text: UFDC Home | Help | RSS TABLE OF CONTENTS HIDE Front Cover Main Back Cover Title: Florida dairy news ALL VOLUMES CITATION THUMBNAILS PAGE IMAGE ZOOMABLE Full Citation STANDARD VIEW MARC VIEW Permanent Link: http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00082035/00039 Material Information Title: Florida dairy news Physical Description: 12 v. : illus. ; 30 cm. Language: English Creator: Florida Dairy Industry Association Publisher: Cody Publications for Florida Dairy Industry Association. Place of Publication: Kissimmee Fla Publication Date: 1st quarter 1958 Frequency: bimonthlyregular Subjects Subject: Dairying -- Periodicals ( lcsh )Cattle ( lcsh )Milk ( lcsh ) Genre: periodical ( marcgt ) Notes Dates or Sequential Designation: v. 1-12, no. 1; Nov. 1950-Spring, 1962. Record Information Bibliographic ID: UF00082035 Volume ID: VID00039 Source Institution: University of Florida Holding Location: University of Florida Rights Management: All rights reserved by the source institution and holding location. Resource Identifier: oclc - 01386090issn - 0426-5696 Table of Contents Front Cover Front cover 1 Front cover 2 Main Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Back Cover Page 33 Page 34 Full Text I'r4 I~jSi( A A L ~ :-.~'-K Sample of Experimental Pastures Dairymen Will See During Univ. of Fla. Annual Dairy Field Day, April 24-25. -7 rO 4 7 frr NEW FIRST-AID FEED FOR CALVES Larro pre-starter knocks out scours, starts calves 30% faster, cuts costs Now, from Larro Research Farm, a new calf feeding formula for the dairyman who has "given up" on raising calves. It's Larro SureRaise, a new first-aid feed that cuts losses while it cuts your costs... speeds growth while it steps up bloom and vigor. This new "safety first" pre-starter and milk replacer combats scours with a combination of Dynafac, an antibiotic and pectin. And these same ingredients give an extra nu- tritional punch to Larro's exclusive balance of highly digestible, ap- petizing nutrients. The pay-off comes in 30% faster growth than accepted standards. Calves are ready to eat low-cost Larro SureCalf by the 5th day... Larro SureMilk at 10 weeks. Get complete details on Larro SureRaise and calf-feeding plan from your Larro Sure Feed dealer now. For his name and free folder, write Dairy Dept., care of the ad- dress below. GM... -1 MOMS Pail-feed colostrum (first milk) the first 4 days without letting calf nurse. Avoid overfeeding. FEED DIVISION Jacksonville Miami Orlando Tampa Regional Office: Coral Gables SRE/SCF-3-7R3 - ---- ------------------------------------ Get your FREE Larro Dairy Guide- a book of helpful management and feeding tips that can help boost your profits. Just mail coupon to . . FEED DIVISION, GENERAL MILLS, INC., 2515 Galiano St., Coral Gables, Fla. NAME ...................................................... ......... CITY ........... ............... .. ................ STATE .................................... Limit one guide to a customer. I milk..................cows. Feed SureRaise from the 5th day through the 29th day. Mix with water. Feed at 100 F for best re- sults. Start SureCalf the 5th day, then switch to SureMilk at 10 weeks. EDITORIALS "FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS" BEGINS EIGHTH YEAR University of Florida Presented with Bound Issues At their first meeting in 1958, the Board of Directors of the Florida Dairy Association paid tribute to the completion of seven years publication of the "Florida Dairy News" with a surprise presentation to the University of Florida Depart- ment of Dairy Science of two beautifully bound volumes of all issues of the magazine from 1950 through 1957. The two-volume set was also presented to Editor E. T. Lay and a set to the F.D.A. as a permanent record in the Association office. U. of F. Letter Received in Appreciation February 14, 1958 "Mr. John Sargeant, President "Florida Dairy Association "Dear Mr. Sargeant: "At a recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Florida Dairy Asso- ciation, I was presented with two bound volumes containing Volumes I through VII of the 'Florida Dairy News', the official publication of the Florida Dairy Association, for the Library of the University Department of Dairy Science and the use of our staff and students. "We have of course all read these journals as they came to us through the years, but these bound volumes will give our Library a permanent record of the activities of the Florida Dairy Industry as well as of the Association during the period 1950 through 1957. "I know that these volumes represent much work in procurement of news, manuscripts and advertising, editing, proof reading, and conducting the business related to the publishing of a journal of this kind. "In my opinion, this has been a very worth while project of the Association, and I think the dairy people of the state owe Mr. E. T. Lay a debt of grati- tude for carrying on this activity which has benefitted the entire industry. "In looking through the pages of these volumes I find many references to the University of Florida, many articles of interest by members of the Dairy Science staff, and I am grateful for the opportunity the Association and your publication has afforded our department in working with a large segment of the dairy industry which your organization and publication represents. "We appreciate greatly the support the members of the Florida Dairy Asso- ciation individually and collectively have given to us, and we wish your organi- zation success in its continuing efforts to work toward a more unified industry in the years to come." "Sincerely yours, "Dr. E. L. Fouts, "Head, Dept. of Dairy Science, "University of Florida. "ELF/pl" Seven Year Record of "The Florida Dairy News" Number of issues published, 39. Total number of copies, 11o,ooo. Total pages of news and editorial copy, three million. Number of standard pages re- quired to mimeograph the same quantity of material, approximately 4~2 million. Cost of mimeographing and mailing the same material would have required mailing one 4-page bulletin each week for seven years at a cost of about $50,000.00. The Florida Dairy News has been largely self-sustaining. VOL. 8 FIRST QUARTER, 1958 NO. I THE FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS E. T. LAY, Editor & Business Manager Official Publication of Florida Dairy Association JOHN B. SERGEANT, President Lakeland Florida Guernsey Cattle Club LEON H. SELLERS, President St. Petersburg Florida Jersey Cattle Club F. DUPONT MAGILL, President Dinsmore Florida Holstein Cattle Club A. J. RUSTERHOLZ, JR., President Apopka Fla. Assn. of Milk Sanitarians D. L. LICHTY, President West Palm Beach FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION Officers and Executive Committee E. T. LAY, Executive Director JOHN B. SERGEANT, President Sargeant Dairy Farms, Lakeland A. R. (DOLPH) ALLISON 1st V. Pres. & Chairman Distributors' Division, Orlando JOHN L. McMULLEN 2nd V. Pres. & Chairman Producers' Division, Clearwater Additional Producers JOHN B. SERGEANT, Lakeland R. L. LUNSFORD, Milton C. C. SELLERS, Tallahassee E. F. FROEHLICH, West Palm Beach Additional Distributors T. G. LEE, Orlando J. N. McARTHUR, Miami CLAUDE D. KELLY, Jacksonville H. CODY SKINNER, Jacksonville THE FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS is published quarterly by the Florida Dairy Association, 615 Park St., Jacksonville, Florida. Subscription price is $1.00 a year. Entered as second class mail at the Post Office at Jacksonville, Fla., under Act of March 3, 1879, as amended. Business and Editorial office, 615 Park Street, Jacksonville. NATIONAL EDITORIAL UTASOC1 AT N FIRST QUARTER, 1958 0 1 DAIRY NEWS DIGEST Members of the Dairy Industry throughout the State are invited to please send to the "Florida Dairy News" all news about dairies, dairying and the good people who devote their time, talents and money to this great industry. -The Editor NATIONAL ICE CREAM MEETING APRIL 21-23 IN FLORIDA The Annual Spring Board Meeting and national conference of the Inter- national Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers is scheduled to meet in Florida for the third time in the past four years, which shows a liking by this organiza- tion for Florida meetings. The April Conference will be held at the Boca Raton Hotel and is ex- pected to have an attendance of about two hundred including directors and various committee chairmen and members of I.A.I.C.M. Also, State Ice Cream and Dairy Association leaders, State Presidents and Secretaries hold a special meeting of their own at the time of this conference and State Secretaries serve as a panel group on the general conference program for discussion of State problems and activities of Ice Cream Manufacturers and the Dairy Industry. Florida directors of the National Association expected to participate in the meeting are W. J. Barritt, Jr., Borden most Dairies, Jacksonville. The 1959 national conventions of both this Association and the Milk In- dustry Foundation are expected to be held in Miami Beach with a joint atten- dance of several thousand. Dairy, Tampa, and Claude Kelly, Fore- ida Dairy Association will be given free guest tickets on all four days of the Show if they plan to be in England at that time. Agriculture Commissioner Mayo Feels Department Is Efficient Florida's "longest-in-service" Cabinet Member, Nathan Mayo, made a lengthy statement to the press recently defending the organization and efficiency of the Department of Agriculture which has been under his management for a great many years. A Committee of the House and Sen- ate was created by a resolution adopted by the 1957 legislature on recommenda- tion of Governor Collins for the pur- pose of studying all agricultural services of the Florida State Government and reporting to the 1959 legislature its findings and recommendations. There have been some suggestions by the chair- man of the Committee, Senator Tom Adams of Clay County, that the Depart- ment of Agriculture might need a com- plete reorganization and all laws per- taining to agriculture recodified. Mr. Mayo expressed the belief that little change would be found necessary in the present organization of the De- partment of Agriculture. Wisconsin, with a total of 16.9 billion pounds, continued to lead other states in total volume of milk production in 1956. New York ranked second with 9.9 billion pounds. Chicago Dairy Show Announces 1958 Dates The Sixth Annual International Dairy Show has been set for October 6 to II, 1958. It will be held in the Interna- tional Amphitheatre at the Chicago J. Stock Yards. The junior class in which farm youths exhibit purebred dairy cattle of their own raising will be judged on Tuesday, October 7. All open class judging of the six dairy breeds will take place Wednesday through Saturday. The Dairy Cattle Judging Contests will be held on Monday, October 6. 4-H State Champion Judging Teams will compete, as well as college student teams. A contest for college students will score them on their knowledge of the quality of milk and milk products. JOE DULLIGAN WI Royal Show of England Joseph P. Dulligan, Clearwater manager Announcement has been received from o the 1957 Bilgore Award, in recognition of Announcement has been received from summer. Dulligan is also credited with g, the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- Minor League for boys too small to compete land that the Royal Show, attended sev- The award is given annually in memory eral years ago by the Florida 4-H Judg- leader, to a person who in the opinion of ing Team on their trip to Europe, will toward a better community spirit. be held this year at Bristol, July I In the picture, Dulligan, third from left, through July 4. Members of the Flor- residetof Kiwanis At left is Mor is e 2 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS I .". gore packing firm who sponsor he =-?'A C-S NS CITIZEN AWARD for Southern Dairies, was named the winner e in the Little League Baseball teams. of David Bilgore, pioneer resident and civic some 10 service clubs contributes the most accepts the trophy from George Smith, past ea and at right is Jules Braggin, both members rb*7 Purebred Dairy Association Actions Taken At Tampa The Florida Purebred Dairy Cattle Association, which is made up of the officers of the various Florida Dairy Breed Associations, met in Tampa dur- ing the State Fair with Herman Boyd, president of Miami, presiding. Boyd is immediate past president of the Florida Holstein Cattle Club and also is a past president of the Florida Dairy Association. The Purebred Association voted at the meeting to continue to award certificates to herds making 8000 pounds or more of our percent butterfat corrected milk. This group also went on record as heartily endorsing the Florida Livestock Board's Bang's program and advised the board that they feel the January I, 1958 deadline as set up by the board in regard to the Bang's program is to the benefit and advancement of Florida's dairy in- dustry. Other action included a recom- mendation that the University of Florida train a collegiate dairy judging team with the advisement that this group is willing to help sponsor the team's activities. Mrs. C. R. Zimmerman of Largo was elected treasurer of the organization and it was announced that the next meeting will be held in April at Orlando. Dairy Representative Named In State Market Bureau Because of increasing problems in the dairy industry, The Florida Dairy As- sociation last year requested that a full time dairy representative be included in the personnel of the Florida State Mar- keting Bureau, under the supervision of the Department of Agriculture. Acting upon this request the Marketing Bureau and Department of Agriculture recom- mended inclusion of the expense for such a representative in their 1957 budget, which was approved by the 1957 State Legislature. Chosen for this full-time dairy representation was Dick Stark, Tallahassee, Florida, who has been as- sociated with the bureau for the past four years, doing dairy work and live- stock sales reporting for the bureau. Factual information has been sadly lacking regarding Florida's dairy indus- try. Before a reasonable solution to any problem can be reached, facts and figures must be available. The dairy industry, with its phenomenal growth and lack of facilities for gathering this informa- tion should benefit from this new office, as it would appear that helping to gather and assemble that material would be one of the first duties of the marketing specialist. 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DEPARTMENT C-29 ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA Branches in Syracuse, New York and Waukesha, Wisconsin Backed by Over 40 Years of Milker Manufacturing "Know-how" FIRST QUARTER, 1958 3 ACTIVITIES REVIEW OF: Florida's Dairy Councils Current News of Dairy Council Work in Tampa-St. Petersburg, Miami & Jacksonville This section of the Dairy News is intended to bring timely information of the activities of Florida Dairy Council work. The material will be supplied by the three Council directors in turn. Dairy Council Material in this issue Sponsored by MISS NANCY HINCKLEY, Executive Director Dairy Council of Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties Jim Wolf giving a free toothbrush to Marilyn Shanahan KEY CLUB OF NORTH MIAMI HIGH SCHOOL LEADS SUCCESSFUL DENTAL HEALTH PROJECT With the assistance of the Dairy Council of Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties, the Key Club of North Miami High School conducted a project dur- ing National Dental Health Week with a different activity marking each day of the week. The climax of the program came on Friday, January 31, when Dr. Harold K. Terry addressed the student body and approximately eight dozen toothbrushes were given away during the lunch period-ONE WITH EVERY 25th CARTON OF MILK SOLD. Posters and pamphlets were furnished by the Dairy Council, 3,000 SMILE cards were printed for distribution to the students by Florida Power and Light Company and the Block Drug Co. of New Jersey donated the toothbrushes. Teenage Nutrition Is Studied Another project at the same high school was an intensive drive to improve teenage nutrition. The Student Council and the Nurses Club onsored the project and provided display materials for each classroom. Prizes were given for the best posters made by students Films o go nutrition and good eann were shown during physical education periods good nutrition and good mannersath, American Institute of Baking, National Live o The State Board of Health, Spatnona' Live Stock and Meat Board, Quaker Oats Company, United Fruit Company, National Apple Institute and the Dairy Council all provided free instructional aids for the project. 