Smyrna times., 1929-06-26
DAIRY FARMERS WARNED
Dairy Production EquaIed One
Quarter of Agriculture Revenue

DAIRY production Equaied One
Quarter of Agriculture Revenue
The dairy farmer who refuses to
adopt modern labor-saving machin-
cry to get rid of poor cows, to grow
the right feed, to feed the good
cows more and to operate his plant
with a greater degree of efficiency
is doomed. This warning was
sounded by o. E. Reed, chief of the
bureau of dairy husbandry of the
U. S. Department of Agriculture, in
an address made before the Will
mington Kiwanis Club. Mr.. Reed
spoke briefly of the farm problem,
devoting most of his addres to the
dairy industry and the dangers
which threaten the inefficient dairy
men. He said that from a mere
farm chore of a few decades ago,
dairying has grown into one of the
largest industries in the country.
The farm value of dairy products
produced last year aggregated 3d.
OO0,OO0,000 he said while the farm
value of all farm products amount
ed to about $12,000,000,000 1--WE
are today making more products
out of milk, than we ever dreamed
of making" he added. "There is
talk that the dairy industry will
overdo itself. [ don't believe it.
They talked of overriding it forty
years ago and the industry is still
growing. There is no danger if the
dairymen keep their eyes on the
proper relation between production
and consumtion. Today the dairy
industry is in a good shape and is
sound. We are producing one per
cent less than the demand. We have
to import dairy products sufficient
to last the people of the nation pc
days each year Thus production
is 212 days behind consumer de-
mand. The dairy farmers have got
to get rid Of their poor producers
he continued. They've got to keep
a record on each of their cows,
record Of how much milk and but
terfat they give. a record of how
much feed they eat. They've got
to install the modern labor saving
devices and grow better feed By
way of illustrating the expense in
CURED by dairy farmers in keeping
poor producers, Mr.. Reed said that
it would take IL cows, each produc
ing 100 pounds Of butter fat to give
the dairyman the same profit he
would receive from one COW produc-
ing 500 pounds Of butter fat. He
declared that the dairyman who
ignores all the helps provided BY
science and declines through lazi-
ness or other reasons to operate
his herds on an efficiency oasis, is
doomed. Laziness, he said, has
caused many dairymen to grow
crops Of feed which have low rate
Of efficiency for milk producing
herds. Many dairymen grow tim
othy hay because it is the easiest
to grow, although it has low ef-
fciency, he said. "N0 government
aid on laws will save such a man,
Mr.. Reed said. "The dairyman has
it in his power to save himself" "
About 50 per cent Of the cows in
Germany have tuberculosis he said,
and the milk is boiled and served
warm. Closing his address Mr..
Reed again outlined his rules for
dairy farmers VINO are having a
hard time to set along: Get rid
Of your poor COWS, your poor ma
chinery, your poor tools, your poor
feed and your poor methods and
feed your good producers more and
better feed.' The address was
made at Winterthur Farms, and a
of farmers were guests.
The Kiwanians, before adjourning,
gave rising vote of thanks to Mr.
dupont for his invitation and to F.
J. Humphries, general Manager of
Winterthur Farms and ]. r. Danks,
of dairying, who es-
corted the club members and guests
about the farms. Following the
luncheon, tour Of inspection was
made of the herd of Holstein cat
~