PART VIII 



EXTRACTS FROM 

 STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER'S 



REPORT OF 1906. 

 TWENTIETH ANNUAL 



H. R. WRIGHT, Commissioner 



The condition of tlie dairy interest in this State has never been 

 better than it is at present, and tlie prospects for further improvement 

 and increases are very bright. The disturbing factors of competition 

 with creameries of the new kind and the uncertainty of the effects 

 of new methods of doing business seem to have become quite well 

 understood, and there is a feeling of certainty and stability on the 

 part of managers of both the small creameries and the larger ones. 

 The number of creameries that have closed this year is very small. 

 This fact is significant, when it is remembered that more than 350 

 creameries have been closed up in the last four years. 



The same feeling of permanence of the industry is found among 

 the producers of milk and cream in every section of the State and 

 the outlook is good for continued increases in number of dairymen, 

 in the size of their herds, in their per capita production, as well as for 

 continued prosperity on the part of the manufacturer of the butter.* 



For a good many years the farmers of this State have almost 

 unanimously used the Shorthorn cow in their dairy herds, and they 

 have nothing to regret for having done so under the existing condi- 

 tions. There has, however, lately been a considerable demand for 

 dairy breeds of cattle, particularly of the larger breeds. This office 

 has had a good many inquiries as to where grade dairy cows might be 

 purchased in carload lots. The same kind of inquiries come in large 

 numbers to the professors at Ames, and, of course, it is impossible 

 for one to secure Holsteins, Jerseys, Guernseys, or other dairy cattle 

 In large quantities in any one place in this State. A very large 

 number of our dairymen are purchasing Holstein sires and starting 

 dairy herds. 



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