4 0 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS DIRECTORY OF FLORIDA'S DAIRY COUNCILS DAIRY COUNCIL OF JACKSONVILLE 16 East Church Street-Jacksonville 2 Miss Betty Wilkinson, Exec. Director DAIRY COUNCIL OF TAMPA AND ST. PETERSBURG 102 N. Dale Mabry-Tampa Mrs. America Escuder, Exec. Director Mrs. Sandra S. Casteel, Asst Dir. DAIRY COUNCIL OF MIAMI-Including DADE, BROWARD & MONROE COUNTIES 2175 S. W. 1st St.-Miami 35 Miss Nancy Hinckley, Exec. Director Mrs. Patricia Critzer, Asst. Dir. New Regional Representative of National Dairy Council G.F.W. "Dutch" Cavender joined the staff of the National Dairy Council as Southern Regional Representative ef- fective March 3, 1958. He succeeded John Warrington who resigned to study law at Emory University. Mr. Cavender is a native of Tennessee and will operate from an office in Nash- ville. He holds a Bachelor's and a Mas- ter's degree from the University of Ten- nessee and has had considerable experi- ence as a County Agricultural Agent. From 1949 to 1954 he was Assistant Commissioner of Agriculture of Tennes- see. For the past several years he has been executive secretary of the Tennessee Dairy Products Association. National Food Conference Held in Washington, D.C. Twenty national food organizations, including the National Dairy Council and the American Dairy Association, have united in an effort to encourage Americans to eat adequate and balanced meals. The National Food Conference held in Washington, D.C., February 24, provided a dramatic, authoritative, direct and practical setting for all segments of the food industry to restate the facts concerning good nutrition. With Vice President Nixon giving the keynote address, nutrition authorities from member organization expressed grave concern at the rising Consumer in- difference to the necessities of adequate diet. Food faddists and self-prescribed diets have become popular with many people literally going hungry in the midst of plenty through failure to comply with nutritional rul to comply with nutritional rules. Plans for combating this casual attitude toward food were formulated by the conference. DAIRY COUNCIL NOTES From the Tampa Area The Dairy Council of the Tampa area has served the communities and the dairy industry of Hillsborough and Pi- nellas Counties for eight years and some items of their summary report distributed in December 1957 reveal the scope of their activities. Although there is a basic program of educational work which continues year after year with the schools and health departments, there is also an everchang- ing series of activities which vary ac- cording to the needs of the community. "Firsts" during 1957 which deserve special mention were: The Girl Scouts of South Pinellas worked with the DC as part of the re- quirements to obtain their nutrition badges. The DC worked with the regional nutritionist of the State Board of Health as consultants to a new St. Petersburg Diet Club which started off with 1oo overweight women and is still active. The director was named official Red Cross nutritionist for the Tampa chapter and taught the emergency feeding course. In cooperation with the St. Petersburg Florida Power and Pinellas Home De- monstration Agent the DC prepared a "Guide" for 4-H club food demonstra- tions and an outline for teen-age nutri- tion. The State Board of Health made a special grant of $50 to each of their six nutritionists to buy materials from the DC to be used and distributed in the areas not served by the three Florida Dairy Councils. The total amount of material distrib- uted by the Tampa Dairy Council is so great that it is difficult to comprehend, but the actual count of pieces of material is 188,970. The recipients of these ma- terials include school pupils, people who attend the many classes, conferences and public meetings and those sent out by mail to nurses, doctors, health depart- ments, homemakers and those requested following radio and television programs. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP, management, and circulation required by the Act of Congress of August 24. 1912, as amended by the Acts of March 3, 1933, and July 2, 1946 (Title 39, United States Code 233) of Florida Dairy News published quarterly at Jacksonville, Florida, for October 1, 1957. 1. The names and addresses of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers nre: Publisher, Florida Dairy Association, Inc., 615 Park St., Jacksonville 4, Florida; Editor and Busi- ness Manager, E. T. Lay, 615 Park St., Jacksonville 4, Florida. 2. The owner is: Florida Dairy Association, Inc., 615 Park St., Jacksonville 4, Florida. (Non-Profit Corporation, no capital stock.) 3. The known bondholders, mortgagees and other security holders owning or holding 1 percent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: None. E. T. LAY, Business Manager. Sworn to and subscribed before me this 30th day of September, 1957, L. H. CANOVA, Notary Public (My commission expires March 15, 1958) PENNSANo ...a New 5-in-1 bulk tank sanitizer PENNSAN is a new 5-way action liquid sanitizer that has been developed at the request of dairy equipment manufacturers and is espe- cially recommended for use with bulk milk cooling tanks, W4 tank trucks and CIP lines. Here are PENNSAN's 5-in-1 features: * sanitizes . ..effective against the bacteria that cause poor quality milk. * controls milkstone ...prevents milestone buildup . removes milk- stone formations. * passivates stainless steel ...conditions surface of stainless steel tanks and other equipment. * cleans ... prevents hard water -- buildup .. used for brush- 1 ing, spraying or circulating. S t guards against corrosion S . will not corrode or dis- color equipment. PENNSAN is only one product of the complete line of Pennsalt B-K cleaners and sanitizers developed specifically for the dairy industry. Ask your dealer about PENNSAN, or write B-K Dept. 598, Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation, Three Penn Center, Philadelphia 2, Pa. 5. 6 8 Cic I 1 FIRST QUARTER. 19511 I, c, I I - -~ - * 5 GUERNSEY CATTLE CLUB NEWS RECENT PRODUCTION RECOF FOR FLORIDA REGISTERED The following Herd Improvement Registry pr reported by The American Guernsey Cattle Club News through March xo. The University of Flo: production records through their extension service. Owner and Record Age BOUTWELL MATHESON, INC., Stuart Oakhurst Valors Gracefull ................ Sr.-3 Jenw ell V Bella .......................... 7 Kilmac Zeniths Pat ...................... 5 CONE, J. H., Plant City Valkyrie Nobly Alicia .................... Jr.-2 DINSMORE DAIRY CO., Dinsmore Camerons Independent Susie .............. Dinsmore Mayroyal Lita ............... Dinsmore Milton Adelaide ................ Dinsmore Milton Gladine ............... Dinsmore M ilton Cecile .............. .... Camerons Jewel Prim ................... Dinsmore Faymax Mathilda .............. Dinsmore M ayroyal Janis ................ Dinsmore Mayroyal Flower Girl .......... Dinsmore Rosemost Susanna ............. Dinsmore Mayroyal Rosina .............. Dinsmore Noble Dairymaid .............. Dinsmore Mayroyal Cutie ................ Dinsmore Jury Selby ..................... Camerons Vesta Silver ................... 5 Jr.-3 Jr.-3 Jr.-3 Jr.-3 Jr.-4 7 5 Jr.-4 Sr.-3 Sr.-3 Sr.-3 Jr.-3 Jr.-3 Sr.-4 DONEGAN, C. E., Largo W ilburn Le Ada ......................... Sr.-4 SCHMID, WALTER, & SON, Sarasota M atoaka Lucius Special .................. Dinsmore Jury Justina ................. .. Matoaka Lucius Radiant Ruby ........... Sr. -2 6 Jr.-2 WARD, CARROLL L., JR., Goldenrod Vaughandale Verona ...................... 5 Guernsey Bulls Purch JOHN H. CONE, Plant City, has recently pure sev bulls. Sonenta /H ..., ... L . Dinsmore Cow Wins National Distinction _I A new record, placing her eighth in milk production among the ten highest of the Guernsey breed in her class has IDS REPORTED just been completed by the registered cow, Dinsmore Mayroyal Mabel, a jun- GUERNSEYS ior four-year-old, owned and bred by n r h b Dinsmore Dairy Company, Dinsmore. oduction records have been "Mabel" produced 13,507 pounds of direct to the Florida Dairy milk and 513 pounds of fat in 305 days rida supervises these official on three times daily milking. She is classified Very Good for type. "Mabel" was sired by Foremost May Royalty, that Days Lbs. Lbs. has four sons and 171 tested daughters In Lbs. Lbs. Milk Milk Butterfat in the Performance Register of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. 365-3X 12,966 595 Group Tours 305-3X 12,949 564 305-3X 12,850 574 Latin America W. A. Boutwell, Sr., Lake Worth, Florida, left New Orleans February 23 305-2X 9,966 507 on a special Guernsey tour through Latin America, co-sponsored by the American Guernsey Cattle Club. 365-3X 12,134 670 The tour has two major objectives. 305-3X 11,111 505 First, to give the members (all regis- 365-3X 11,986 540 tered Guernsey dairy cattle breeders) an 365-3X 10,811 583 305-3X 9,614 516 opportunity to see Latin America. Sec- 305-3X 11,881 562 ond, to give them a chance to meet 352-3X 11,996 569 Guernsey breeders in these countries and 365-3X 14,785 638 365-3X 14,785 638 promote the Guernsey breed. 365-3X 10,725 552 There are I8 Guernsey breeders from 305-3X 12,093 536 8 States going on the tour. They will 305-3X 10,505 518 visit Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama 346-3X 14,184 570 in Central America, and all the South 332-3X 12,645 580 American countries except Paraguay, Bo- 365-3X 11,231 567 livia and the Guianas. The group will return to the United 365-3X 11,300 542 States on March 25. Special Reports and Visitors 305-3X 11,291 527 At Guernsey Annual Meeting 305-2X 11,859 543 At the Annual Meeting of the Flor- 305-2X 10,037 457 ida Guernsey Cattle Club in Orlando, March 19, members unanimously en- dorsed the program of the Livestock 365-2X 9,632 602 Sanitary Board and the State Veterinary Department on health requirements for all animals entering the State and their based efforts to enforce present regulations. Prof. P. T. Dix Arnold of the Dairy hased two registered Guern- Department of the U. of Florida re- m. wa~ uougnt rrom the estate of M. G. Seath, Far Hills, New Jersey. His dam, Coronation Majestic Hopeful, has a record of 13,569 lbs. milk and 694 lbs. of fat, made on three times daily milking in 365 days. His sire was Fairlawn Actress' Hornet. Mr. Cone bought Edisto Farms G. uryman from Edisto Farms, Denmark, South Carolina His dam, Edisto Farm's Jackie, has a record of 14,539 lbs. mi and 634 bs. at, made on two times daily milking in 365 days. His sire was Fairlawn Hornet's General. bull, eaC. D. GOODWYNE Jacksoill, as Purchad th'gist Guernsey oore lrt aOw Cherokee from ni I L . S sire rams, Jacksonville. Te dam is Di L. S Thas Purchased the regioor Ch ero sey bull Shantituc Ben s Jury, from lob_ ,-, Barron Wisconsin. The dam is Sha Jur inda d the sire, Cobble Creek Lads Benny. ntituck 6 FLORIDA DAIRy NEWS ported on the Guernsey animals n the Experiment Station herd. Seven of the original animals are still in the herd, begun in 1950, and the progeny of the original animals now number 35 head, Visitors introduced by Extension Dairyman C. W. Reaves were Herb Howell, Astoria Experiment Station O the University o and Prof John K. Loo Animal Husband De Apartment, Cornels bnivm San New York. Trnee haUve brsiy ate- ing animal nutrit.emen haveibeen study gathered at the and o motion era] requirement of Florida on in- cattle Of dairy and be American Guernsey Cattle Club to Meet in Miami Beach May 4-7, 1958 The 81st Annual Meeting of the American Guernsey Cattle Club is sched- uled to meet in Miami Beach, May 4-7 with headquarters at the Balmoral Hotel, site of the Florida Dairy Association's 1957 Convention. George Bout- well of Lake Worth is chairman of the Florida arrangements committee for the convention. Florida Guernsey breeders and others who may consider attending will be interested in the convention program schedule which is as follows: Sunday, May 4 5:30 P.M.-Welcoming Reception Monday, May 5 I:oo P.M.-Miami Area Tour, In- cluding Barbecue Dinner Tuesday, May 6 9:00 A.M.-Special Events Afternoon, Miami Tour Dinner at the Balmoral Wednesday, May 7 Io:oo A.M.-Convention Business Pro- gram Group Luncheon Adjournment for side visits to Cuba and Nassau Sellers Elected By F.G.C.C. At Orlando Annual Meeting Leon H. Sellers, veteran Guernsey breeder of St. Petersburg, was elected president of the Florida Guernsey Cattle Club for the coming year at the organi- zation's annual meeting held Wednes- day, March 19, at the T. G. Lee Dairy, Orlando. Sellers was advanced from the office of vice president to succeed Wiley P. Waldrep of Hollywood, who had served as president for the past two years. Other officers elected were George Boutwell, Lake Worth, vice president; John H. Cone, Plant City, re-elected secretary-treasurer; and J. McK. Jeter of Winter Haven, Florida Golden Guernsey Representative. Directors elected in addition to the officers are: Earl Jensen, Stuart; Charles Johnson, Jacksonville; Jack P. Dodd, Orlando; Carroll L. Ward, Jr., Orlando; Mrs. Wilbur J. Casey, Largo; C. C. Sellers, Tallahassee; and Walter Schmid, Sarasota. Dr. Roberto Parajon of Havana, Cuba, is an honorary di- rector. The Walter Schmid Guernsey Dairy was presented with the Florida Guernsey Cattle Club "Sargeant Trophy" for ownership of Guernsey cow having the highest butterfat production (figured to mature equivalent) in Florida during the past year. The Carroll Ward, Jr., "Lay Laine Dairy" was presented the F.G.C.C. trophy for his Florida State Fair grand champion Florida bred bull and another for his grand champion Florida bred cow. Guernsey Cattle Club Meeting Held In Tampa The Florida Guernsey Cattle Club held its usual meeting and banquet in Tampa at the conclusion of the State Fair Dairy Show honoring Guernsey exhibitors as well as Fair officials and judges for the dairy show. Wiley Waldrep, Ft. Lauderdale, president of the organization, presided. The Annual Meeting of the Guernsey Cattle Club was set for March 19, to be held at the T. G. Lee Dairy, Or- lando. Good Housekeeping "Seal" Given Golden Guernsey Milk Announcement was recently made by Golden Guernsey, Inc., national market- ing organization of Golden Guernsey milk, that the Good Housekeeping maga- zine "Guarantee Seal" has been awarded "trademarked Golden Guernsey Milk." 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WISCONSIN FIRST QUARTER, 1958 7 Jersey Tops Florida Record of Butterfat Production JERSEY CATTLE CLUB NI NATIONAL HONORS WON UNDER T OF AMERICAN JERSEY CATTLE C WALTER WELKENER, Holly Hill Farm, Jacksonville, h national honors for an outstanding Jersey bull he bred and o Observer Design Sybil Elmno, has been named a Senior Superior that he has passed on both high production and good breed type ten of which have been tested for production. They averaged containing 518 lbs. butterfat on a twice-daily-milking, 305-day lent basis. The bull also has ten daughters classified for bree average rating of 87.oo00%. The average classification score for all last year was 85.49%.. Welkener's Senior Superior Sire has been officially classified achieving the top rating of Excellent. A. T. ALVAREZ, Jacksonville, owns a registered Jersey co rated a Tested Dam, indicating that she has three offspring w duction records. The three daughters of Royal Standard Fanny lbs. milk containing 467 lbs. butterfat on a twice-daily-milking, equivalent basis. SKINNERS' DAIRY, Jacksonville, also owns a registered J a recent rating of Tested Dam. Three daughters of Cornelii averaged 9,Io6 lbs. milk containing 495 lbs. butterfat on a twi 305-day mature equivalent basis. Two new Florida members of the American Jersey Cattle during the past quarter are Kenneth L. Paterson, Orlando, and Ro Venice. The following production records were supervised by Florida. Reports direct to the Florida Dairy News are included Days In Owner and Record A. T. ALVAREZ, Jacksonville Elect Standard Bossy ................ Elect's Fillpail Irene ............... Alvarez Rex Dust Vale ......... . ... .. Alvarez Rex Fanny's Favorite .............. Alvarez Rex Bessie's Bet .......... FAIRGLADE JERSEY DAIRY, Geneva Butterking Nadine M imi ................... X enia G low Theresa ............. ........ Louwood Basil's Glady .............. Age Milk GULF WIND DAIRY, Venice X Standard Ivy Ida ....................... 5-3 JUDGE, B. W., Orlando Brampton Records Signal Dinah ........... 6-3 Hubertine's Caroline Louise ............... 3-2 Sybil O nyx Irm a ...................... 1-10 MAGILL, F. D., Grand Crossing Standard Design Edwina .................. 4-3 X. Standard Design's Jo ................... 1-10 MEADOWBROOK FARMS, Jacksonville Viola Draconis M ati .............. ...... 6 SKINNERS' DAIRY, Jacksonville Xenia Design Pansy ..6-8 Elixir Design Pansy ....... ............ 6- STUART, J. K., Bartow 5 Biltmore Signal Queenie Glencoe Zipper Edith ............. .. 