Milford chronicle., 1929-10-11

Through the courtesy of KNOX
the Voice of st. Louis, will talk to
you for a few minutes this evening
on the National Dairy Show, and
what the forthcoming National Dairy
and Poultry Show means to the far
mers of the United States.
In the first place, 1 wish to say
that St. Louis, the State of Missouri,
and the whole Mississippi Valley is
proud and feels honored by having
the National Dairy Show permanent
ly located here. 1t will mean much
indeed to st. Louis, the State of
Missouri, and to the whole United
States. You no doubt know, st.
Louis has been chosen as the perma-
nent home for the National Dairy
Show.
On the strength of this, the busi-
ness men of st. Louis raised $780,
10000 and erected the greatest show
buildings in the world to house the
National Dairy Show, Poultry Show
and Horse Show during the month
of October each year. The "Arena"
the largest building of the group, is
nearly 500 feet long and nearly 300
feet wide, with a roof of 1876 feet
high without a pillar or post. 1 had
the, pleasure of seeing these marvel
GUS buildings recently, and to say
that 1 was amazed at the size and
grandeur of these wonderful build
ings is putting it mildly. To see the
buildings alone is worth the price of
admission-not to talk about the
great National Exposition which will
comprise the National Dairy, Poul-
try. and Horse Shows, Dairy Pro-
ducts, Machinery, Equipment, etc.
At the National Dairy Show there
will be seen the greatest collection
of dairy cattle ever assembled in any
show anywhere in the United States.
There will be more than 1,500 head
of the finest dairy cattle from many
of the best herds in the whole Uni
ted States and Canada. There will be
Jerseys, Holsteins, Guernseys, Ayr
shires and Brown Swiss, the five
popular breeds in America.
The dairy industry of the United
States is our greatest industry. Sta
tistics show that COWS of the Amer
lean farms produced last year more
thai 100000, 100000 pounds of milk
valued at $9,OOO,OO0, 100000. Out of a
portion of this annual milk supply
the cheese factories, creameries,
condenseries, ice cream factories,
etc., manufactured more than S4,-
900 900 100000 worth of their pro-
ducts-which makes the dairy in
dustry our greatest industry.
Our American farms do not need
more COWS, but they need better
COWS that are better fed. In the Uni
ted States, approximately one-third
of our COWS are boarders or graft
ers, and are kept at a loss. About
one-third of them break even, and
one-third of them are profitable pro-
ducers. Under general farm condi-
tions, a COW must produce from 16O
to 200 pounds of butterfat per year
or an equivalent of $4,000 to $4,000
value in whole milk in order to pay
for her annual keep.
MILK, WIFI us pIOuuCJSs SS1NOS s1S
one of the most important sources of
food for all civilized nations. The
more highly developed and prosper
GUS the people, the greater the
amount of milk and dairy products
they consume. For babies, dietitians
tell us milk from our dairy COWS is
a most perfect food. To all my lis
teners who love the dairy COW, the
following lines written by ex-Gover-
nor Patterson of Tennessee will
have a strong appeal:
Blind Homer sang of Trojan wars
and heroes,
Virgil of men and arms. Horace of
love,
Dante of the Inferno, and Milton of