384 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



THE WORK OF THE U. S. DAIRY DIVISION IN THE SOUTH. 



{fly B. II. Raw], Washington, D. O.) 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen — In discussing the work 

 that is being done in the south by the Dairy Division, it is desirable 

 that some of the general policies of this division be first explained. 

 One of the most important of these is, that the Dairy Division 

 should take up lines of work not being carried on by other institu- 

 tions. There are many of these, and some of them effect the dairy 

 industry in all parts of the United States. 



Another policy of the Dairy Division is to encourage co-opera- 

 tion. The problems to be solved in the development of this great 

 industry are so great and so numerous that concerted action on 

 the part of all workers is absolutely essential to the best interests 

 of the industry. For example, the average cow in the United 

 States produces 139 pounds of butter fat per annum. It is but a 

 question of applying the information that we now have, and the 

 average cow in the United States will produce 300 pounds of but- 

 ter fat per annum. Here is a problem that alone means to the 

 American dairymen not less than $600,000,000.00 per annum. If 

 every man in the United States who is working in the development 

 of the dairy industry were to give his entire time to this problem, 

 a hundred times that number of men could be used economically in 

 solving it. This is but one of many such problems. 



The Dairy Division recognizes the fact that in order for the 

 dairy industry to grow rapidly, strong local support must be given 

 it in every section. Every state must have a good dairy school, an 

 enthusiastic dairy association, and other like institutions, whose 

 officials will search into every economic problem the solution of 

 which is necessary to the progress of this great industry. Hence 

 it is the policy of the Dairy Division to conduct those lines of work 

 that will most stimulate and assist the local institutions in their 

 development. I cannot too strongly emphasize the importance of 

 this policy the results of which must necessarily be thoroughly 

 substantial and far-reaching. 



With the above policies in mind, the first work of the present 

 chief of the Dairy Division on assuming the duties of his office in 

 January, 1905, was to look over the field to see what lines of work 

 should be taken up first. In the southern states there is but a 

 limited dairy industry, yet the south needs dairying because it is 

 not only profitable there, but will contribute very largely to the 



