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dresses by these distinguished gentlemen, talks were made by 

 dairymen and professors of recognized ability from this and sur- 

 rounding states. Much attention was given to production and 

 quality and ^ve wish to congratulate and commend the butter- 

 makers on the marked improvement and the high average score 

 of the butter they offered at this show. 



No other state is able to stage such a show and we feel that 

 the general uplift in dairying in Iowa is due to the united effort 

 and harmonious work of the dairy department of the Iowa State 

 College, the Iowa State Dairy Association, and the State Dairy 

 and Food Commission. Our last report gives the amount of 

 creamery butter produced in the state as 91,738,573 pounds. 

 This report shows an output of 96,953,183 pounds, an increase of 

 5,214,610 pounds for the year. "We believe this is the result of 

 educational work done by these departments. 



The high price of beef has induced many to send a portion of 

 their cows to slaughter, so that there is no reason to believe that 

 we have as many cows as formerly. There are many evidences 

 that on the whole our cows are better and that from this time 

 on we will be getting results on account of the use of the pure 

 bred dairy sire. We have been untiring in our efforts to get our 

 dairymen to use pure bred dairy sires and it is a source of no 

 little satisfaction to know that at a recent sale of grade dairy 

 cows the average prices were as follows : Twenty-four aged 

 cows averaged $133.75 ; seven two year olds averaged $108.21 ; 

 seven yearlings averaged $63.00 ; six calves, two months old aver- 

 aged $40.00. All cows in milk had been in a test association and 

 their records were made public at time of sale, thus showing the 

 value of the test and of their owners being able to give informa- 

 tion as to what these cows had done and what could be expected 

 of them. Their average yearly production was over 270 pounds 

 butter fat per cow. While this is not an extremely high yield, 

 it is so much better than the average cow, that it justifies the 

 price paid for these cattle. 



SAVE THE CALVES ! 



In our last report we called attention to the fact that there was 

 a tendency among dairymen to rush the calves to market, getting 