5-1 Jester Standard Margaret .......... -6 WELKE"" ""****** 3-1 WELKENER, WALTER, Holly Hill Farm, Jacksonville X. Standard Ivy Emblem Sybil Pompey Rosalie .................. 6-8 8 . ... ... ......... .. . . 7-7 th thr S A Jersey, owned by T. G. Lee of Orlando, finished a DHIA 305-day, twice-daily-milking, record in February, ESTING 1957, of 12,590 lbs. milk and 897 Ibs. ILUB butterfat, the highest 305-day butterfat record reported to date for any cow of as been awarded any breed tested in Florida. The cow wns. The bull, milked over a year, making 13,960 lbs. Sire, indicating milk and I,oog lbs. butterfat in the first to his daughters, 365 days of her lactation. While DHIA 9,572 lbs. milk lactation records are reported for the mature equiva- first 305 days and no lactation records d type with an of over 305 days are filed in the Na- erseys classified tional DHIA Record System, it is Jerseys classified . worthy of note that this cow produced over I,ooo lbs. butterfat in twelve for breed type months on DHIA test. It is the first and only 1,000 lb. butter- w that has been fat record made by a cow on test in ith official pro- Florida. This cow was part of the 450 averaged 9,066 cow herd of T. G. Lee. This herd was 305-day mature also one of the top ten in average pro- duction in the 1956-57 year (9,oo9 lbs. Jersey cow with 4% fat-corrected milk). a Design 'iolet Unlike the herd with the champion ce-daily-milking, milk producer, the Lee herd was not owner-milked but was cared for by com- SClub reported petent interested herdsmen. Also, a farm bert J. Gomber, program to produce maximum pasture and forage has been followed for several e University of years, and the quality was excellent the ough March Io. year the record was made. Some months, the cows had rotational grazing, with one feeding of chopped green forage and Lbs. Lbs. one feeding of silage daily. This record Milk Butterfat certainly is inducement that a herd feed- ing program that includes maximum 9,258 443 amounts of high quality forage is con- 9,366 508 ductive to high production at economical 8,579 397 per unit cost. 7,792 385 7,735 347 (C. W. Reaves' D.H.I.A. Newsletter) .. No Substitute For Work 3u0 IU,L293 54 305 9,678 468 "There is a time in every man's edu- 289 10,729 473 cation when he arrives at the convic- tion . that he must take himself for 298 11,035 638 better for worse as his portion, that though the wide universe is full of good, 305 9no kernel of nourishing corn can come 294 8,421 405 to him but through his toil bestowed 295 7,011 348 upon that plot of ground which is given to him to till." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) 305 8,624 305 7,354 Free Film Available On Farm Milk Line Cleaning 301 10,039 531 Filmed especially for the dairy farmer and those charged with the responsibll't 280 10,122 s41 of quality control n ml S a 40-minute S 476 6m movie in color covering the Proper washing of farm milk line sys- 305 9,942 515 teams and bucket milking machines. 305 8,992 475 T'here is no charge for this film, en- 30; 8,270 444 titled "C. I. P.", which may be obtained for showing simply by contacting Babson 305 11,767 720 Bros. Co., 2843 West I9th St., Chicago 305 12,925 658 23, Illinois. EWS *^' rLORIDA DAIRY NEWS Jersey Club Meeting Held At Florida State Fair Directors and members of the Florida Jersey Cattle Club present at the State Fair in Tampa for the Dairy Cattle Show held a special meeting there Feb- ruary 6th honoring Jersey exhibitors and visitors to the Fair. Dupont Magill of Jacksonville, presi- dent of the Association, presided. Announcement was made at the meet- ing that the organization had selected Charles Schack, F.F.A. member of Greenwood, to represent Florida in the National Jersey Achievement Contest. Also that the organization would sponsor a "plaque" for the State Winner in this Contest each year. Announcement was also made that the Club will sponsor sending 4-H members with creditable animals to the annual Mid-South Fair at Memphis next Sep- tember. The Club also voted to sponsor a "re- volving trophy" to be presented to the high individual cow on Herd Improve- ment Registry on a io-year basis. Announcement was made that the 1958 Annual Jersey Sale of the Florida Jersey Cattle Club has been set for Au- gust 21 in Jacksonville, and the annual meeting of the organization will be held Dupont Magill, president of the Florida Jer- sey Cattle Club, with his mother, Mrs. J. D. Magill, his son Albert, and daughter Mary, at Jacksonville District 4-H Dairy Show. Al- bert and Mary both won honors at the Show. in Jacksonville also, the evening before the Sale. Georgia Dairy Convention The Georgia Dairy Association, a dairy-wide organization including both producers and distributors in its mem- bership, reports a successful Annual Meeting and Convention held March 5-6 in Atlanta. Phil McGinty, president of Irving- dale Farms, Atlanta, was re-elected president and James E. Jackson, Execu- tive Secretary. Lafayette County Dairymen Form Artificial Breeders Group The Lafayette County Dairymen's As- sociation have organized a new Artificial Breeders Association to be chartered and start operation as soon as supplies are received and arrangements completed with the American Breeders Service. Progressive dairymen who have re- ceived special training in artificial breed- ing at Clemson, S. C., include R. A. Jackson, L. C. Jackson, Bishop Jackson, Foye Jackson, Pasco Jackson and R. L. Koon. Wyatt O'Steen and Foye Jack- son have qualified to serve as breeding technicians. Milk Price In Miami Area Milk producers in South Florida's Federal Milk Market Area received a blend price of 59.IC per gallon for their milk during the month of January. Producers received the Class I price of 6o.2c for 94.5% of their milk while the Class II price was 39.9c by the market price formula which uses a freight differential and a butterfat differential of 7.5c per point up or down from 4% milk. Dairy feed prices for the area in Jan- uary were $3.75 per cwt. for 20% mixed dairy feed and $2.80 per cwt. for citrus pulp. HELP for every businessman who wants to build more profits with Sunshine Service. Ask us! "Reddy," willing, and able... that's Sunshine Service Electricity... in step with Florida's ever-growing business and industrial development! Investigate the many new ways Reddy can help you... to better business, bigger profits! FLORIDA POWER & LIGHT COMPANY FIRST QUARTER, 1958 9 HOLSTEIN CATTLE CLUB NEWS Official Records of Holstein-Friesian Cows at Florida Agricultural Experiment Station Several registered Holstein-Friesian cows in the herd of the Florida Agri- cultural Experiment Station, Gainesville, have completed official production tests under Advanced Registry rules. Testing was supervised by the University of Florida in cooperation with the Holstein-Friesian Association of America. Oak Lucy Willeln 3636103 produced 14,253 lbs. of milk and 440 Ibs. of butterfat in 305 days at the age of 4 years and 2 months, on 2 milkings daily. Remcrest Fond Millie 3797666 produced 12,942 Ibs. of milk and 448 lbs. of butterfat in 305 days at the age of 3 years and 6 months, on 2 milkings daily. In the Ten-Months' Division of the Advanced Registry which includes special calving requirements in addition to high production records, Hickoryvale Admiral Lana 3705298 (VG) produced 13,959 lbs. of milk and 505 lbs. of butterfat on 2 milkings daily. South Is Rapidly Growing New Holstein Herd Area Throughout the 48 states, seed stock was officially transferred to 19,369 "new buyers"-dairymen who had never be- fore owned a registered Holstein during the year 1957. 2,645 of these new owners of Holsteins are located in the Southern and Southwestern states and 24 are in Florida. According to esti- mates made by the national association, the gain during the past ten years in the southern states has been 169 per cent. Holsteins Exported Registered Holsteins literally "got around" in 1957. The Holstein-Friesian Association of America reports that 1,51o head were officially transferred to new owners in 28 other countries with Mexico, Venezuela, Peru, Canada and Cuba buying the greatest numbers. It is estimated that 90 percent of all dairy cattle in Mexico, Central and South America and the Caribbean countries are of Holstein origin. New Registered Holstein Handbook The Holstein-Friesian Association of America has announced the publication of a new reference guide to its extensive programs of breed improvement and pro- motion. "Registered Holstein Handbook", just off the press, is a concise, 20 page outline of all major phases of organized Holstein activity. In addition, it provides Holstein breeders a ready reference to more spe- cialized publications of completely de- tailed information on various Association programs. The new Handbook is built around capsule descriptions of the workings and applications of official breed improve- ment programs. It also contains sections on registry and transfer procedures, local-level Hol- stein clubs, breed promotion and the Hol- stein Junior Program. Big and attractive, "Registered Hol- stein Handbook" is printed in red, green and black. It is profusely illustrated with 35 outstanding photographs. Copies are available from The Hol- stein-Friesian Association of America's national headquarters at Brattleboro, Vermont. Buddy Hull (left) shows his two blue- ribbon Holstein heifers to Tommy Harrell. For the last three months prior to the Florida State Fair where he showed the heifers, Buddy kept them at the high school in Gainesville and was assisted with their grom- ing by C. W. Reaves, extension dairyman, and E. B. Turlington, vocational agriculture teacher. Buddy also was a member of the F. F. A. Dairy Judging Team from Gainesville. His father is L. B. (Red) Hull, dairyman of Micanopy and producer director of the Florida Dairy Association. Holstein Breaks Own Record For New Florida Record In Milk Production A grade Holstein cow, owned by W. J. Simmons of Jacksonville, completed a 305-day record in December, 1956, of 21,960 Ibs. of milk and 683 Ibs. butterfat. This is the highest milk record reported to date in Florida in any pro- duction testing program. The record of this cow is more impressive in that her previous year's record was 20,220 lbs. milk and 682 lbs. fat, the highest milk record reported to that time. She calved January 27, 1955, and made the 20,220 lbs. milk on a DHIA 305-day record. She calved again on February 22, 1956 (just 12 months and 26 days from her previous calving) and proceeded to break her own record as well as the state record, giving two great records in successive years. This record disproves the thought that one outstanding record is succeeded by a low one. The cow was fed and handled with a herd of approximately I50 cows, mostly grades. She received no special feed during either record, but was fed accord- ing to her production. She was milked twice a day and was not pampered, but received the good practical feed and care provided all his cows by W. J. Simmons. His entire herd averaged 8,8o0 lbs. milk, a.6% test, and 404 lbs. butterfat (9,580 lbs. 4% fat-corrected-milk). It is an excellent example of the development of a high production herd by one who is in the dairy business to make a living, (as most dairymen are). (C. W. Reaves' D.H.I.A. Newsletter) Important For Consumers To Study Nutrition (Fla. Times-Union Editorial) "Important as it is for producers to keep up with scientific progress, it is equally important for consumers to keep up with scientific progress in the field of nutrition. If they did, these products -meat, eggs, and milk-would be the ones to gain the most, for the average American, though he eats too much of many things, still eats less meat, eggs, and milk than nutritionists advise. These foods are high in protein, and nutrition- ists say Americans ought to consume a higher proportion of high protein foods." 10 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS I ~ ,i~g=L' ED NEUENDORF, Babson representative in Florida, pushes the button on the Electrobrain, automatic push button pipe line washer, as he explains its new, improved features to the Florida Surge Dealers. Left to right: Bill Rooks, Sales Manager for Harry Blair; Harry Blair, West Hollywood; Bob Jameson and Earl Jackson, Tampa. Not pictured are: A. C. Mohs, Marianna, and Y. Herlong Pal- mer, Jacksonville. Good Cow Milking Stressed At Meeting Good Cow Milking is a necessity for dairymen today with the need for high production at the lowest possible cost. At Babson Bros. Co. annual sales meet- ing in Toledo, Ohio, on January 23 and 24, Florida Surge Dealers learned how they can help farmers get better cow milking. The importance of following a set of rules of good cow milking was stressed since pipe line milking is so prevalent in Florida. Pipe line milking takes a lot of work out of cow milking but the rules for money making milking still must be followed in order to have less udder trouble and higher milk produc- tion. Good practices to follow when milk- ing cows includes washing and massaging the udder about one minute before at- taching the machine, take a sample of milk from each quarter in a strip cup, milk the cow out completely and remove the machine as soon as she is milked out. The latest model pipe line equipment to help dairy farmers was introduced at the meeting. A new cleaned-in-place milk valve that needs no brushing and that can be adapted to existing pipe lines was shown. Many improvements were made on the automatic push button pipe line washer, the Electrobrain. The Electro- brain is now in a sealed, stainless steel case which protects the mechanism from moisture. U. S. Milk Consumption Is Up U. S. per capital consumption of fluid milk and cream in 1956 moved up to 355 pounds as compared with 352 pounds in 1955. For 1957, this figure is ex- pected to exceed 356 pounds. Florida Holstein Breeders Elect Rusterholz President The Florida Holstein Cattle Club elected A. J. Rusterholz, Jr., of Apop- ka, president and re-elected Kent Price, Palm Beach, Assistant County Agent, as secretary-treasurer. Rusterholz succeeded Herman Boyd, who had served as president of the or- ganization since it was formed about three years ago. Mr. Boyd was con- tinued as an officer of the Association as vice president. The group discussed encouraging more youngsters in being interested in dairy- ing and decided to make every effort to provide more and better calves for 4-H and F.F.A. members in the state. Bob Cain, Southeastern field repre- sentative with the Holstein-Friesian As- sociation of America, told the group that more Holsteins had been classified in Florida this year than in any previous year, which he felt indicated more pure- bred activity and more interest in better dairy animals. The group also discussed its annual sale which is usually held in August of each year and instructed the sale com- mittee to decide on the sale site and final details at its next meeting. THE VALUE OF COWS "The people of the United States de- pend on cows," said Johnny in school one day. "Why?" asked his teacher. "If it wasn't for cows," he replied, "there wouldn't be cowboys, and if it wasn't for cowboys, most folks in movies and TV wouldn't have no way to make a living, and the rest of us wouldn't have nothing to live for." A GOOD RULE FOR ALL A little brother and sister were late on their way to school. He began to cry, and said, "Oh, Sissy, let's kneel down and pray that we won't be late." "Oh, no, Buddy," she replied, "let's keep trotting and pray as we trot." TRI COUNTY DAIRY CATTLE ASSOCIATION Let us help you select high-quality producing cattle and calves from Wis- consin's finest dairy area. Orders filled at your direction. Fieldman service avail- able. WRITE OR CALL: FRANCIS DARCEY & SONS Phone: 264 Box 143, Watertown, Wisconsin. JOHN DARCEY 555 S.W. 14th Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Phone: Jackson 4-3362 WISCONSIN DAIRY CATTLE For Sale We have 20 head of high grade Hol- stein and Guernsey cows and first calf springers, being shipped in from Wiscon- sin weekly. All calfhood vaccinated and Bangs tested. Can be seen 2 miles west of Brandon or 5 miles east of Tampa, on U.S. 60. