 in Benton county was $324,-
266. And the total number of
dairy cows that year 1900.
The cities are now without an
adequate milk supply and it will
be only a short time until milk will
be shipped in specially adapted
thermos tank cars. This is being
done now to supply Portland and
Seattle, using automobile tanks.
Faft after fact, all interesting
IN the extreme, were brought to
attention at the meeting and space
here will not permit enumerating.
Byron D. Thompson, director of
the Federal Land Bank of Spokane
gave us to understand that the
bank was behind US in our endeav-
OF and would do anything that the
law would permit and would favor
this district because it needed help
Just at this time.
An organization was immediate
" formed to be called for the pres
ent "The Kennewick- -Richland Cow
OWners association" With a sec
retary-treasurer, living at Kenne-
WICK; five directors, two from
Hchland, zone from Kennewick, one
from Finley and one from Hover.
ms organization will be educa-
uonal in a way, and will be a
clearing house through which must
come all requests for assistance
financially or otherwise. The di-
lectors will directly or Indirectly
examine the standing and con-
oltions of those requesting favors,
and will make recommendations
iater If contracts are not perform
Cd. This organization will be open
70 change from time to time to
meet the needs as experience
teaches and unfolds avenues of
service.
ihe directors meet Thursday
night of this week for organiza-
uon, and while the personnel is
now all farmers, it may be thot
wise to add two or three on the
Doard not in that business.
Please remember that this asso-
s'ation now formed is to be the
auo OF the wheel; that there may
De one spoke or many thru which
assistance may come and reach the
.narmer; I but the one big spoke and
eae one that gives the big thrill
a. tnis time is the prospect of re-
ceiving aid thru the intermediates
sfedit service of the Federal Land
0ank, and here is the proposition:
AS the writer understands it if
we secure a subscription of stock