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liorns from the same herd. At a public auction, one would have sold 

 for as much as the other, but the Cow Test xVssociation record showed 

 one had made $48.20 profit, while the other made only $7.07 profit. One 

 pure-bred cow made a profit of $.62.80, while another similar grade cow 

 of the same breed made a profit of $63.93, but which the former cow, it 

 was pointed out, her calf was worth at least $50 more money than the 

 grade calf. Each cow was there to illustrate some point in profitable 

 dairy farming, and to emphasize the importance of keeping herd records. 

 At the present time, there are thirty-two active associations in Iowa. 

 J. C. Cort, agent in dairying, of Ames, has charge of them, and he^ is 

 anxious to send assistance to any community willing to take up the 

 work. At the end of the first year, 28 per cent, or 99 out of 410 cows, 

 enrolled in the West Branch" Association, were sold because their rec- 

 ords showed them to be unprofitable in the dairy herd. Many of their 

 places have been filled by more profitable animals. This year's exhibit 

 called the attention of hundreds of cow owners to the value of Cow 

 Test Associations, and if should lead to the organization of more. 



The Iowa State Dairy Association, maintained its usual headquarters 

 booth in the Agricultural Building. Activities of the association include 

 the organizing of boys' and girls' dairy calf clubs, operation of dairy 

 demonstration trains, holding of dairy meetings, cow shows, judging con- 

 tests, milk record competitions, dairy farm tours, creamery patron pic- 

 nics, dairy breeders' exchanges, and similar efforts to boost the dairy 

 industry of the state. Attention of dairymen and farmers was called to 

 the annual Dairy Cattle Congress and Show, to be held at Waterloo, Octo- 

 ber 1st to 7th. Final plans for this great dairy exposition are fast 

 rounding into shape, and those in charge predict as great or a greater 

 show than has ever been held at Waterloo. While many dairy cattle 

 are being sold as beef, the selling, say officials of the Dairy Association, 

 is confined largely to inferior stock which the farmers are better off 

 without. They say high beef prices will weed out much of this stock 

 which is not profitable from a dairyman's standpoint. 



The butter exhibit by the State Dairy Department was in honor of 

 Iowa's first butter-rhaker, Mathew Van Deusen, who died a few months 

 ago. Molded in butter was Iowa's first creamery, run by Mr. "Van Deusen. 

 It was located near Manchester, and was started' back in 1872. Four 

 years later, Mr. Van Deusen won first prize on butter exhibited at the 

 Philadelphia exposition. The sculptor who molded butter to represent 

 this creamery did a creditable piece of work, and the display was the 

 center of much admiration by all who visited the Agricultural Building. 

 Mr. Barney, pure food and dairy commissioner, called attention. In a 

 display, to greater possibilities in cheese production. One pile of cheese 

 bricks depicted the quantity of cheese sold by Iowa wholesalers, while 

 another pile represented the quantity made in the state. The former 

 pile was several times larger than the latter. Mr. Barney believes it is 

 to the interest of Iowa dairymen to make more cheese. 



Unscrupulous dealers still continue tlie use of scales and measures 

 which do not measure or weigh out the standard quantities. A collec- 

 tion of such scales and measures, which have been condemned and 

 seized! by Mr. Barney's department, was on display in the Agricultural 

 Building. Each year the exhibit grows larger, but there is displayed 

 only a fraction of the scales and measures which are seized annually. 

 Mr. Barney says there is less willful violation of this law than formerly, 

 before his department got busy enforcing the statutes. He handed out 

 printed slips, which gave the legal weights of most foods sold as vege- , 

 tables or fruits, and urged fhat every consumer Insist on getting full 

 weight. It is Impossible with the limited force, available, however, to 

 Inspect every establishment or dealer handling produce, and he asks 



