THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
41 
1910. 
STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Part II. 
The speaker then presented some inter¬ 
esting facts relative to the possibilities of 
the dairy industry, saying that the average 
production of the dairy cow was not more 
than 4,500 pounds of milk per year, and 
can give little or no profit to her owner; 
yet for the last 25 years the maximum 
production of individual cows has gone 
forward, until cows have authenticated 
records of four pounds of fat or over in a 
day. The president then referred to cow 
testing organizations in other States. “New 
York is behind her sister States in this re¬ 
spect. Is it not time* that something definite 
is done in this line?'' He then explained 
that a cow-testing association was simply 
an organization of cow owners to secure 
definite information in I'cgard to the pro¬ 
duction of individual cows of their herds, 
which enables a weeding out of the unprofit¬ 
able animals and permits a bringing up of 
the standard of the herd. Mr. Wing spoke 
of the state of the health of dairy cows, 
particularly of tuberculosis. 
"The control and eradication of tuber¬ 
culosis is a perplexing problem, but I put 
it to you as individual dairymen that as 
an economic question alone, we cannot 
afford to tolerate the existence of the dis¬ 
ease in the herd.” Taking up the question 
of spurious products ho said that the asso¬ 
ciation had always borne an active part 
in the struggle for the protection of the 
manufacturers of pure dairy products, and 
that it had been especially active in the 
campaign against the sale of oleomargarine 
as butter, lie spoke of the law of 1880, 
which imposed a tax of two cents per 
pound on oleo, and of the subsequent Grout 
law, which reduced the tax on uncolored 
oleo, and levied a tax of 10 cents on that 
colored in imitation of butter. “There can 
he no doubt but that the Grout law is an 
effective protection to pure butter, and it 
is because of this protection that the manu¬ 
facturers of oleo arc now seeking to destroy 
it. It remains for the people to say wheth¬ 
er or not it is allowed. Preliminary skir¬ 
mishes have already taken place, and we 
have an effective committee at work at the 
present time.” In closing, Mr. Wing.spoke 
of the need of funds for this committee to 
carry on its work. Mr. Wing then read a 
telegram from Governor Hughes, as follows : 
"I regret that it is impossible for me 
to attend the convention of the State Dairy¬ 
men's Association, and I desire to have 
you extend on my behalf my greetings to 
the members of the association and my in¬ 
terest in their work. The prominence of 
the work in dairy products makes it of first 
importance that the interests of this in¬ 
dustry should receive the most intelligent 
consideration, both of those directly en¬ 
gaged in it, and the people of the entire 
Stale. 1 trust that great benefit may ac¬ 
crue from the proceedings of this meeting.” 
President Wing then announced the con¬ 
vention committees as follows: Legislation: 
G. L. Flanders, E. It. Darkness, A. It. East¬ 
man, F. N. Godfrey, O. N. Kellogg. Nomi¬ 
nations: E. It. Ilarkness, S. H. Richardson, 
F. N. Godfrey, W. E. Griffith, L. D. Spink. 
Finance: Geo. A. Smith, E. II. Dollar, E. D. 
Gillette. Resolutions: W. N. Giles, II. E. 
Cook, .T. Grant Morse, Mason Knox. A. It. 
Eastman. 
The president then introduced II. E. Ross, 
of the Cornell College faculty, who spoke 
upon tlie practical results of co-operative 
cow-testing societies. This was followed by 
a discussion of the subject by different mem¬ 
bers of the association. The afternoon ses¬ 
sion opened with an address by Dr. J. F. 
DeVine, Chief Veterinary of the Department 
of Agriculture, Albany, whose subject was 
“The Control of Tuberculosis Through Ex¬ 
isting Laws.” He spoke of the scientific 
tuberculin test, which results in a rise of 
temperature. He said lie did not think that: 
the test was infallible, but he felt that it 
gave the dairyman the best means of diag¬ 
nosis known to-day. 
Prof. II. A. Harding, of Geneva, was the 
first to speak at Thursday's session, on 
sanitary conditions and the practical meth¬ 
ods of improving sanitary conditions. “If 
milk does not come from a sound cow a 
great deal of time, expense and labor have 
been wasted. If cleanliness in the dairy 
business is to pay, some one must pay for 
it. I believe publicity and education are 
to do much to bring about the change. 
