Beport of Dairy Commissioner. 65 



REPORT OF DAIRY COMMISSIONER. 



To the Honorable Board of Agriculture : 



Since receiving the appointment of Dairy Commissioner at your 

 hands, the work of that office has been handled in connection with that 

 of Food Commissioner and the amount of dairy inspection which has 

 been done in connection with the latter office. 



As Dairy Commissioner during the summer, I attended several 

 dairy picnics and discussed to the best of my ability, dairy conditions 

 in the State and advocated insistently the use of the State Agricultural 

 College and especially the dairy school by farmers as tending to give 

 them a better knowledge of the dairy business and inducing more farm- 

 ers, by virtue of the better knowledge, to go into the dairy business. 



"Without being able to give specific data, I am informed that a large 

 number of creameries have been established this year in the State to take 

 care of the milk from farmers who are adding milch cows to their herds. 



In October it was the privilege of the Dairy Commissioner to make 

 the trip down the Current river with Governor Hadley and party, and 

 was enabled to present in public to the farmere who met at the several 

 places where stops were made, the advantages of the Ozark country 

 especially for the dairy business, pointing out the splendid native 

 grasses, the mild climate, and the nearness to market, as evidence of the 

 adaptability of this locality in Missouri to profitable dairying. 



Since returning from that trip correspondence has been had which 

 proves that a number of farmers have purchased additional cows and are 

 shipping cream to St. Louis and Kansas City, as well as to local cream- 

 eries. 



In one instance it was the privilege of the Dairy Commissioner to 

 assist a local cheese factory in trying to secure additional capital to carry 

 on their business, and while this has not yet been completed he is hopeful 

 that something can be done for this factory in this connection. Also 

 the Dairy Commissioner is trying for these same people to show the 

 farmers the desirability of selling their milk to the local factory. 



Inasmuch as no appropriation has been made for the Dairy Commis- 

 sioner Department, a Dairy Inspector must be one who is on the pay- 

 roll of the Department of Food Inspection. 



I have been endeavoring to secure the services of an expert dairy- 



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