88 ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Further details of the poultry club work will be found in an article 

 by Rob R. Slocum in the Department Yearbook for 1915. 



CERTIFICATION OF PEDIGREES. 



Under the provisions of paragraph 397 of the tariff act of October 

 3, 1913, the bureau issued during the fiscal year certificates of pure 

 breeding for 462 horses, 565 dogs, and 5 cats imported for breed- 

 ing purposes. 



DAIRY DIVISION. 



B. H. Rawl, Chief. 



Significant new features in the work of the Dairy Division are the 

 growth and interest in the manufacture of cheese in the southern 

 mountain sections, in the irrigated regions of the West, and on the 

 Pacific coast; the beginning of community development in dairying 

 in the South; the boys' and girls' dairy work in the schools; and 

 the excellent results obtained in the disposal of creamery and cheese- 

 factor}^ by-products. 



Activities of some kind were carried on in 43 States. Most of the 

 work is of a cooperative nature, the usual cooperative agency on the 

 part of the State being the extension division of the college of agri- 

 culture. The cooperation also includes the States Relations Service 

 of the department, dairymen's and breeders' associations, etc. 



In the course of these activities 2,462 public meetings of various 

 kinds were attended by representatives of the Dairy Division. These 

 meetings included fairs, exhibitions, conventions, farmers' institutes, 

 short courses in dairy instruction, lectures, demonstrations, scientific 

 gatherings, local meetings, etc. Advice and assistance were given in 

 constructing 517 silos, 155 barns, and 148 milk houses; in remodeling 

 112 barns and 16 milk houses; in the purchase of 1,795 head of cattle, 

 of which 262 were pure-bred bulls and 389 pure-bred heifers and 

 cows; in organizing 104 cow-testing associations, 8 bull associations, 

 19 breeders' associations, and 12 miscellaneous dairy associations; in 

 keeping the records in 420 herds, containing 6,386 cows; to 66 cities 

 in improving their milk supplies; in 14 milk contests; to 112 schools; 

 to 145 creameries and 35 cheese factories in improving their products 

 and methods of manufacture; in organizing 14 creameries and 19 

 cheese factories; and in the organization of 21 cream routes. 



DAIRY FARMING INVESTIGATIONS. 



The work of the Dairy Division relating to dairy farming is in 

 charge of Helmer Rabild. 



SOUTHERN DAIRYING. 



The interest in dairying and in the development of the industry 

 in the South have been very marked. New features of the year have 

 been the formation of cow-testing and bull associations, while the 

 improvement and development of work already begun has been of a 

 very fundamental character and more important than the introduc- 

 tion of new lines. The encouragement of the building of silos, an 

 old and important line of work, is being rapidly shifted to the de- 