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION WRITE: WILLIAM O. CAREY Rt. 1, Box 216 Phone: 44-4564 LIMONA, FLA. TAMPA Classified Advertising RATES FOR ALL CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 12c PER WORD FOR SALE DAIRY EQUIPMENT: Used pasteurizers, compres- sors, Enreco papermachine, bottling and capping machines, motors, other pieces. Good condition and reasonable. BILL CARPENTER, Rutherfordton, N. C. YEARLING HOLSTEIN HEIFERS, Calfhood vacci- nated, from artificial breeding. Priced at $150 to $175 per head. RAY REILLY, Route 4, Janes- ville, Wisconsin. COASTAL BERMUDA HAY, $30 per ton, FOB Tal- lahassee. Write or call CHAS. COBLE, Velda Farms, Tallahassee, Fla. MILK TANK TRUCK: 1,000 gal. Heil tank, 1954 International, 150 series chassis. Good paint, good tires (new recaps). Needed larger tank. $3,000 cash. E. F. FROEHLICH, Rt. 1, Box B-50, West Palm Beach. GREENGATES, LIVESTOCK GATES-Steel tubing, woven wire, light weight, tough, attractive-ten foot $13.90-other lengths. Silver Lakes Estates, Route 2, Leesburg, Florida. RANCH EQUIPMENT & SUPPLIES CATTLE WATERING TANKS. Ten-foot steel reinforced Concrete, 21/2 feet wide. $60.00 delivered, $50.00 your truck. Four foot wide tanks, $80.00 and $70.00. Atlas Concrete Products, Inc., Box 6122, Station 6, Orlando, Florida. Phone CRestwood 7-0841. FARM FOR SALE UP-STATE FLORIDA DAIRY. Profitable, well es- tablished 450-acre Grade A operation. COMPLETE with 130 milk cows and heifers, 2 tractors, farm and dairy equipment, new harvester, 1-ton truck, etc. 350 acres tillable, includes 50 bottom, bal- ance wooded, 75 acre pasture for 130 head stock. Good set improvements, modern 6-room house, fireplace-see picture in Catalog. 62-ft. barn, 20 stanchions, Grade A milk house, silo, tenant house, 2 tobacco barns, few other buildings. On paved U.S. Highway, handy to town. Disabled owner offers a real moneymaker at $100,000, $40,000 down. Free WINTER catalog, bargains coast to coast. UNITED FARM AGENCY, 721-fd West Colonial Drive, Orlando, Fla. WANTED TO BUY truck combination if price is moderate. Write J. D. FUQUA, Altha, Fla. FIRST QUARTER, 1958 11 Twenty-one Counties Send Teams To State 4-H Dairy Show for Judging Contest The IIth annual state 4-H Club Dairy Show and Judging Contest at the Central Florida Fair in Orlando the week of February 24 was declared to be the best in both numbers and quality of animals, as well as participation by boys and girls interested in dairy cows. Club members from 17 counties exhibited 152 animals of the five principal dairy breeds, and teams from 21 counties participated in the judging contest. Twenty-one judges from 13 counties earned the right to enter final com- petition in June for the state 4-H dairy judging team which will represent Florida at the national judging contest in Waterloo, Iowa, in October. The finalists include Johnny Kaylor, Gail Williams and Paul Sheffield, Polk; David Harrell, Charles Chason, Betty Bowie and Albert Magill, Duval; Jeanette Foote and Larry Hiatt, Orange; Graham Hayes and J. D. Windsor, Palm Beach; Dennis and Leslie Diaz, Hillsborough; Ben Franklin, Jr., Dade; John Sellers, Leon; Rick Allan, Pinellas; Tommy Prator, Nassau; Thomas Gomber, Sarasota; Willis Tate, Jr., Sumter; Jackie Wilson, Volusia; and Paul Dixon, Marion. The Polk County team, composed of Johnny Kaylor, Gail Williams, Paul Sheffield and Caroline Thornhill, took first place as a county group and was awarded a beautiful silver tray by the Florida Times-Union. Duval and Orange teams were second and third, receiving plaques from the Florida Re- tail Federation and Florida Power and Light Company. The American Jersey Cattle Club awarded plaques to the top three individuals in the contest, Johnny Kaylor, Polk; John Sellers, Entries came from Holmes and Jack- son counties in western Florida to Palm Beach and Dade in the south. Other counties represented in the show included Orange, Duval, Polk, Nassau, Manatee, Brevard, Volusia, Leon, Jefferson, Pasco, Seminole, Hillsborough, and Marion. IN THE PANEL AT LEFT, From Top to Bottom: C. T. Bickford, manager of the Central Florida Fair, presents $100 bills to Tom Peter Chaires III, Old Town, and Gail Wil- liams, Winter Haven, as Florida's outstanding 4-H members. The awards were provided by O. P. Swope, past president of the Fair As- sociation. Al Hammond, State winner in 4-H Dairy Achievement and winner of a National Prize of a $400 scholarship, with one of his 4-H animals, a grade Holstein. Ernest Fischer, Windermere, with his junior champion Jersey, and Paul Sheffield with Caroline Stuart's cow, the grand champion and senior champion Jersey. Fischer and his Jersey, Sybil Advancer Elaine, also won the M. A. Schack trophy for the best Jersey bred by the exhibitor. Virginia Thornhill, Polk County, with the grand champion registered Ayrshire, and Jane Vernon, Hillsborough County, with the re- serve grand champion. Robin Alvarez, Jacksonville, receiving the Florida Feed Dealers Association trophy for the best butterfat production during 1957 from J. P. Bowers, Wayne Feed Supply Co., Orlando. Robin's cow tied for the fat record with one owned by Martin Schack, Green- wood, but excelled all others in milk produc- tion. 12 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS The show was conducted by the dairy and 4-H Club departments of the Agri- cultural Extension Service and sponsored by the Central Florida Fair, which pro- vided close to $3,500 in prize and ex- pense money. The State Department of Agriculture contributed $500. C. W. Reaves and T. W. Sparks, extension dairymen, were co-chairmen of the show. R. E. Burleson, dairyman with the USDA Agricultural Extension Service, and J. McK. Jeter, Florida Guernsey fieldman, Winter Haven, judged the animals. Don Adams, Florida Power and Light Company, and Jack Dodd, Guernsey dairyman, judged fit- ting and District Agents K. S. McMul- len and W. J. Platt judged showman- ship. County agents and assistants coached the judging teams and assisted the club members in getting their animals to the show. Howard Taylor, Flagler, served as master of ceremonies, and Ben Floyd, Dixie, and R. K. Price, Palm Beach, were ringmasters. Clerks of the show were Howard Young, assistant exten- sion dairyman, Dick Stark, State Mar- keting Bureau, Miss Ann Thompson, assistant state girls' 4-H Club agent, and Miss Helen Holstein, district home de- monstration agent. Tommy Edge, Winter Park, who had already won the state efficient dairy pro- duction contest, showed the senior and grand champion registered Guernsey cow and won both fitting and showmanship contests. Ann Smith, Pasco, showed the junior and reserve champion registered Guernsey. In grade Guernsey classes, Jimmy Kilcrease, Manatee, exhibited junior and grand champion, while Donna Dell Miller, Polk, had the senior and reserve champion. Caroline Stuart, Polk, showed the senior and grand champion registered Jersey, with Robin Alvarez, Duval, cap- turing reserve championship honors. (Continued on Next Page) Jackie Wilson, DeLand, receives bouquet as "Dairy Sweetheart" from R. T. Tucker, presi- dent of the Central Florida Fair, at the State 4-H Show in Orlando, February 24. STATE 4-H DAIRY SHOW Ernest Fischer, Orange, had the junior champion, which was also the best bred by exhibitor. Jeanette Foote, Orange, showed junior and grand champion in the grade Jersey classes, with R. C. Braddock, Duval, taking reserve cham- pion honors. Virginia Thornhill's senior champion from Polk County went on to become grand champion in the registered Ayr- shire classes. Nancy and Toni Vernon, Hillsborough, and Bill Parent, Manatee, had the best three animals bred by ex- hibitor. Larry Hiatt, Orange, showed the junior champion. Palm Beach County came in strong on the registered Holsteins, with Harold Price taking junior and grand champion- ship on his heifer and J. D. Windsor showing the reserve champion. A senior yearling entered by Clifton Lyon II, Holmes, took junior and grand championship ribbons in the grade Hol- stein classes. The cow owned by Alfred Hammond, Jr., Orange, was senior champion, while the junior yearling shown by Mike Harris, Manatee, was reserve grand champion. Pug Causey, Palm Beach, copped jun- ior and grand championship ribbons with his heifer, while Ben Franklin, Jr., Dade, showed the reserve champion Brown Swiss. In showing groups of three animals, first Io counties, in order, were Orange, Duval, Palm Beach, Manatee, Nassau, Polk, Jackson, Volusia, Brevard, and Jefferson. Awards were presented at the annual 4-H dairy banquet Monday night, given by the Central Florida Fair. Trophies were presented to first three county group exhibitors by the Florida Dairy Association and the Central Flori- da and Northeast Florida Milk Pro- ducers Associations. American Federal Savings and Loan Association, Orlando, gave the trophy to the showmanship winner, while Dinsmore Dairy Farms presented the trophy to the exhibitor of the best fitted animal. The Florida Jersey Cattle Club pro- vided the trophy for the grand champion Jersey and the American Jersey Cattle Club gave plaques to those who had shown the reserve grand champion, champion and reserve champion grade Jersey, and junior champion registered Jersey. Florida and American Guernsey Cattle Clubs presented trophies to ex- hibitors showing grand and reserve cham- pions in this breed. The Florida Ayrshire Club presented a model Ayrshire cow to the exhibitor of the grand champion, while the Ayr- shire Breeders Association gave subscrip- tions to The Ayrshire Digest to ex- hibitors of grand and reserve champion registered Ayrshires. An imported Swiss cow bell, an un- usual trophy, went to the exhibitor of the grand champion Brown Swiss, do- nated by the Brown Swiss Cattle Breed- ers' Association. This group also gave subscriptions to the Brown Swiss Bulle- tin to exhibitors of grand and reserve champions. The Florida Holstein-Friesian Club gave a model cow to the exhibitor of (Continued on page 14) IN THE PANEL AT RIGHT, From Top to Bottom: Efficient Dairy Production Contest winners receiving checks and plaques from E. P. Yocum, representing Southern Dairies and the National Dairy Products Corporation, spon- sor of the contest. Left to right are: Ben Franklin, Dade; Linda Dixon, Polk; Corky Gaines, Manatee; Tommy Edge, Orange, state winner; Tommy Prator, Nassau; John Sellers, Leon; and Al Cribbett, Assistant County Agent of Orange County, which won the i plaque for the top overall county 4-H program. Tommy Edge, Winter Park, with his grand champion Guernsey, just after he won the showmanship contest; he also won the fit- ting contest. Others shown, left to right, sixth to second showmanship winners: Braxton Powell, Cocoa; Frank Powell, Cocoa; Ernest Fischer, Windermere; Robin Alvarez, Jackson- ville; and Tommy Prator, Callahan. Winners in the Ayrshire calf class, left to right, first to seventh place: Nancy Vernon, Tampa; Toni Vernon, Tampa; Corky Gaines, Bradenton; Bill Parent, Bradenton; Martin Overstreet, Bradenton; Janis Overstreet, Bra- denton; Melvin Vernon with Nancy Vernon's calf; and Ronald Stewart, Bradenton. Palm Beach County animals in the State 4-H Dairy Show; Palm Beach had the cham- pion registered Holstein and Brown Swiss. Jackson County members and their animals. Winning Senior Yearling Jerseys, first to sixth places, left to right: James Smith, Hills- borough; Ernest Fischer, Orange; Denny Den- nison, Orange; James Balkcom, Charles Cha- son, Duval; Yonnise Swanson, Orange; and Eldridge Thornhill, Polk. One aisle of the Show Barn. The cow in the foreground is Basileus Design Star, the reserve champion of the show, belonging to Robin Alvarez, Jacksonville. . FIRST QUARTER, 1958 13 Florida's Regular 27c Milk Price Reported in Forty-Five Cities (Many With Less Cream Than Florida Milk) The accompanying table of milk prices during February, 1958 discloses that the retail price of milk (standard, Grade A, pasteurized) per quart, delivered to homes, was as high or higher than the Florida average price of 27'2c in 23 cities in other states. The price in 17 cities of eight southern states averaged 27.4c, reflecting the higher milk production costs in southern states. The information in the table was secured from the February milk price report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture and other reports as indicated. Of the 63 cities listed outside of Florida, all have a milk price of 26c or higher as compared to the average of 25y2c for the 25 principal cities of the country. Of the 63 cities listed, 18 have a price of 26c to 26I2c; 24 have a price of 27c to 27Y2c; 7 have a price of 28c; 13 have a price of 29c to 29/2c, and one has a price of 3112c. It is interesting to note that 21 cities had a price higher than the Florida average of 27/2c while 14 cities had a price as high or higher than Florida's highest price of 29c in Jacksonville. In comparing milk prices it is im- portant that the quality and cream con- tent of the milk be also compared. Florida milk consumers should be in- terested to know that only 16 of the 63 cities listed in the accompanying re- port show milk with a cream content as high as 4% which is reported for Florida. Farm Milk Price Is Up Although the Florida milk prices to farmers remained the same under the stabilizing program of the Milk Com- mission, the U. S. Department of Agri- culture report for February shows that the farm milk price was up 7c per hun- STATE 4-H DAIRY SHOW (Continued from Page 13) the grand champion registered cow in this breed, and the Holstein-Friesian Association of America presented plaques and medals to exhibitors of grand and reserve champions. The annual butterfat record contest ended in a tie between Robin Alvarez of Jacksonville and Martin Schack of Greenwood. They were awarded a trophy, on which both names will be engraved, by the Florida Feed Dealers' Association. A study of milk processing and dis- tribution cost for 425 milk distributors in 45 states and the District of Columbia, made by the Indiana University School of Business, for the year 1956 shows that the average profit per quart of milk is about 2c, or slightly more than dredweight over February, 1957 and 14c above the 1952-56 average. The retail price of milk in Jackson- ville, Florida was increased ic a quart early in February for home-delivered milk but the store price remained the same. Jacksonville milk distributors said the increase was necessary because of increased costs for milk from dairy farmers of the area and an inadequate distributor spread which had existed in the area for many years. Chain grocers run reduced milk prices principally in half-gallon containers in Jacksonville, Tampa and Miami. In some instances, these reductions were limited to certain days of the week. (In the Accompanying Table) "Prices are for Standard Pasteurized Milk for Area from U.S.D.A. February 20, 1958 Milk Price Report, Table No. 1, unless otherwise indicated and except for Orlando, Ft. Myers and Pensacola, Fla., which are not reported. IPrice of "High Fat" Milk from U.S.D.A. February 20 Milk Price Report, Table No. 5, believed to be comparable to Florida "Grade A" 4.% to 4.5% butterfat milk. Price of Standard Milk Price reported by N. Y. Dept. of Agriculture, December 1957. TPrice per single quart with discount on all over first quart. 2% of the milk distributor's milk in- come dollar. America's milk dealers spent more than $60 million for advertising and promotion in 1956, according to a na- tionwide survey conducted by Professor G. W. Starr of Indiana University for the Milk Industry Foundation. Advertising and promotion expendi- tures utilized i.i6c out of each dollar of sales income for the milk dealers in 1956. This represents the highest ratio expended for advertising since 1941, with the exception of 1955, when the ratio was I.20c. While the milk dealers' profit margin averaged about %c a quart, the industry spent about 4c per quart for advertis- ing and promotion. And it cost dealers about twice as much (2.8c of each sales income dollar) for taxes and licenses as they spent for advertising and promotion. MILK PRICE COMPARISON March 10, 1958 (Standard Creamline Pasteurized Milk) CREAM *PRICE CITY % PER QT. FLORIDA Tampa, Fla. 4.0 27 c Ft. Myers, Fla. 28 Jacksonville 4. -4.5 29 Orlando 27 Miami 4.1 27 Pensacola 27 (Fla. Average-27.5c) OTHER STATES Boston, Mass. 3.7 27 Fall River, Mass. 3.7 26 Lowell, Mass. 3.7-3.8 26 Springfield, Mass. -- 27% Worcester, Mass. 3.6-3.7 26% Providence, R. I. 3.7 t29 Hartford, Conn. 3.8 28 New Haven, Conn. 3.7 28 Albany, N. Y. 3.8 27 Binghampton, N. Y. 3.6-3.8 29 Buffalo, N. Y. 3.6-3.7 :31% New York City -- 29/2 Rochester, N. Y. 3.6 27 Syracuse, N. Y. 3.7 27 Elmira, N. Y. 27 Niagara Falls, N. Y. 28 White Plains, N. Y. 29% Yonkers, N. Y. 29% Atlantic City, N. J. 3.65 29% Camden, N. J. 3.9 27 Trenton, N. J. 3.6-3.8 27% Northeastern, N. J. 29 Erie, Pa. 3.5-3.7 26 Harrisburg, Pa. 3.7 26 Johnstown, Pa. 26 Philadelphia, Pa. t29Y Pittsburgh, Pa. 3.5 t29 Reading, Pa. 3.6 26% Scranton, Pa. 3.7 27 Cincinnati, Ohio t29 Chicago, Ill. 3.5 29 Baltimore, Md. 29 Washington, D. C. 4.0 27 Alexandria, Va. 4.0 27 Norfolk, Va. 4.0 27 Richmond, Va. 3.7 26% Wheeling, W. Va. 3.5 26 Asheville, N. C. 4.1-4.2 27 Charlotte, N. C. 3.8-4.1 27 Charleston, S. C. 4.0 26 Columbia, S. C. 4.0 26 Greenville, S. C. 4.0 26 Atlanta, Ga. 4.0 27 Augusta, Ga. 4.0 27 Columbus, Ga. 4.0 27 Macon, Ga. 4.0 27 Savannah, Ga. 4.0 28 Louisville, Ky. 3.7 26 Memphis, Tenn. 4.0 28 Nashville, Tenn. t29 Mobile, Ala. 3.5-4.0 26 Jackson, Miss. 4.0 27 Little Rock, Ark. 3.53 26 Baton Rouge, La. 3.8-4.0 26 New Orleans, La. 3.95 27 Oklahoma City, Okla. 3.6 27 El Paso, Texas 3.5 26 Galveston, Texas 4.0 28 Houston, Texas 4.0 28 Albuquerque, N. M. 3.5 27 Reno, Nevada 3.5 26 Los Angeles, Calif. 