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DAIRY EXTENSION. 



It is my opinion that southern Iowa farmers do not appre- 

 ciate the possibilities of dairying- as a means of increasing the re- 

 turns from and the value of their farms as do the farmers of the 

 northern section of this state. It has been my desire for some 

 time to carry on an educational campaign, in southern Iowa, 

 having for its object the stimulating of interest in dairying, but 

 our activities in other sections have made it impossible, until this 

 fall, to go into this work on a scale that would insure success. 



Recently plans have been formulated to do some constructive 

 work in soutliern Iowa. Co-operation or rather concerted action 

 on the part of the related organizations has been assured and an 

 organization perfected which I feel will be able to get results. 



The campaign will be made in the four southern tiers of counties 

 of Iowa beginning November 5th. The forces behind the move- 

 ment are: Dairy and Food Commission, State Dairy Association, 

 E. S. Estel, dairy expert; Iowa State College, Prof. M. Mortensen, 

 dairy department ; United States Department of Agriculture, J. C. 

 Cort, agent in dairying, Ames, Iowa; Association of Commercial 

 Clubs of Iowa, R. H. Faxon, secretary ; Chamber of Commerce, 

 Des Moines, and commercial clubs of southern Iowa counties where 

 the campaign is to be held. 



There are twelve county agents among the southern Iowa 

 county tiers who will be active in the campaign, as well as local 

 bankers, business men and farmers. 



The chief object of the campaign is to organize and to develop 

 co-operative creamery associations, and where there are not suffi- 

 cient cows to supply milk for a creamery, cheese factories will be 

 encouraged. To encourage a better grade of milk cows as a basis 

 of profit, cow testing associations will be organized. Thirty cow 

 testing associations have already been organized in the state by the 

 dairy extension department, Ames, and the results show the great 

 value of this plan for developing profitable dairy herds. Through 

 this channel the unprofitable cows are eliminated and turned 

 into meat. 



To build up the gra'de of cattle in various communities, bull 

 clubs will be organized. The idea being to begin with the stock 

 that is on the farm and build it up. In other localities calf clubs 

 will be organized among the bo.ys and girls on the farm. Where 



