354 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



And this year's meeting is being carried out on a so much greater 

 scale that it will attract the attention of the farming public of this 

 and adjoining states in such a way as no national show held in a 

 big city can do. 



During the past year the dairy interests of Iowa have accomplished 

 four notable things: 



1. A renewal of the state appropriation (though reduced 25 per 

 cent by the beef men riding through on our prestige) has been 

 secured, and a number of important new laws passed, including a re- 

 organization of the dairy and food department, that enables the 

 commissioner to greatly extend his work and increase the usefulness 

 of his department. And for these laws we need to thank especially 

 State Dairy Commissioner Barney and our warm friends in the house 

 and senate, in which connection we should not forget that though God 

 made man, legislators make laws — and there isn't anything better at 

 law making time than friends among the lawmakers. 



2. A strenuous campaign of education through the efficient work 

 of Dairy Expert Van Pelt and his assistant, Mr. Estel. 



3. Increase of membership of our organization to nearly 800, 

 much of the credit for which is due to the untiring efforts of our 

 efficient secretary, Mr. J. J. Ross. We want to make it 5,000 in 1912. 



4. Laid the plans for and developed the great dairy show and con- 

 vention combined that is now under way. 



But this is only a beginning. We feel that, of a sudden, this or- 

 ganization has jumped into doing great things. But what is there 

 before us? And what do we need to perform it? 



The Iowa State Dairy Association is coming to be, after years of 

 evolution, what it ought to be, a comprehensive organization, embrac- 

 ing every phase of the dairy business. For years we put great stress 

 on the butter manufacturing end. We should give even more effort 

 than previously to this branch of our industry, but continue our work 

 of broadening out. The dairy cattle are being nicely taken care of 

 and the dairy farmer interested. I am especially pleased to see the 

 still further steps taken this year — the milk exhibit — the convention 

 of ice cream manufacturers — the proposed organization of the retail 

 milk dealers. 



The development of the dairy business in Iowa- depends on just 

 two things — getting our farmers to really take time to think, and 

 then getting them to do what they know they ought to do after, in 

 sober thought, they've figured it out. The great drawback to the 

 dairy industry today is the foul thought and false information that 

 has been scattered all over this state by people who ought to know 

 better — and who really do know better. There is no such permanent 

 thing as a dual-purpose cow — and any man who can think at all can 

 prove it. I say no such permanent thing, because there are some 

 so-called dual-purpose cows that are heavy milk producers, but unless 

 you can find bulls of the same breed that will produce from these 

 cows heifers that will be better cows than their mothers, your prog- 