3.55 t27 San Francisco, Calif. 3.55 t27 Average of 63 cities outside Florida..27.38c Florida Average ................... 27.5 c 14 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS MILK COMMISSION REPORT December, January, February and March December Meeting The Commission's previously adopted order, revoking all orders and setting of milk prices at the wholesale and retail level, became effective December 15. Considerable time was devoted to discussion of several court cases which had been brought against previous Commission orders involving payments to producers by the Borden Dairy and a petition by distributors for a court injunc- tion to prohibit the Commission from carrying out threatened revoking of licenses, should their Class II and III price order effective January I not be complied with. Distributors also attacked the Commission's order as being illegal. The court injunction was issued and applied only to the four distributors whose names were entered in the case- Foremost, Southern, Borden, (all state- wide) and Perret's Dairy, Jacksonville. Commission Chairman Brailey Od- ham accused distributors of bringing the court cases against the Commission for the purpose of destroying it or of making its operation ineffective. Distributors privately said that their only object in resorting to court action was to keep the Commission's actions according to the law. The Commission voted to request the addition of $30,000.00 to its current budget for use as attorney fees in defend- ing its actions contested in the courts. January Meeting The Commission's order setting Class II and III prices became effective Janu- ary I. The Commission adopted a recom- mendation of Chairman Odham that it request the president of the State Senate and the Speaker of the House to name committees for the purpose of sitting in on Milk Commission meetings so that they could properly inform the 1959 legislature about the Milk Commission Law. Adopted plans to hold a public hearing at its February meeting on the subject of hauling and handling charges made to producers. A committee was named to study the question. Adopted an order providing for a statewide "producer base plan" excepting for the Pensacola area, which was held up for consideration of policies involving the flow of milk between Florida and Alabama. February Meeting The public hearing on hauling and handling charges was held and continued to the March meeting. A Foremost Dairies special contract with 23 producers in the Chipley area was reviewed by the Commission and left in force due to the fact it was made prior to the time the Commission as- sumed control in the area. The contract blend price of 5oc a gallon was ques- tioned by other distributors who are under the Commission's statewide price order of 6Ic a gallon plus butterfat for Class I milk, as well as fixed prices for Class II and III milk. Discussed and again postponed action on revision of the producer base plan in the Pensacola area. Discussed defense of Commission's statewide base plan order against a court suit brought by Southern, Borden and Foremost Dairies, attacking the legality of the order. Discussed also another new court case brought by distributors attacking the legality of all the Commission's present price orders and the right of the Com- mission to require a distributor to buy all the milk tendered by his base pro- ducers at prices set by the Commission without regard to the plant's need for the milk or the market value of the milk according to its utilization. To Study Producer Costs and Prices When Chairman Odham heard two Foremost producers testify that they were satisfied with their 50c a gallon blend price and received a petition from 23 other producers that they wanted the contract continued, he commented that it is about time the Commission make a statewide survey and study of milk pro- duction costs and whether or not the present Commission price to producers of 61c a gallon plus a butterfat differ- ential is justified. March Meeting Accepted the resignation of former Commission administrator L. K. Nicho- las, who had been classified as assistant administrator since Col. Dexter Lowry was appointed administrator last August when Nicholas' term expired. Held a further hearing on handling and hauling charges made to producers and continued the hearing to the April meeting. Discussed and continued to the April meeting, consideration of revising the producer base plan for the Pensacola area. Discussed plans for possible additional staff members to do regular butterfat testing for producers, after a request for a test-check was received from a Tampa area producer. Says Dairy Laws No Good Chairman Brailey Odham, in speaking at a hearing of the Special House and Senate Committee for study of Florida Agricultural Laws and possible re-or- ganization of the State Department of Agriculture held in Senate Chamber at the time of the Commission's March meeting, was quoted by the press as saying, "Florida's milk laws are strictly no good." A member of the "Agricul- tural Services Study Committee" quoted Odham as saying to the Committee about the Milk Commission Law, "It stinks." Florida Dairy Industry Gains On Other States According to reports of the U. S. De- partment of Agriculture for 1956, the Florida dairy industry continues to grow faster than in other states. Florida advanced from its 1955 po- sition of thirty-third place to thirty-sec- ond in milk production of 987,000,000 lbs.; from fourteenth place to thirteenth in ice cream production of 15,887,ooo gallons; from tenth place to ninth place in sherbet production of 1,051,ooo gal- lons; from eighth place to seventh in ice milk production of 3,262,000 gallons; and from sixteenth to fifteenth in soft frozen dairy products of 1,528,000 gal- lons. Leads in 10-Year Milk Increase Florida led all states for the past ten year period in percentage gain of both total milk production and milk produc- tion per cow. Consumers Milk Digest Available Upon Request The Florida Dairy Association offers to "Dairy News" readers upon request a 20-page, illustrated booklet of "FACTS and USEFUL INFORMATION" about milk and milk products. Published by the Milk Industry Foun- dation of Washington, D. C., this booklet is an ideal source of authentic information on the nutritional values of milk in the diet as compared to other foods and contains answers to many milk consumer questions. (Address request to 615 Park St., Jacksonville.) FIRST QUARTER, 1958 15 1958 F.D.A. CONVENTION TO BE HELD JUNE 25-27 AT NEW "COLONIAL INN", ST. PETERSBURG BEACH With Complete Air-conditioning, Beautiful Rooms at Moderate Rates, Three Swimming Pools Plus Beach Swimming and Tropical Grounds, Here F. D. A. Members Will Enjoy Florida at its Very Best. The Florida Dairy Association Convention Arrangements Committee and the Board of Directors believe they have provided a treat of a life-time for mem- bers and guests who will attend the organization's 1958 Annual Meeting and Convention at the new, modern "Colonial Inn" and its adjoining affiliated unit, "The Desert Ranch Motel", which is equally as fine and attractive. Three hundred and fifty modern, finely furnished, air-conditioned rooms are available and half of these have kitchenette facilities, at special summer convention rates of from only $6.00 to $Io.oo; children's beds will be furnished extra for $2.oo. These rates will apply for the entire week with seven days at the price of six. All rooms are either ground level or second floor with no worries about elevators and with handy car parking near all rooms. Convention meeting rooms and dining facilities are also all air-conditioned, attractive and adequate with a modern dinner and entertainment club as an added attraction. Less Program, More Recreation The F.D.A. Board of Directors instructed the Program and Arrangements Committee to plan good but shorter business sessions with more time for recreation and rest. Such a program fits in perfectly with the facilities available at St. Petersburg Beach and the Colonial Inn. Recreation offered includes golf, swimming, beach hiking, just plain sunbathing, fishing, parties, boating, sightseeing and shopping. National Dairy Leaders on the Program Two of the dairy industry's most popular national leaders have already accepted a place on the Florida Convention Program. These are Dick Werner, Executive Director of the Milk Industry Foundation, and Bob North, Executive Director of the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers. -. 41Lt St. Petersburg Beach I The "Desert Ranch Motel," sister unit and adjacent to the "Colonial Inn" at St. Peters- burg Beach where the 1958 Annual Meeting and Convention of the Florida Dairy Associa- tion will be held June 25 through June 27. 16 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS These speakers will bring Florida dairymen up-to-date on the important news and happenings in the dairy indus- try throughout the nation. The Program Committee consists of President John Sargeant and Producer Chairman Jack McMullen for the pro- ducers' program, while immediate past president Tom Lee and F.D.A. Distrib- utor Chairman Dolph Allison are in charge of the distributors' portion of the program. Joint producer and distributor pro- grams will include speakers, panel dis- cussions and conference group meetings on today's major dairy problems in Flor- ida. Will study Future Programs An important feature of the F.D.A. Convention will be progress reports and discussion of the industry's present edu- cational, promotional and public rela- tions programs now being conducted by the local Dairy Council units in Jackson- ville, Tampa and Miami areas, and the activities of the Florida Dairy Associa- tion. Special ladies' sightseeing and party features are also planned by the Ladies' Auxiliary program committee. Room Reservations Members are requested to send all convention room reservation requests to the Florida Dairy Association office, 615 Park St., Jacksonville 4. Program Time Schedule June 24-Evening "Early Bird" Party June 25-Morning Registration Afternoon Business Session Night Dinner and Program June 26-Morning Business Session Noon Luncheon Afternoon Recreation, Etc. Night Dinner and Entertain- ment June 27-Morning Business Session Noon Luncheon Afternoon Adjournment THE COLONIAL INN St. Petersburg Beach Cordially invites all Members and Guests of the FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION, INC. to attend the 1958 CONVENTION and ANNUAL MEETING JUNE 25, 26, 27 And Spend a Full Week With Us Make your reservations now to the Association Office E. T. Lay, Florida Dairy Association, 615 Park St., Jacksonville 4 LOW CONVENTION RATES FIRST QUARTER, 1958 17 UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA DAIRY REVIEW Agricultural Extension Service Dairy Products Laboratory Dairy Farm Research Unit Agricultural Experiment Station DEPARTMENT OF DAIRY SCIENCE COMBINES VARIED ACTIVITIES By: DR. E. L. FOUTS, Head Department of Dairy Science, U. of Fla. For many years, the University of Florida has conducted research programs in dairy husbandry and dairy products dealing mainly with matters which are vital to the dairy industry of Florida. To make this possible, a dairy farm consisting of 1200 acres of land, with suitable buildings including a milking barn, laboratory and offices is maintained at Hague, Florida. Jersey, Guernsey and Holstein cows are kept for research, teaching and demonstration pur- poses. A modern dairy plant is maintained for teaching and experimentation in the field of dairy manufacture. The teaching program in Dairy Husbandry includes a study of breeding, production and management of dairy cattle along with suitable courses in chemistry, biology, bacteriology FOUTS and related subjects. In the study of dairy products, processing and manufacturing are taught with complete facilities for pasteurization, making of ice cream, cottage cheese, condensed milk and chocolate milk. Graduates may elect to find employ- ment in many fields related to these studies. He will be trained for a career in production of milk, processing, sales, supplies and equipment used by the dairy industry, plant management, dairy tech- nology or dairy engineering. A series of conferences, short courses and demonstrations are held throughout each year to provide opportunities for people in all segments of the industry to come to the University of Florida for a few days of specialized training in some specific branch of the industry. Infor- mation concerning these courses with dates for the 1958 conferences are given on this page. Plans for the future include a con- tinual revision of curricula to give better training to students in all fields of dairy- ing; also an expanded program of re- search to bring answers to new problems as they occur in Florida dairying. In Dairy Manufacturing present projects include "New Methods for Processing Cultured Buttermilk," "Growth Rates of Dairy Organisms under Controlled Temperatures and Hydrogen Ion Con- centration" and "Continuous Fermenta- tion of Dairy Products." In Dairy Husbandry, projects in progress include: "A Study of the Ensilability of Florida Forage Crops," "Factors Affecting Breeding Efficiency and Depreciation in Florida Dairy Herds," "Post Partum Development of the 'Bovine Stomach Compartments and Observations on Some Characteristics of Their Con- tents," "A Study of Production, Repro- duction and Conformation of the Flor- ida Agricultural Experiment Station Herd," "Sub-Normal Milk: Its Pro- duction, Correction and Utilization," "Irrigation of Temporary Pastures for Dairy Cattle" and "Medicated Feeds for Dairy Calves." The teaching and research staff of the Department of Dairy Science includes: E. L. Fouts, Head, Department of Dairy Science; R. B. Becker, Dairy Husband- man; S. P. Marshall, Associate Dairy Husbandman; J. M. Wing, Assistant Dairy Husbandman; P. T. Dix Arnold, Associate Dairy Husbandman; L. E. Mull, Professor, Dairy Manufactures; W. A. Krienke, Associate Professor, Dairy Manufactures; and B. J. Liska, Assistant Professor, Dairy Manufac- tures. The Dairy Extension workers are: Clarence W. Reaves, Extension Dairy- man; T. W. Sparks, Assistant Exten- sion Dairyman; Howard Young, Assist- ant Extension Dairyman (Dairy Manu- facturing) and Ralph A. Eastwood, The University of Florida DEPARTMENT OF DAIRY SCIENCE Schedule of 1958 Special Events For the FLORIDA DAIRY INDUSTRY March 25-26 LABORATORIANS' SHORT COURSE For laboratory personnel from state, county, city and commercial laboratories, who test dairy and food products, and for milk sanitarians. March 26-27 MILK AND FOOD SANITARIANS' CONFERENCE For milk and food sanitarians, labora- tory technicians, public health workers, veterinarians, dairy plant operators, pro- ducers, distributors, quality control per- sonnel, and equipment and supply dealers. April 24-25 DAIRY FIELD DAY For milk producers, producer-distributors, dairy processors, herdsmen, county agents, vocational agriculture teachers, veterinar- ians, DHIA workers and equipment and supply dealers. May 27-29 DAIRY HERDSMEN'S SHORT COURSE For dairy herdsmen, herd owners, dairy farm helpers, DHIA supervisors, pro- ducer-distributors and milk producers. October 30-31 and November 1* DAIRY PLANT OPERATOR'S SHORT COURSE For dairy plant managers, sales personnel, superintendents and assistants, owners, dairy plant employees, producer-distrib- utors, equipment and supply dealers; also sanitation and regulatory personnel. *Tentative Date Economist, Dairy and Poultry Market- ing. In addition, key non-academic per- sonnel includes: Herman Somers, As- sistant; Johnnie Boggs, Farm Foreman; and R. F. Bennett, Plant Superintend- ent, Dairy Products Laboratory. Bulletins and Circulars are published giving results of the various projects in research. These will be sent to anyone requesting them and the more recent ones are: Bulletins 382-Manufacture of Cultured But- termilk and Cottage Cheese. 449-A Laboratory Program for the Dairy Plant. 527-Value of Pearl Millet Pasture for Dairy Cattle. 539-Some Trends and Character- istics of the Dairy Industry in Florida. 