Imperial Valley press. (El Centro, Calif.) 1907-current, 1932-11-01

mat at least TWO out OF the 100
finest Guernsey herds in the Uni
ted States are found in Imperial
Valley and that Imperial Valley
herds and milk are comparable to
J the finest in the United States, was
the statement made yesterday to
Press reporter in an interview
with Karl B. Musser, national Sec
rotary of the American Guernsey
Cattle Breeders association.
Musser, in company with C. w.
Robinson, western representative of
the national association, visited the
local members of the association
yesterday and was a guest of hon.
or at luncheon attended by dairy
men of the valley and held in the
Barbara Worth hotel.
Yesterday marked the first time
that a national officer of any ma
tional breed association has visited
Imperial Valley and Musser stated
that he was greatly impressed by
the local situation.
Among other things he remarked
upon the low investment cost of
producing diaries in Imperial VAL
ley. Building and equipment costs
he stated, were considerably less
here since it is not necessary to
build huge barns to house cattle
and feed as is necessary in the
east and middle west, thus giving
the local dairymen a considerable
economic advantage. He further
pointed out that in other sections
of the country pasturage is avail
able only four months of the year,
while in Imperial Valley it is avail
able practically the whole year.
Yesterday morning he visited the
Walter B. Havekorst and H. c..
Farnsworth diaries which he de-
clared ranked with the 100 finest
in the United States. Havekorst is
the only dairy marketing under the
national association label, although
Musser stated that other diaries in
the valley could meet the require
ments for marketing under that la
bel On his visit he scored the Have
horst milk and stated that he had
given it one of the highest, if not
the highest score ever given any
dairy.
Yesterday afternoon, Musser,
visiting the L. E. Sinclair and
Charles Malan herds as we'll as
others. found the two mentioned
above equally as fine as those Wis
tied in the morning.
For the information of local res
idents he added that in these herds
are some of the highest produc-
ing COWS in the United States and
that Robinson stated that in the
past five years, local herds had
made a great gain, largely through
record keeping by means of mem
bership in the COW testing associa-
ton.
Quality Praised
Musser stated that the quality
of Imperial Valley milk was ex-
cellent, and that all the diaries he
visited have milk of low bacter-
ial count. He added that here,
again, Imperial Valley has a nat
ral advantage through climatic
conditions as clean milk can be OBJ
tanned at a lower investment than
in the East
In discussing the national situa-
ton he pointed out that dairying,
like other agricultural industries,
is suffering from over-production,
although the national surplus has
been cut down somewhat. Milking
over 100000 marginal COWS, beef
cows which would ordinarily not
be used, has been one cause for
the overproduction.
He informed the local Guernsey
breeders that the market for
Guernsey milk is encouraging as
it sells from one to four cents mar
gin over average market milk, due
to it's color and flavor and the
fact that it is promoted under the
national trademark. Over 100000
quarts are sold monthly under this
label. He assured local dairymen
that he would carry back to the
other parts Of the country infor-
nation on the high dairy stand
ards and herds in this county.
In conclusion he stated that the
dairymen to be successful must
increase the efficiency of the herds