Milford chronicle., 1931-05-15
EIGHT ANNUAL DAIRY SCHOOL
HELD At COOL SPRING

The eighth annual Dairy School
held at Cool Spring was attended by
approximately $50 dairymen and
their friends. It was the best at
tended meeting ever held in this
section and the program. prepared
was enjoyed by all.
Prof. Geo. L. Schuster, of the
University of Delaware, in his talk
on Pastures and Emergency Hay
Crops stated that the best emery
ency hay crops for southern Della
ware are soybeans, cowpeas, Sudan
grass and millet. For early pas
lures our farmers can use rye, vetch,
wheat and crimson clover which is
seeded in the fall. Sudan grass can
be seeded in the late spring and this
gives a very good and early pasture.
It is important to care for the per-
manent pasture as the truck grower
cares for his veg EIes he eaiise tina
pasture is to the dairymen Just what
truck crops are to the vegetable
grower; if neither are cared for
properly nor fed, they cannot pro
duce., If you are interested in this
line of work write Prof, Schuster or
to your County Agent c. r. Snyder,
Georgetown. for extension Circular
Ma. 2S, and Bulletin No. 130 which
explain in detail Pastures and
Emergency Hay Crops for Della
ware.
Fl. D. Davis, of the Supplee- Wills
Jones Milk Co, of Philadelphia.
gave us a history of the Grade "A"
milk station at Nassau, how it
started in 1924 by shipping just a
few cans of milk unity today it is
one of the leading milk shipping
points of Delaware. In the produc-
tion of Grade "a milk it is possi-
BILE for each dairyman to classify
himself as to the price he will re
ceive for his milk. By following
four main points relating to the
bacteria count. butter fat content.
the sediment test and the amount
shipped each day, farmer can de-
ermine whether he shall receive a
high or low price for his product
Last year the Nassau shippers re-
ceived $15,00000 in extra premium
money because they produced milk
with a bacteria count less than TO-
600 per C. c. Because of climatic
conditions and temperature, July |
and August are two of the hardest |
months in which to produce quality !
milk, yet last year 43.5 per cent of |
the dairymen of Nassau produced |
milk containing less than 10000 !
bacteria per C. c. In spite of the !
adverse milk cooling conditions we |
have in this section, our dairymen |
are doing as well as those in other |
sections.
One of the most interesting talks |
of the afternoon session was that
given by DR.. c.. c. Palmer, Uniycr-
sity of Delaware, who spoke on
Bang Disease of Cattle" This dis
ease is not very prevalent in Della
ware, yet it is one that the dairy
man must guar dagainst It is one
of the worst diseases known and one
of the hardest to control Thus far
no cure has been found for the dis
ease; drugs have failed, vaccine has
not proved successful so the last
resort is the blood test This will
help to eliminate the disease by
showing the infected cattle and thus
in course of time eradicate the dis
CdSS JUST DIS LlDG1CuIOElS VI EdLJit |
is onw being eradicated
The evening session opened by
community singing led by M. c.
Vaughn and C. r. Snyder The Cool
Spring orchestra. under the direc-
tion of C. H Powers, delighted the
audience with their music at various
times during the program I
II. D. Allebach, president of the !
Interstate HIilk Producers Associa- :
ton, spoke on the General Milk I
The most important !
factor of the present milk condition I
Is the production of quality milk /
and not quantity. Because of COM l
petition of western dairymon, our c
iairymen must emphasize the quail v
ty basis. Not only must our farm t
3rs pay more attention to the quail i
ty of milk produced but TO all other i
products as we'll Competition is a
setting so keen in all lines of farm f
ng that it becomes a necessity to
,roduce quality goods or our mar
tets will be taken from us. t
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