540-Productive Life-Span of Dairy Cattle. (Continued on Next Page) 18 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS SLet's Look at Pasture Irrigation By: DR. SIDNEY P. VIARSHALL and PROF. J. M. MYERS University of Florida How much will irrigation of well-fertilized pangola-white clover pasture stretch the grazing season, increase the yield of nutrients, improve the uniformity of feed supply obtained from pasture, and will it pay? These are some of the factors investigated in a joint project between the departments of Dairy Science and Agricultural Engineering. Pangola-white clover pasture grown on high-quality, limed flatwoods soil was fertilized annually with 90 to 126 pounds of P205 per acre in the fall, 180 to 210 pounds of K20 applied in the fall and winter, and 142 to 226 pounds of nitrogen per acre spread during the spring, summer, and early fall. An over- head sprinkler system was used to irrigate the pasture. Irrigations were made when about 75 percent of the available moisture had been removed from the top six inches of soil and sufficient water was applied each irrigation to restore soil moisture to field capacity in the top 18-inch strata. When rainfall was in- adequate, the interval between irrigations generally was 4 to 7 days and the size of application varied from 0.8 to 1.2 inches. Intervals between irrigations were shorter and water applications were larger during June, July, and August. During the last spring, water was available to the irrigated clover pasture at a rate equivalent to 0.3 inch per day with intervals between irrigations of 2 to 3 days. Separate groups of milking cows were used to graze rotationally the plots of irrigated pasture and those of the un- irrigated pasture during the three-year experiment. The average initial grazing date of March 5 for the irrigated pas- ture was 14 days earlier than that of the unirrigated pasture. The average date that grazing terminated was No- vember 7 for both pastures. Grazing was continuous on the irrigated pasture, but was interrupted on the unirrigated once each year for an average period of 18 days. The irrigated pasture furnished an average of 6,809 pounds of total digest- ible nutrients per year which was 21 percent more than that obtained from the unirrigated. The productivity of the two pastures varied by seasons and years depending primarily on the quantity and distribution of rainfall. However, two- thirds of the increased yield of nutrients by the irrigated pasture occurred during the clover season. Productivity by the irrigated pasture was more uniform than that of the un- irrigated. Since the herd requirement for forage is rather constant, this means that under an irrigation program forage de- ficiency periods were minimized and smaller amounts of surplus forage ac- cumulated during the grazing season. Value of the increased yield of total di- gestible nutrients obtained by irrigation averaged $2.13 per acre inch of water applied during the three-year period. The returns were higher for water ap- plied to clover than they were for grass. The average return per acre inch of water was $2.43 for clover and $1.56 for grass. Sprinkler and surface irrigation are the two general methods used on pas- ture. Rotary sprinklers, perforated pipe, and certain types of rotary or stationary nozzles come under the sprinkler system while the surface system is made up of a series of main and lateral ditches. The "best system" for irrigating pasture on a specific area is dependent on such factors as water supply, type of pasture, soil type, available capital, and labor supply. Initial investment usually is lower for surface systems ranging from about $50 to $120 per acre as compared to $70 to $150 per acre for sprinkler systems. Power requirement is less for surface systems. Labor is a major ex- pense item. Economic studies have shown that the cost of owning and operating irrigation systems vary widely and is influenced by location, management, and type of system. Total cost figures that are used widely in Florida are from $1.oo to $2.50 per acre inch of water applied by surface systems and $2.00 to $3.50 for that from sprinkler systems. BULLETINS AVAILABLE (Continued from Page 18) 542-Value of Alyce Clover Pasture for Lactating Cows. 576-Building a Dairy Herd. 584-Oat Pasture for Dairy Cattle. Circulars S- 3-Causes of and Remedies for Certain Abnormalities of Milk. S-40-Dried Citrus Pulp in Dairy Rations. S-6o-Orange and Companion Fruits Prepared Into Injection-Type Products for Flavoring Ice Cream. Station Press Bulletin 649--Processing Market Cream. Wins Borden Award James A. Thornhill was the winner of the annual Borden Company Award at the University of Florida for the 1957-58 school term. Each year the Bord- en Company grants an award of $300.00 to an outstanding senior student in agriculture who has had the highest point average in his class in all work THORNHILL taken prior to the beginning of his sen- ior year and has taken at least two dairy courses. Thornhill, who is a native of Lake- land, is a major in the department of dairy husbandry and will receive his degree in June, 1958. He plans to continue his studies working toward a Master of Science degree in animal hus- bandry. He was the winner of the Ralston Purina scholarship in 1957. Wide experience in 4-H Club work, in which he won the State Dairy Achievement Award in 1953, and work- ing in the dairy products laboratory at the University of Florida for 4 semesters, have given Thornhill an unusual sound background for his studies. He is also very active in campus organizations, having served as president of the Dairy Science Club, representative to the Ag. Council, and chairman of display at the agricultural fair. He is a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho social fraternity. James is married and he and his wife call Winter Haven their permanent home. Milk and Food Sanitarians Meet In Gainesville Members of the Florida Milk and Food Sanitarians Association will hold their 1958 annual meeting and two-day conference March 25-27 at the Univer- sity of Florida, Gainesville. A two-day conference of the group is sponsored by the Department of Dairy Science, Uni- versity of Florida. The program of the laboratory section of the group is held on the first day and the milk sanitarian part of the program, during the last two days. Subjects for the laboratorians' meeting are Coliforms, Antibiotics, Mastitis and Rancid Milk. Subjects on the milk sanitarians' two- day program are: Florida's Poisonous Plants, Low Solids from Improper Feed- ing, Trends to Milking Parlors, Ice Cream, Milk Dispensers, Sampling Pro- cedures, Deodorizing of Milk, and Ultra High Temperature Pasteurization. FIRST QUARTER, 1958 19 EXCELLENT DAIRY FIELD DAY PROGRAM PLANNED FOR APRIL 24-25 AT U. OF F. National Dairy Husbandry Authorities Will Speak On Theme: "Dairy Feeds and Feeding For Greater Profits" S T. G. Lee of Orlando, selected by the University of Florida as chairman of the 1958 Dairy Field Day Program and Promotion Committee, has issued a plea to all Florida dairymen to plan now to attend the fine two days' program which the Committee and University of Florida have planned for this 23rd annual dairy farmers' training program. Mr. Lee, who served last year as president of the Florida Dairy Association and many years ago as president of the \ Florida Dairymen's Association, is one of a very few Florida LEE dairymen who has participated in the Annual Dairy Field Day since its beginning as such, 22 years ago. Committee Helps Plan Program Tom Lee's 30-member "Program Committee" sent in program suggestions and many attended the program plan- ning meeting which the Committee held January 30th with members of the staff of the University of Florida's Depart- ment of Dairy Science. In a full half-day session at the U. F. Dairy Science Build- ing, the Committee and the Dairy De- partment Staff selected as the program theme, "Dairy Feeds and Feeding for Greater Profit." To keynote the pro- gram on this subject, the group selected two Dairy Husbandry Professors from Cornell University in New York, one of the nation's greatest dairy states. These speakers are Dr. J. K. Loosli and Dr. F. B. Morrison. Dr. Loosli is author of prominent books on animal nutrition and is now editor of the "Journal of Animal Sci- ence." He received prominent national awards in 1950 and 1951 for this out- standing research in animal husbandry. Dr. Morrison has served on American Livestock Survey Commissions in Ger- many, the Philippine Islands, Argentina and Venezuela. He is author of the textbook, "Feeds and Feeding," which has been widely used around the world. Program to Help Dairymen (See Program Subjects and Schedule) Dr. E. L. Fouts, head of the U. F. Department of Dairy Science, and his staff say this year's program should be one of the most helpful to dairymen of any yet held and urged the dairy farm- ers of the state to double last year's record attendance. Field Day Chair- man Tom Lee has issued a call, on be- half of his Committee, to all dairymen and producer organizations to help boost Field Day attendance. Room reservations for the Field Day should be made in advance to the Hotel Thomas or Hotel Whitehouse in Gaines- ville, or one of the following modern close-in motels: Casa Loma Lodge, Ocala Road; Gator Court, Ocala Road; Florida Motor Court, Ocala Road; Bambi Motel, S.W. 13th St.; Hil-Top Motor Court, N.W. 13th St.; Manor Motel, N.W. 13th St. 10 Commandments of 'Human Relations I. Thou shalt love people. II. Thou shalt develop thine under- standing of thyself and of others. III. Thou shalt compliment more than thou shalt criticize. IV. Thou shalt not argue. V. Thou shalt not get angry at any time. VI. Thou shalt be kind. VII. Thou shalt have a sense of humor. VIII. Thou shalt smile. IX. Thou shalt practice what thou preacheth. X. Thou shalt go to school. F.D.A. Special Events at Gainesville DURING ANNUAL FIELD DAY Headquarters for F.D.A. Members will be the ... HOTEL THOMAS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23 Day Before the Field Day F.D.A. Producer Directors' Meeting, 4:00 P.M., Hotel Thomas Directors and Members Dinner, 6:30 P.M. State-Wide F.D.A. Producers Con- ference F.D.A. Members and Local Association Members THURSDAY, APRIL 24 9:30 A.M.-Hotel Thomas Opening Registration for the FIELD DAY -D I R E C T 0 R S' MEETING at U. of F. President's Office F.D.A. Earlybird Luncheon at Hotel Thomas 6:15 P.M.-F. D. A. Fellowship Hour, for All Field Day Delegates, at the Hotel Thomas FRIDAY, APRIL 25 7:30 A.M.-F.D.A. Breakfast Get-together All Field Day Dele- gates Invited F. D. A. Producer Directors Plan Gainesville Meeting And State Producer Conference At Annual Field Day Jack McMullen, chairman of the Producers' Division of the Florida Dairy Association, has announced plans for three special meetings of the group in Gainesville at the time of the Annual Dairy Field Day Meeting, April 24-25, at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Two meetings of the Producer Division's 17 directors will be held. The first, at 4:oo P.M. the afternoon of April 23, the day before the Field Day begins. The other will be at Io:oo A.M. the morning of April 24, when the group will hold their Annual Conference with the President of the University of Florida and various faculty members of the Dairy Science Department and College of Agriculture. 10:15 A.M. 12:15 P.M.- 20 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS 1958 FIELD DAY COMMITTEE FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION T. G. Lee, Orlando Chairman Members of the 1958 Annual Dairy Field Day Program Committee when they met Janu- ary 30 at the University of Florida. DAIRY FIELD DAY PROGRAM Thursday, April 24th 1o:oo A.M.-REGISTRATION at Dairy Lab. Bldg. or Hotel Thomas with Fla. Dairy Ass'n. 1:30 P.M.-PROGRAM BEGINS-McCarty Hall Auditorium, College of Agri. Bldg. LOW BUTTERFAT AND SOLIDS-NOT-FAT MILK-Dr. R. B. Becker, Dairy Husbandman and W'. A. Krienke, Associate Dairy Technologist ROUGHAGE-CONCENTRATE RATIOS AND LEVELS OF INTAKE IN RELATION TO FEED EFFICIENCY-Dr. J. K. Loosli, Professor of Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, New York RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN DAIRY CATTLE FEEDING AND NUTRITION-Dr. F. B. Morrison, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Animal Husbandry, Cornell University, New York GRAZE OR FEED CHOPPED FORAGE?-Panel Discussion QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD 6:15 P.M.-FELLOWSHIP HOUR-Hotel Thomas-Guests of Fla. Dairy Ass'n. 7:15 P.M.-DAIRY FIELD DAY DINNER AND PROGRAM-Student Service Center Address: THE FARM PROBLEM IN RUSSIA-Dr. I. W. Philpot, Vice-President, University of Florida Friday Morning, April 25th 9:00 A.M.-PROGRAM BEGINS-McCarty Hall Auditorium THE DAIRY INDUSTRY OF VENEZUELA AND ARGENTINA-Illus- trated Talk-Dr. F. B. Morrison LET'S CONTROL COSTLY ANIMAL DISEASES-Dr. W. L. Pritchard, head, Dept. of Veterinary Medicine, U. of F. THE HERRINGBONE MILKING SYSTEM-Norman Plass, Farmer Feeder Co., Inc., Cambridge City, Indiana TOUR DAIRY RESEARCH FARM UNIT-The Staff, U. F. Dept. of Dairy Science 12:15 P.M.-BARBECUE LUNCHEON at Dairy Research Unit, Hague PLAN STATEWIDE PRODUCERS' CONFERENCE The other meeting of the group will be a "Statewide Producers' Conference" to be held at the Hotel Thomas, 8:oo P.M., April 23, the night before the Field Day begins. This conference was started by the F.D.A. Producers' Council at the time of the 1956 Field Day as an Annual Conference of F.D.A. Producer Members and members of various Local Producers' Associations. Jack McMullen, F.D.A. Vice President and Producers' Division Chairman, will be in charge of these events. C. C. Sellers, Tallahassee Vice Chairman Jack McMullen, Clearwater Attendance Chairman John Sargeant, Lakeland Registration Chairman Bill Graham, Miami Fellowship Hour Chairman John Adkinson, Pensacola Herman Boyd, Miami Jimmie Branton, Blountstown Wilbur J. Casey, Clearwater Jack P. Dodd, Maitland W. L. Ford, Quincy E. F. Froehlich, West Palm Beach Carlos Griggs, Summerfield L. B. Hull, Gainesville C. Ray Johnson, Wimauma Earl Johnson, Dinsmore Louis E. Larson, Delray Beach Hubert Logue, Oneco Earl Lovelace, Tampa Richard Nesler, Gainesville Marshall Osteen, Mayo A. J. Rusterholz, Jr., Apopka M. A. Schack, Greenwood Philip C. Shuford, Moore Haven Brightman Skinner, Jacksonville V. Paul Simmons, Orangedale Carroll L. Ward, Jr., Goldenrod L. D. Watts, Haines City F. E. Willis, Jr., Tallahassee R. Floyd Luckey, Jr., Ft. Lauderdale FIRST QUARTER, 1958 21 Entries In Pasture Contest Urged By State Pasture and Dairy Specialists By: C. W. REAVES, State Extension Dairyman and J. R. HENDERSON, U. of F. Agronomist (Special Letter to Dairymen) "U. of F., Gainesville, Fla., March 20, 1958. "Dear Dairyman: "We urge strongly that you enter the fifth annual Florida Dairy Pasture Contest which covers your pasture program from April, 1957, to April, 1958. "All you have to do to enter the contest is to submit a report on your pasture program to your county agent by May I, 1958. A copy of the report form was mailed to you recently. Additional copies are available at the office of your county agent. "Engraved trophies are awaiting state winners in 'Best Pasture Program' and 'Most Improvement in Pasture Program'. First, second and third place state winners in both divisions will receive award certificates. In addition, county winners in each division will receive award certificates and each dairyman who enters the contest and scores 75 percent or better will receive a 'Certificate of Merit'. "By entering the contest you open the door to opportunity for recognition and acclaim by fellow dairymen and the general public. Of more importance, however, is the information that you will gain on the weak as well as the strong points of your program. As you fill out your report, you should evaluate all phases of your program and note any opportunities for improvement. "Improvement of forage production and utilization programs on every dairy farm in the state is the ultimate goal of the Florida Dairy Pasture Contest sponsored by the University of Florida and the Florida Dairy Association. Annual recognition of county and state winners has as its main purpose focusing attention on opportunities for improvement and methods that are being used in the development of better programs. S "Again, we urge you to enter the contest. You may not receive an award this year, but a critical appraisal of your pasture program should be of in- estimable value to you in making plans for the future. "Very truly yours, "C. W. REAVES" "J. R. HENDERSON" PASTURE CONTEST WINNERS FOR FIRST FOUR YEARS The Florida State Dairy Pasture Contest was started in 1954 under the joint auspices of the University of Florida Dairy Extension Service and the Florida Dairy Association. The Dairy Association provides the awards and promotes interest and par- ticipation in the Contest while C. W. Reaves, State Extension Dairyman, and Dr. Russell Henderson, Pasture Specialist, in the University College of Agri- culture, are in charge of directing and judging