By the use of the score card the defects 
are shown up to the producer, and by giv¬ 
ing a copy of the card to the retailer, a 
basis is obtained for next year's contract. 
The score cards of each patron should be 
posted at the station or factory every quar¬ 
ter. When the facts are before the patrons 
they will demand that the dirty ones im¬ 
prove or get out. and that the payment be 
based upon the difference in quality.” 
Russell Sturgis, a member of the staff 
of the health commissioner of New York, 
was then presented. He said : “The De¬ 
partment of Health represents the consumers 
of New York City. We consume nearly 
2,000.000 quarts per day.” The speaker told 
how the infant mortality of a few years 
ago had resulted in the decision to estab¬ 
lish dairy inspection. “The inspectors sent 
out by the Hoard of Health have no au¬ 
thority outside of the city, and are not re¬ 
sponsible for impostors.” The speaker said 
the Health Department in former years 
had been hampered by politics, but this ob¬ 
structing influence had of late been re¬ 
moved. 
Dean H. E. Cook, of the State School of 
Agriculture of Canton, was tHo first speaker 
at the evening session. He said : "We 
Reed to bend our energies to recover from 
the frightful and disastrous competition 
of the two most powerful agencies this 
country has developed—the building of 
cities and the development of the West. 
Milk has been produced chiefly upon lands 
not able to withstand continue!! cropping, 
and those which have lost their virgin fer¬ 
tility. A student of economics would 
quickly admit, that the fertility produced 
was the essential produce and that the 
milk was a by-product. And, furthermore, 
it is a well-known economic truth that the 
market value of a by-product has no rela¬ 
tionship to the cost of the raw material 
from which it comes. Had it been other¬ 
wise, and milk produced strictly upon its 
own merits, we should not have this motley 
crowd of ill-bred, ill-fed dairy cows, with 
no moral or legal right to live. There is 
no other like business in this country hav¬ 
ing no fixed or attempted relation between 
the cost and selling price, yet you and I 
continue year after year to perpetuate the 
species. Our general plan of large cow 
population and low production is all wrong. 
What would you say to a chance for high- 
priced dairy lands if cows were all regis¬ 
tered animals worth $300 per head, and 
produced 10,000 pounds of milk each per 
yea r ?" 
A. R. Eastman, of Waterville, N. Y., one 
of the oldest members, was the last speaker, 
and his theme was the “Outlook for Dairy¬ 
ing." Mr. Eastman paid a fine tribute to 
the big display of butter and cheese in 
connection with the present meeting. He 
spoke of some observations he had made in 
his recent trip to Europe, which led him 
to believe that much that, is said about the 
depletion of the soil is due more to poor 
methods than to any actual deterioration 
of the soil itself. “Our land is not worn 
as many would make us believe. What it 
needs is more intelligent treatment." In 
closing Mr. Eastman spoke of the increased 
activity of the oleo men, and said that all 
the dairymen insisted upon was that oleo 
should he sold upon its merits, and not 
palmed off on the consumer as butter. 
The committee on resolutions, through 
its chairman. W. N. Giles, presented the 
following resolutions: Providing for a com¬ 
mittee of three, of which the president of 
the association shall be a member, to act 
in conjunction with the State College of 
Agriculture to devise means to establish 
co-operative cow testing associations in 
every county in the State; favoring an ap¬ 
propriation for the enlargement of Cornell 
College of Agriculture and the appointment 
of a committee of three from the associa¬ 
tion to urge upon the State Legislature the 
making of such appropriation; asking the 
Governor to appoint a commission to make 
a full investigation of the milk business; 
asking Congress to revise the tariff to make 
the duty on cream conform to the duty on 
butter; asking Congress to amend the oleo 
laws that oleo, when made to look like but¬ 
ter, should pay the maximum tax and that 
the tax now existing should not be de¬ 
creased, or if the tax is reduced that the 
law should be amended to prohibit abso¬ 
lutely the sale of oleo that has any shade 
of yellow, or that resembles tHe product 
of the dairy in appearance in any manner; 
voicing the thanks of the association to 
(lie mayor, the chamber of commerce and 
to the citizens of Watertown for their hos¬ 
pitality. The resolutions were all adopted. 
J. GRANT MORSB. 
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