| Show UTAH DAIRYMEN TAKE STAND ON PROPOSED lAWS Old Officers Chosen to Act for Another Year at Ogden Convention WHAT UTAH DAIRYMEN WANT VANT Special t to r The e Rn Ogden Jan 23 Resolutions adopted b by tho the Utah State Dairymen's Dairymen's Dairy Dairy- mens men's association this afternoon are lre summarized as follows Declaring that Insufficient ef efforts ef- ef forts torts arc beIng put forth to elimInate eliminate elim oHm mate diseases among herds especially espe espe- daily tuberculosis and contagious ious abortion and ind asking more state aid to war against co contagious tag tag-lous and Infectious in infectious infectious In- In diseases Commending Commending- work of or the tho cow testing testing- association now established in the state as resulting in the Im Improvement Irn- Irn provement of or herds and asking askin tate state and federal eder l aid in tb establishment establishment o of other othor associations Urging passage of house bill Xo S-o. 24 4 before the tho Utah legislature to prevent ent discrimination In buying butterfat or milk Ul Urging thc time allowance b by the tho legislature leg leg- of a suitable appropriation tion for constructing and equipping a ft dah dairy building for experimental and dS demonstration purposes at the tho Agricultural College e of at Utah which will b be commensurate with tho the needs of ot the dairy alry interests of the state passage b by tho the national of the l Lover Loer over agricultural Al the tho furthering ot of through tile tHe e extension tonlon divisions of ot the thc agricultural agricultural agri agri- cultural colleges as a R. co ordinate in Importance with the bills establishing the n agricultural colleges and experiment stations The Tho resolution commends the work of or the thc extension division Islon of the thc agricultural agricultural ag ag- ag- ag college collego and expresses tho the opinion that this hits state would especially profit b by tho the passage of or orthe the I Lever yer bill I I Special to The TLe i H publIcan ODEN Jan 23 The Tho Tho State Dalr Dairymen's Dairymen's Dairy Dairy- O mens men's convention which opened lost last night concluded ed this afternoon with the election re-election of all officers o of tho past year ear and the tIme adoption of or res res- Three sessions hell held and tho discussion ranged over oyer legislation needed for tho Improvement of the dalr dairy Interests diseases amon among cattle and improved sanitation with regard to cows The officers selected for forthe this the coming cominS' year ear arc are President Ben R. R EJ red e of ot Salt Lake vice Ico pr president John M. M Mills Ogden Oden second vice president George A. A Hone of ot Benjamin DenJamin secretary William Wil Wil- 11 liam F. F Rudiger treasurer L. L A. A Merrill Mar Mer rill nIl of or Salt La Lake Ice Work of ot the dairy lairy a 11 and arid food commissi commission com corn missi mission n and the time rules and regulations adopted b by the stat dalr dairy and food bureau were discussed at length by hansen i-hansen state dairy and food commissioner Ho lIo compared the tho law of Utah with that thal of Iowa Town which state is 15 reported to have be been beh successful In 1 opera operating tI ng under a a. similar l' l lu law W We Ve are aio corresponding with the lie Iowa dait dairy and food tood department ho said and hope to be Le able t lo to find some method where whereby we can guarantee to the tho cream producer that he ho is getting an honest test Wo Yo are continually re receiving receiving re- re cei complaints from tram farmers that thal they are being defrauded h by creameries Continued on Paro Pae 2 2 Column 1 I. UTAH DAIRYMEN I TAKE JAKE JAKES STAND ON S PROPOSED lAWS MS r rIP IP I Old Old Jd Officers Chosen to Act for fori i k Another Year at Ogden f Convention k C Continued From rage Page e One In their te tet tR and it lo ID OU our Intention Is to Investigate these conditions further Jf t Tho The cutting and shrinkage of or butter but but- ter he lie continued has hns been beon thoroughly thorough thorough- 1 ly h investigated In b by our depArtment t p durt during durn- tho the last few fen years sears our final I II 4 conclusions are arc as follows Kul en An ti to 10 g Si Xo No shrinkage whatever will b al allowed allowed al- al lowed on butter butt at the It Is placed t lz upon the tho market markot After butter has I ii been boen placed upon the market n. n shrinkage shrinkage shrink shrink- age o of or not to exceed 3 pAr por cent ma may t ho he allowed depending upon the length of time In t the butter ter has hns been placed U VII a. tf t. t Our action of or tHIng filing complaints recently re r re- re has caused considerable dl discussion discus sion slon and It appears that some somo cream cream- t er ermen men and especially commission men mendo mendo do not entirely agree as to what t l shrinkage o allowance should l be al al- al 1 owed lowed P Legislation for or th the further promotion promotion promo promo- tion of the tho dairy aln Interests I 1 is asked b by bythe r the dairy commission regarding which Commissioner Hanson Hansen said Bald I New Lavi lIk ll For Further to promote tho the dairy In Interests In- In wo we arc are asking the present le legislature leg leg- to amend some of or our laws to protect the bree breeders ers of oC cat cat- tb and wo we are eliminating tho the percentage percent percent- age Rge of ot butter fat In milk when sold to the creameries Wo o 0 are further sIzIng iRkIng a repeal