the Contest. Announcement of winners and presentation of awards in the contest are normally made at the Annual Dairy Field Day at the University of Florida, but because of the Field Day being held during April this year, instead of the usual time in July, this year's winners will probably be announced at the F.D.A. Annual Convention at St. Petersburg Beach, June 25-27. Previous Winners State Winners in the "Best Pasture Program" Contest have been Hall & Boyd Dairy, Miami, 1954; B. W..Judge & Son, Orlando, 1955; M. A. Schack, Greenwood, 1956; and C. C. Sellers & Sons, Tallahassee, 1957. State Win- ners in the "Most Pasture Improve- ment" Contest include Floyd Craw- ford, Lake City, 1954; R. W. Edwards, Bradenton, 1955; Aldon Sanchez, St. Augustine, 1956; and Hubert Logue, Oneco, 1957. Dairy Pasture Essays Due From F.F.A. and 4-H Members May Ist is the deadline for filing with county agents of essays for entry in the 1957-58 Dairy Pasture Essay Contest by 4-H and F.F.A. Members. Cash awards are offered for first, sec- ond and third place winners in both of these groups for essays of not over 8oo words on the subject, "The Development and Use of Better Dairy Pastures." The winning essays are published in the Florida Dairy News. Previous .Essay Winners First place winners in the 4-H group have been-1954, Robert Parisian, Nas- sau County; 1955, Sandra Dennison, Orange County; 1956, Virginia Bell, Palm Beach County; and 1957, Jean- ette Foote, Orange County. The F.F.A. group did not participate in the Essay Contest until 1957 when first place was won by Charles Schack of the Greenwood Chapter; second place, Don Shaw of the Miami Edison Chap- ter; and third place, T. J. Lambert, Jr., Havana Chapter. Praises Dairy Members Florida Livestock Board Dr. Clarence Campbell, State Veteri- narian and Secretary of the Florida Livestock Board, recently wrote the Florida Dairy Association the following letter in answer to an inquiry as to how the dairy representatives on the Board were performing: "In my opinion, the dairy farmers of the State are extremely fortunate in having as their representatives on the Florida Livestock Board dairymen of the caliber of R. L. Dressel of Miami and M. A. Schack of Greenwood. Both of these men have long been associated with Florida's dairy industry and their knowledge of the industry and its many disease problems has been of great value to the Board in formulating disease con- trol programs which will benefit the dairy industry as a whole. "So far as our brucellosis activities are concerned, the Florida Brucellosis Eradication Committee has worked very closely with the Board in the formula- tion of policies and procedures to be followed in stamping out this disease, and here again the dairy farmers are very effectively represented by William Graham, past president of the Florida Dairy Industry Association from Hia- leah, and V. C. Johnson of Dinsmore, who has long been an outstanding mem- ber of the dairy industry of this State. "The present brucellosis program in Florida is a sound progressive program, and is designed to eradicate a disease which is costing the dairy farmers of this State several millions of dollars each year." 22 0 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS SECOND PRIZE F. F. A. PASTURE ESSAY 1957 STATE PASTURE ESSAY CONTEST j, i Pictured at left is Don Shaw's award-winning F. F. A. muckland pasture of Para grass after mowing and fertilizing. At right, irrigation of Don's Bahia grass pasture. HOW A BETTER PASTURE WAS DEVELOPED ON OUR FARM By: DON SHAW, Miami Edison F.F'.A. Chapter Furnishing an abundant supply of good pasture twelve months of the year in Florida is quite a task. With a wet season for six months and then a dry season for six months, long-time planning and excellent management practices are required. The pastures at the Dade County School Farm were not producing as they should from over-grazing and poor management practices. The pasture contained weeds, brush, and low producing pasture grasses. Some areas of the pasture were rough and poorly drained, which made it difficult to mow, fertilize and scatter the manure droppings. On the School Farm we have two area was fenced with electric fences to areas of pasture high well-drained give the Clovers a better chance to be- sandy land and low wet muck land. For come established and to control the graz- the sandy land we selected Argentina ing during late winter and spring. In Bahia grass because of its adaptability September the three acres were turned to well-drained soil. We seeded four with a tiller plow, disked several times acres of Bahia last May when the rains and seeded the latter part of October. began. We disked the land, seeded A mixture of 25 pounds per acre of twenty pounds per acre, covered the Peruvian Alfalfa, Hubam Sweet Clover, seed with a spike tooth harrow, and White Dutch Clover and Ladino Clover fertilized with 5-7-5 at 300 pounds per was used. The seed was sowed with a acre. ,, _., L d ... ...i _.. l- -.. ._ -.L On the wet muck land we have quite a different problem in pasture establish- ment. Our first improvement was made by cutting the large brush along the drainage ditches, fence rows and wet areas. The small brush and weeds were sprayed with Dalphon. We leveled the cattails and submerged water weeds were sprayed with Dalphon. We leveled the rough areas and filled in the low areas when possible. About 15 acres of the muck land was selected for permanent pasture. Where there were poor stands of Para and St. Augustine grasses we sprigged in Pan- gola grass. Three acres of the muck land was set aside to be seeded in October to Alfalfa and Clovers for winter grazing. This pll LUULI arroUW anll 1T I111ZeCU withl 4-7-5 at the rate of 400 pounds per acre. Controlled grazing was begun on the Alfalfa and clovers in March. To further supplement the other pas- tures, two acres of the Vegetable Crops land was seeded to oats in February. The oats were ready to start grazing the first of April. The wet areas in the crops land which are too wet to farm are kept mowed and fertilized. These wet areas are ideal for the growth of Para grass and furnish additional graz- ing during April and May. The pasture on the sandy land is fer- tilized three times'each year at the rate of 400 pounds an acre of 5-7-5 (with minor elements) per application. The muck land is fertilized three times per year at the rate of 300 pounds of o-io-io (with minor elements) per application. The pastures are mowed regularly to control weeds and brush. The cattle droppings are scattered as needed. Although we still have a long way to go in our pasture development on the School Farm, we feel that we definitely have made big improvements in the right direction. We plan to install a system of irrigation on the sandy land pasture. This will be done in sections, over a period of several years. We will con- tinue to work toward better establish- ment of grasses and clovers for the total pasture area and to produce supple- mentary pasture to carry our livestock through the dry winter seasons. Flagler Junior 4-H Group Deserve Honorable Mention County Agent Howard Taylor of Flagler County and his sixteen junior 4-H members deserve "honorable men- tion" for their dairy calf project. These 16 boys with their 16 entries of four and five-month-old grade dairy heifers lined up at the Jacksonville District V 4-H Dairy Show in late January, were a sight to see. The calves won five blue ribbons and five red ribbons. Howard Taylor, Flag- ler's new energetic county agent, former- ly assistant agent in Duval County, is doing a fine job with these boys. Boys showing calves were: David Lewis, Eddie Pellicer, Flyn Edmonson, Mike Cook, David Cook, Johnnie Metts, Levi Brannam, Tommy Kahlert, John- nie Simpson, Carl Johnson, Jesse Over- by, Mickey Ramsey, Arthur Carle, Mike McMillan, Jerry Burnsed and Jim Burnsed. Changing Weight? Milk Is Your Ally When reducing weight is the goal, milk pays its way by contributing gener- ous amounts of protein, calcium, and other needed nutrients, along with a very moderate number of calories. For the calories in one 4-inch wedge of pie, you can have a pint of whole milk or almost a quart of skim milk. If you are keeping down calories, remember that you get all of the many nutrients in whole milk, ex- cept fat and vitamin A, when you choose skim milk (fluid or dry) or buttermilk. Research has shown that an individual gets along best during slimming when more protein than usual is in the diet. It's an added reason for including a good deal of milk, particularly skim milk or buttermilk, in reducing diets. For those counting calories, a table showing approximate calories in milk and milk products will be furnished upon request to the Florida Dairy News, 615 Park St., Jacksonville. FIRST QUARTER, 1958 23 DAIRY ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES A summary of activities of the Florida Dairy Association, an organization formed in 1946 by consolidation of Florida's original Milk Producers' organization, "The Florida Dairymen's Association" and "The Florida Milk Products Association." FULTON MRS. CASEY Top Officers of the Florida Dairy Association for 1958, Left to Right, President John B. Sargeant, Sargeant Dairy Farms, Lakeland; 1st Vice-President and Chairman of the F. D. A. Distributors' Division A. R. (Dolph) Allison, Orlando Zone Manager of Borden's Dairy; 2nd Vice-President and Chairman of the F.D.A. Producers' Division, John L. (Jack) McMullen, McMullen Dairy Farm, Clearwater. F. D. A. SETS NEW OBJECTIVES FOR 1958 FOLLOWING ASSOCIATION'S BEST YEAR IN '57 President, Two Vice-Presidents and 31 Directors of the F.D.A. Assure the Dairy Industry of Capable, Experienced Leadership When the 1957 president of the Florida Dairy Association, T. G. (Tom) Lee, turned over the reigns of the Association at the January directors' meeting, he was able to report that 1957 was a record year for the organization. It was a record year, he said, because in addition to attaining success in its various programs and activities the Association increased its membership in all groups- producers, distributors and allied trades-to the largest number since its organi- zation in 1946. Financial support of the Association also increased during the year to a new record amount, Mr. Lee said. Although Tom Lee was conceded to have been the Association's hardest working president, he brushed aside the praise given him by the Board of Directors, expressing conviction that the Association's successes in 1957 and throughout the past eleven years was accomplished by the unusual teamwork among the members and leaders of the Association. This teamwork has been unusual, President Lee said, because producers and distributors have worked together as members of an industry-wide State Association in a manner that has been done in no other state. In taking over the presidency and leadership of the Association for 1958, President John Sargeant brought to the organization continued sound and ca- pable leadership based on a lifetime of experience as a Florida dairyman, the presidency of the Florida Guernsey Cattle Club, years of constructive serv- ice on the F.D.A. Board of Directors, and two years as Vice President and Chairman of the Producers' Division of the Association. President Sargeant said he believed firmly in the soundness and necessity, in a state like Florida, of the joint mem- bership plan of the F.D.A., which com- bines the interests and efforts of both milk producers and milk distributors in programs and activities designed to pro- tect and promote the best interests of each while also working for the advance- ment of the dairy industry as a whole. In reviewing the Association's major accomplishments in 1957, Mr. Lee said that he felt that the organization's suc- E. E. (Gene) Fulton, president of the F.D.A. Allied Trades Division "Alligator Club", and Mrs. V. J. (Kathryn) Casey, president of the Association's "Ladies' Auxiliary", for 1958 have an important role in the Annual Convention and other members' meetings dur- ing the year. cessful efforts to maintain the various dairy laws of the State against damaging amendments by the State legislature, was undoubtedly the most important. He expressed his sincere appreciation to the Association's executive staff, to the directors and to the chairmen and members of the various Active Com- mittees who, he said, deserved much of the credit for the industry's accomplish- ments during the past year. Special commendation, he said, was certainly due the Association's Legislative Committee, Annual Meeting Committee, Annual Field Day Committee, State Pasture Contest Committee and June Dairy Month Committee. Serious Problems Encountered One of the most serious of the many problems of the year, he continued, was the efforts of the Milk Commission and the Governor to bring about the repeal or suspension of wholesale and retail milk price authority of the Milk Com- mission. After its failure to pass on two votes by the Commission and by the legisla- ture, it was finally accomplished by the Commission after the Governor had re- placed its chairman and several members and the administrator. In this matter, Lee said, we have both won and lost. Although resale controls were dropped, we still have the farm price control and the law itself is left intact. Recontrol of School Milk "I consider," Lee continued, "that possibly our Association's major accom- plishment of the past year was the suc- cess of our efforts to get the producer (Continued on next page) 24 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS Objectives for 1958 (Continued from page 24z) price of school and institutional milk placed back under the Milk Commis- sion's price regulations. As you know, the Association pledged at the beginning of the year to bring this about, either through action of the Commission, by legislation, or by the voluntary action of our distributor members. Its ac- complishment has been a great benefit to both producers and distributors, bring- ing added returns to producers of several hundred thousand dollars a year." Appreciation to Friends In conclusion, Mr. Lee said that "dur- ing the year of my presidency, our Asso- ciation and the Dairy Industry of Flor- ida has had the interest and help of many loyal friends who have been of great benefit to us and to these we want to express our sincere thanks. Among these are: (a) The University of Florida and those of the staff who have devoted their time and talents to helping the Dairy Industry; (b) The Florida State Chamber of Commerce and particularly the Dairy Study Committee; (c) The Florida Farm Bureau; and (d) The many friends of the Dairy Industry in the State Legislature. I pledge to our new president and to all of you my continued wholehearted interest and ut- most cooperation with you in carrying on the important and essential work of our Association." Sargeant Pledges Best Efforts As he received the president's gavel to assume the leadership of the F.D.A., President Sargeant expressed apprecia- tion to the membership for their confi- dence in him when they selected him as president for 1958 and pledges his best efforts to the Association and to the Industry, reminding them that "we face serious and difficult problems which call for and will require not only the dedi- cated service of your selected leaders, but of every member of the Association and all the industry." In conclusion he said, "The fact that this large number of over 50 of the As- sociation's directors and members are here today for consideration of our prob- lems and the adoption of our plans and programs for the year for dealing with these problems, gives me the faith and belief that we will have a successful year. Vice Presidents Installed Following the remarks of the retiring president and the incoming president, the Association's two vice presidents were installed as the chairmen of the Producer Members' Division and the Distributor Members' Division. A. R. (Dolph) Allison of the Borden Dairy, Orlando, was installed as First Vice President and head of the Distrib- utors' Division and John L. (Jack) McMullen, producer of Clearwater, was installed as Second Vice President to head the Producers' Division. Allison has served on the F.D.A. Board a number of years and the past year as Second Vice President and Chair- man of the Distributor Membership. McMullen, one of the Association's popular producer leaders, has served as a producer director for several years and during the past two years was chairman of the Annual Dairy Field Day. He is a graduate of the University of Florida College of Agriculture. Included in the installation ceremony were all 17 producer directors, who are elected annually, and five of the distribu- tor directors, who were re-elected for 3-year terms. New producer