White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1927-01-28
GUERNSEY BREEDERS HOLD ANNUAL MEETING

Mr.. Clark called upon Ray West. the
delegate from the Yakima Club. for
a report of Guernsey conditions in the
valley. Mr.. West in responding said,
that purebred cattle breeding in the
Yakima district was rather side line
to some other farming or fruit grow
ing and that when potatoes and al
falfa were in good demand and well up
in price. the dairy end of the farm was
inclined to suffer from neglect. He
said, however, that there were some
very good small Guernsey herds in
the valley and that during the past
year two or three very fine bulls had
been brought in to head herds. He
said that while there were only 40
head of Guernseys in the cow test
ing association as compared with 400
head of Holsteins there were always
one or more Guernseys in the higher
producing group when the testers re-
port came out each month.
Owing to the fact that a State
Guernsey meeting had never been
held in Yakima, Mr.. West said that
the breeders of his valley were in
clined to look upon the State Associa-
ton as west side affair. Mr.. West
came with an urgent invitation from
his club for the State Association to
hold its next annual meeting in
Yakima. This request was supple
mented by letter from the secretary
of the Yakima Chamber of Commerce
urging that that city be selected as
the next meeting place.
The afternoon session was given
over largely to discussing the sub
ject of marketing Guernsey milk.
Following this discussion in which
| ]. e. Wrage of Arlington, Mrs. Tena
Hart and Peter Gammeltoff of Roy,
Mr.. Dodd of Seattle, Hugh Nisbet of
Chimacum, and P. H. Thomson of
Centralia gave their experiences in
marketing Guernsey milk at prem
ium," it was decided to make the
marketing of Guernsey products the
major project Of the club for this
year, and the matter was referred to
the board of directors to be put in
workable shape.
The next subject to be taken up
was the proposed Northwest Guernsey
sale in which it was suggested that
Washington breeders should cooper
ate with the Guernsey clubs of Idaho
and Oregon. After a full discussion
of the subject standing vote was
taken to determine those breeders
that would be willing to consign to
such a sale. 1t was unanimously
agreed that only cattle of high type
and quality would be acceptable for
such a sale. The vote revealed the
fact that Washington could be de-
pended upon to furnish Is or more
choice females for such a sale, so 1t
was recommended that the board of
directors offer to cooperate with the
breeders of Idaho and Oregon in putt
ting on such a sale sometime during
this year. n
The question of continuing the prac-
tice of selling cattle through the sec
retary's office of the state club, was
next discussed, and after much argu-
ment in which great differences of
opinion were expressed it was unani-
mously decided that the state club
discontinue the practice. and in its
stead maintain mailing list of pro,
spective sellers and buyers. said list
to be regularly mailed to all breeders
and secretaries of country clubs pay
ing an annual fee of $500.
A vote Of thanks was extended to
the American Guernsey Cattle Club
for keeping E. L. Westover in this
field. Votes of thanks were also ex-
tended to L. ]. Clark the retiring
president, and to H. R. Taylor the
retiring secretary.
The officers selected to serve the
Association during the present year
were: DR.. H. A. Wright. Seattle,
President; Ray West, Yakima. Vice.
President; and G. J. Lawson, Puyal-
lup, Secretary Treasurer. The new
directors are ]. E. Wrage, Arlington,
and DR.. w. J. Reyes, Spokane.