of the old law which stated that the refuse from distilleries or breweries and nd RU sugar Rr factories should not bo ho fed ted to cows as In Investigations have proved that when foods arc are fed red In a sanitary and cleanly manner and to the end of a balanced ration the they are aro excellent food for dairy dalri cattle Wo 0 are aro further asking asking- our legislature legislature legis legis- lature laturo to enact the tho Iowa Jowa law Its main purpose Is to prevent the closing up of our smaller creameries b by the lar larger er ones A. A K Risser flisser O of oC the United States de de- de of ot agriculture In charge o of oC western dalr dairy farming Investigations Salt Lake d the ne needs 8 of or efficiency cf ct- ef- ef in Jn Utah dairying Mr hisser Risser said In part FI A ASP AI to Profits Profit To accomplish tho the best results the cows must bo he well cared for well fe feil ed and well veIl sheltered sheltered- ai as nA well us as kept kop clean A good Utah dairy of t twenty cows should net at al least 50 50 or 00 60 GO a n month It if anything la Is to lo be bo made mode at alland all and to do that each cow should pro pro- duco at nt least pounds of oC butter a a. year Thero are arc about cows cow In Utah that aro are being milked and the tho efficiency effi- effi of oC each cow CO should be bo ral raised ed 10 P. P IT western estern dairy l dl sian slon U. U S. S department of or a agriculture spoke on Market Milk Problems ms and recommended cd a n. grading 8 system stem I and tho the appointment of oC number num nuni- ber her of ot Inspectors to curr carry on the wor Work ort systematically also tho tho the Improving o or facilities for or taking caro ciro of oC cows and tho the raising of tho the standards ds of ot milk anti and butter Hugh J. J Cannon of ot Salt SaU Take Lake addressed ad nl- dressed dressell tho the convention on Wh Why Keep Individual Records s of Production lIon In opening his subject Mr lr said Con Cons York Work ork for fer Jill HimI himI Him I r cannot afford to work for a cow I tnt tho the cow to work for me last hut I never I can toll tell whether she ho l I Is Joins Joins' it or not unless I keep a record IniA I always alwn's do and even en my 10 year old bO boy bov knows just what each of at tho the cows s is doing the milk she Is giving and the quantity of C butter fat tat there thero Is In the milk I The 81 speaker er continued that no iiO nets about 35 on each his cows averaging n about pounds of or butter butler tat fat in tn a year Some Somo of hs h's cows 00 pounds It costs about to milk ho tho the cow CO and and tako care oare of h her r product and It costs about 90 to feed feell At tho the afternoon meeting meeting- W. W P. P Jensen JonSen Jonsen Jon Jon- sen of ot the Jensen Creamery c company of Salt Lako Lake dealt It with tho the essentials of oi successful dairying in Sn Utah Utan He lie claimed to h have VC moro more money Invested In n the dairy lair business than nn any other man nan in Utah Tho Thu first and greatest essential to t toso tobe be so secured in dairying he said Is to know something of or a CO cow and also ulso make dairying an expert line of ot bust busi ness There must bo Intelligence business bustness bust bust- ness rices Intelligence In dairying more perhaps than in other lines of ot farming This Is an Ago age of ot high prices and the dairyman has to get more mor from the time business than they thur did lId In the pioneer times To be bo successful tho the man In the dairy business must systematize his business and keep accounts Every r dairyman l should know Just where lie e 6 stan stands elands R all 11 the time Utah conditions aro are better bettor than In Inmost Inmost inmost most states of or tho the Union for tho the dairymen dairymen dairy dairy- men as prices arc aro better belter and the feed teed and climate are arc tho the best Natural pasturage In this state is h rather short but that can be remedied h by ty seeding sands lands nn s to alfalfa and other kinds of grass such as blue grass redtop redtop red- red top ton and other varieties It is profitable profitable profitable profit profit- able to tu feed feell green alfalfa to cows Inthe in inthe inthe the summer time The avera average c pro producing capacity of ot a R. cow in Utah today ho he placed at l O pounds of or butter butler a a. year ear and It could ho o raised he said to pounds In five years b by b stocking tho the state with 1000 thoroughbred sires He advocated tho the purchase of sires that would cost not less ess than Prof W. W E. E Carroll of the th A tural ural college talked on tho the results of Into ato late experiments In cow testing and said ald Id that statistics st show that the men Inen who vho seed feed the best to their cows re received t- t tho the best results In butter buUr fat I lIe He lo recommended tho the elimination or of poor cows front from rom herds Utah Is only producing about one- one i halt half of or Its dalr dairy products at nt the he present pres eat ent time according to Prof John T. T or of Logan He lie maintained that thai he the using of oC thoroughbred bulls with grade rado cows would bring good g results i iHo Ho fo advised the tho members not to bu buy worn out out worn cows Professor ProCessor Caine Calne said hero thoro aro are as as' as asgood good bulls hulls In this statu as I In n the e east sL J 1 GU Guy M. M Lambert In the western dairy division U. U S S. or of Il agriculture ture ure explained tho butter scoring dem dem- p |