directors who came on the F.D.A. Board for 1958 are Louis Larson, Hollywood, who replaced Bill Graham in the South Florida area; Paul Simmons, replacing Hugh Adams in the Jacksonville area; A. L. Hammond, re- placing B. W. Judge, Sr., in the Or- lando area; and C. Ray Johnson, who became an additional director in the Tampa area. Distributors re-elected were George H. Boutwell, Lake Worth; Walter G. Burton, Claude D. Kelly, and H. Cody Skinner, all of Jacksonville; and W. Fred Zirkelbach of Pensacola. The impressive installation ceremony for officers and directors was conducted by Dr. E. L. Fouts, head of the Depart- ment of Dairy Science, University of Florida. New Booklet Describes Milk As A Man's Drink Milk is described as "the juice of life" and "a man's drink" in a most interestingly written and illustrated ar- ticle by Thomas R. Carskadon in the "Esquire" magazine and reprinted in a 12-page booklet in color by the Milk Industry Foundation. A free copy will be furnished upon request to "The Florida Dairy Associa- tion", 615 Park St., Jacksonville. If You Are Tired . . Dr. E. Stanley Jones, the world famous missionary says when you are tired and tense . think of that won- derful Bible passage, "They that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles, they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint." FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION 1958 OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS Officers President........JOHN B. SARGEANT 1st Vice-Pres......... A. R. ALLISON Chairman Distributors' Division 2nd Vice-Pres. JOHN L. McMULLEN Chairman Producers' Division Treasurer. ........... H. C. SKINNER Asst. Treas ....... Executive Director. .W. G. BURTON ...... E. T. LAY Producer Directors JOHN B. SERGEANT, Lakeland JOHN L. McMULLEN, Clearwater R. L. LUNSFORD, Milton C. C. SELLERS, Tallahassee E. F. FROEHLICH, West Palm Beach JOHN T. ADKINSON, Pensacola JOHN D. FUQUA, Altha (Marianna) L. B. HULL, Gainesville W. PAUL SIMMONS, Green Cove Springs A. L. HAMMOND, Orlando IRA C. BARROW, Orlando LOUIS E. LARSON, Delray Beach ROBERT W. HALL, Miami JOE PERENO, JR., Miami HERMAN BURNETT, Bradenton JULIAN LANE, Tampa C. RAY JOHNSON, Wimauma (Tampa) Distributor Directors A. R. ALLISON, Orlando H. C. SKINNER, Jacksonville WALTER G. BURTON, Jacksonville T. G. LEE, Orlando CLAUDE D. KELLY, Jacksonville W. J. BARRITT, JR., Tampa WILMER BASSETT, Monticello JOHN M. HOOD, Bradenton DONALD E. PERRET, Jacksonville JOHN H. CONE, Plant City J. H. LAHER, Miami J. N. McARTHUR, Miami GORDON NIELSEN, West Palm Beach H. B. POWNALL, North Miami Beach JOHN TRIPSON, Vero Beach GEORGE H. BOUTWELL, Lake Worth J. F. W. ZIRKELBACH, Pensacola Additional Directors ALF R. NIELSEN, West Palm Beach E. E. FULTON, Jacksonville DR. E. L. FOUTS, Gainesville C. W. REAVES, Gainesville FIRST QUARTER, 1958 * F. D. A.'S 34 Directors Adoot 1958 Program F.D.A. MEETINGS HELD The Florida Dairy Association program and objectives for 1958 were con- sidered and adopted at a day and night session held in Orlando early in January. Attendance of interested members swelled attendance at the meeting of 34 directors to over fifty. Producer and distributor directors first adopted their separate objectives and then their joint objectives. 37 Point Policies & Objectives The entire field of interests in the dairy industry is covered in the 37 points that make up the policies and objectives adopted for the Association for 1958. Possibly the major objective adopted by the joint group of producers and dis- tributors is that of continuing and strengthening their joint state organiza- tion plan which has functioned well for the industry since the formation of the Florida Dairy Association in 1946, which is really two Associations in one. A campaign was planned to increase the Association's membership in both the producer and distributor divisions. This is expected to be accomplished by increas- ing the local activities of the membership through separate local associations of both the producer and distributor mem- bers. Code of Fair Dealing A second major joint objective of the producer and distributor division is the developing and adoption of a voluntary code of fair dealing between producers and distributors. Committees have al- ready been appointed to draft proposed provisions of a code which will be con- sidered and proposed for adoption at the F.D.A. Annual Meeting and Conven- tion, June 25-27, in St. Petersburg Beach. Policies on Dairy Laws F.D.A. producer and distributor di- rectors were unanimous in their endorse- ment and support of present dairy laws, including those providing for milk price stabilization. Committee studies are be- ing put in motion to determine if im- provements might be made in the various laws governing the industry, either by amendments to the laws or by some changes in their administration. Milk Costs and Price Studies An important and timely objective of the Association for the year which is already under way is that of urging the Florida Milk Commission to make sur- veys in all their supervised areas of current milk producing costs to be used as a basis for determining whether or not present prices set by the Commission are adequate, in the light of increased costs since such surveys were last made. The F.D.A. Producers' Division will assist its members, as well as local asso- ciations, in developing proper and neces- sary operating cost reports which will be needed if and when the Milk Com- mission makes surveys and studies of milk producer's costs. The Department of Agricultural Eco- nomics of the University of Florida has been requested to give all possible guid- ance and assistance in the making and properly analyzing of these milk produc- tion cost studies as they have done in two previous such surveys. State Conferences Are Planned Two or more statewide conferences during the year, including both F.D.A. members and non-members, are planned by both the producer and distributor di- vision chairmen as a means of providing better opportunities for open discussion of the problems of each group. These conferences will be in addition to the three-day joint and separate meetings which the producer and distributor mem- bers have at the Association's annual con- vention. The Distributors' Division held its first state conference in Jacksonville, March 6. The Producers' Division has its first state conference scheduled for the eve- ning of April 23 at the Hotel Thomas, Gainesville. This is the day before the opening day of the two-day Annual Dairy Field Day meeting at the Uni- versity. F.D.A. producer directors will hold a Gainesville meeting during the afternoon of April 23 and on the morn- ing of April 24. 1958 has been a busy year thus far for the Florida Dairy Association. The following meetings have been held and participated in: JANUARY * Milk Commission Tallahassee .......... Jan. 15-16 * Directors In Orlando .............Jan. 23 * Annual Convention Committee St. Petersburg Beach. .Jan. 24-25 * Annual Dairy Field Day Program Committee U. of F., Gainesville ..... Jan. 30 FEBRUARY * Distributor Members' Meeting M iami Area ............Feb. 12 * F.D.A. Executive Committee Tallahassee ............. Feb. 17 Milk Commission Meeting Tallahassee .......... Feb. 18-19 Miami Distributor Members M meeting ............... Feb. 21 0Jacksonville Distributor Members Meeting ........ Feb. 28 MARCH Distributors' Division State Conference Jacksonville ........... March 6 Pensacola Members' Meeting ............. March 12 Marianna Area Members Meeting ............. March 13 F.D.A. Executive Committee Orlando ............ .March 14 Milk Commission Meetings Tallahassee ........ March 18-19 A bill in the U. S. Congress (H.R. 7794) to equalize milk standards throughout the United States could se- riously affect Florida milk producers. Section 5 of the Bill is quoted below. Read it and consider if you should write Florida Congressmen and U. S. Senators that you are opposed to it. Sec. 5 (H.R. 7794) U. S. Congress "The standards of identity, sanitation standards, and sanitation practices gov- erning sanitation in the production, processing, transportation, sale, and of- fering for sale of fluid milk and fluid milk products, as defined in the United States Standard Milk Ordinance and Code, shall apply uniformly throughout the United States to all fluid milk and fluid milk products which are shipped in interstate commerce to any munici- pality of the United States for consump- tion as fluid milk and fluid milk prod- ucts, or which affect interstate com- merce in such fluid milk and fluid milk products." Real Milk Price Is Down In 1890 the average U. S. factory worker had to toil for 26 minutes to earn the average price of a quart of milk. Today, he has to work only seven minutes (U. S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) 26 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS Write Your Congressmen and U. S. Senators New Study Discloses Florida Milk Production Reaches 120 Million Gallons Annually Florida milk production, which for years has been estimated to be between 85 and 1oo million gallons annually, has been dicslosed by a recent study of the Florida Milk Commission to be closer to 120 milloin gallons based on production data for the month of December, 1957. Florida Dairy Farmers received the Class I, or fluid milk price, for approxi- mately 90% of their production for the one month period covered by the study, which was December for North Florida and January for South Florida. This is a very good record for a period having several days of school vacation with no school milk consumption. The report combines production during December, 1957, in all State Control areas and during January, 1958, for the Federal Order area, making a combined total for one month's production of approximately Io million gallons of milk. Of the total 10,265,910 gallons, 6,346,528 gallons (60%) was marketed in the Northeast, Central, West Coast and Tallahassee-Pensacola areas under jurisdiction of the Florida Milk Commission, and 3,919,382 (40%) in the lower eats coast area which is under the federal marketing order. In the areas under Florida Milk Commission control, 5.7 million gallons (or 89.8%) were sold as Class I; 546,788 gallons as Class II; and 99,242 as Class III. In the South Florida "Federal Order" area, producers received 90.3% Class I for the same period. This area has always been higher in Class I utilization due to rapid population growth. Nationally, only about 48% of milk produced is utilized in fluid form, or Class I. Area Northeast (Dec. 1957) Tampa Bay (Dec. 1957) Central Florida (Dec. 1957) (in gallons) Class I 1,398,968 2,237,766 1,183,614 Tallahassee-Pensacola (Dec. 1957) 880,150 *Miami area (Jan. 1958) 3,704,079 TOTALS 9,404,577 Class II Class III 127,340 225,358 125,099 68,991 48,015 16,519 34,708 215,303 762,091 99,242 Total 1,574,323 2,463,124 1,325,232 983,849 3,919,382 10,265,910 *The Miami (Federal Order) area is on a slightly different classification basis. Table Showing Milk Commission Producer "Milk Prices" (Effective 1-1-58) CLASS I CLASS II CLASS II CLASS III % Butterfat 1st 5% of Class I Over 5% 6&l + bf. 430 + bf. Formula + bf. a60 + bf. 4.0% 4.1% 4.2% 4.3% 4.4% 4.5% 4.6% 4.7% 4.8% 4.9% 61.000 61.6504 62.304 62.954 63.600 64.250 64.904 65.550 66.200' 66.854 67.200 43.004 43.650 44.30 44.95( 45.60" 46.25< 46.904 47.550 48.204 48.850 49.503 50.154 38.900 19.550 40.20< 40.850 41.500 42.154 42.80< 43.45' 44.100 44.750 45.40< 46.05e 26.000 26.6504 27.30< 27.950 28.60( 29.250 29.900 30.55; 32.204 31.850 32.500 33.154 *Butterfat differential is .650 for each 1/10 of butterfat over or under 4%. F.D.A. NAMES CHAIRMEN OF 1958 COMMITTEES President John Sargeant has an- nounced appointment of the following Florida Dairy Association Committee Chairmen for the year 1958: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE generall Chairman, John B. Sargeant, Lakeland Distributor Chairman, A. R. Allison, Orlando Producer Chairman, John L. McMul- len, Clearwater ADVISORY MEMBERS' COMMITTEE Chairman, Dr. E. L. Fouts, Gaines- ville ALLIED TRADES "Alligator Club" COMMITTEE Chairman, E. E. Fulton, Jacksonville ANNUAL FIELD DAY COMMITTEE Chairman, T. G. Lee, Orlando Fice Chinn. C. C. Sellers, Tallahassee ANNUAL MEETING PROGRAM COMMITTEE Co-Chairmen, A. R. Allison, Orlando John L. McMullen, Clearwater DAIRY HUSBANDRY COMMITTEE Co-Chairilen, M. A. Schack, Green- wood, R. L. Dressel, Miami DAIRY PROCESSING, FDA SHORT COURSE COMMITTEE Chairman, Emmitt Dozier, Jackson- ville PASTURE DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE Chairman, C. C. Sellers, Tallahassee PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE Co-Chairmen, J. H. Laher, Miami Julian Lane, Tampa FIRST QUARTER, 1958 27 S Activities Review of florida Livestock Board By: DR. C. L. CAMPBELL Secretary of the oard and State Veterinarian Brucellosis Eradication Florida has made a number of changes in its brucellosis eradication program during the past year, all designed to speed eradication of the disease from our cattle. Since the adult vaccination of cattle has proven to be a deterrent to eradication efforts, the Florida Livestock Board has discontinued the vaccination of adult cattle and has adopted measures for conversion of adult vaccinated herds to an approved plan of brucellosis eradication. Realizing the necessity of guarding against importation of the disease from outside the State, Florida has adopted regulations that all cattle imported into the State, with the exception of slaughter and feeder cattle, and those from certified brucellosis free herds, shall be identified as official calf vaccinates. Over 304,000 cattle were tested in the accelerated program in 1957, and approximately Ioo,ooo calves were vaccinated. These increases in calf vaccinations and animals tested are indications that the dairymen and cattlemen of Florida are interested in eradicating this costly disease from their herds, and with the continued support of the livestock groups and adequate appropriations of funds from the state and federal levels, the Florida Livestock Board and the U. S. Department of Agriculture can bring about complete eradication in this State. The brucellosis area testing program has progressed to where Florida now has 14 counties which have been officially designated as modified certified brucellosis free areas. Area testing is nearing completion in four additional counties, and has just begun in four others. TOP TEN DHIA HERDS IN STATE FOR 1956-57 The record is based on yearly per cow averages of 4% fat-corrected-milk equivalents. It is of interest to note that four herds averaged over io,ooo lbs. milk production and six averaged over 400 lbs. butterfat production. Herd Owner and No. Pounds Test Pounds Pounds 4% Association Cows Milk % Fat Fat-Corrected-Milk M. A, Schack, Jackson DHIA Walter Welkener, Duval DHIA A. J. Rusterholz, Orange DHIA B. W. Judge & Son Orange DHIA W. J. Simmons, Duval DHIA Fairglade Jersey Dairy, Orange DHIA Hanson Collins, Orange DHIA T. G. Lee, Orange DHIA Kenneth Paterson, Orange DHIA Martin Vanderwerf, Jackson DHIA 30 8,294 108 8,380 205 9,730 167 9,130 152 8,801 130 8,314 83 8,538 448 8,159 46 8,266 37 9,117 5.7 473 10,412 5.5 458 10,222 4.2 412 10,072 4.6 425 10,027 4.6 404 9,580 4.9 409 9,461 4.6 395 9,340 4.7 383 9,009 4.5 376 8,946 3.8 351 8,912 Beginning of Screwworm Eradication With the allocation of federal funds and personnel, the screwworm eradica- tion program has gotten into full swing, with headquarters at Sebring, Florida. The Board has leased the large hangar building at the Sebring Air Terminal, and contracts have been let for the reno- vation of the hangar building into a screwworm rearing laboratory. The facilities at Orlando and Bithlo have been kept in operation for the pur- pose of training personnel, testing equip- ment, and developing methods of oper- ation. These facilities were designed for raising 2 million flies per week. Due to the extreme cold weather and the possibility that the screwworms have been killed back deep into Florida, it was decided to expand these facilities to produce from 7 to 9 million flies per week. These flies are being dropped at the rate of 1oo sterile males per square mile in an area that is at least 50 miles north of the overwintering line. By do- ing this, a buffer zone will be formed which we hope the native flies will be unable to penetrate as they begin mi- grating north when the weather warms up. If this can be accomplished, there will be a much smaller area to cover in the full scale eradication program, pro- vided reinfestations do not occur from outside the state. The screwworm multiplies so rapidly that a few cases can explode into an outbreak unless the early occasional in infestations are stamped out. The more cases treated early, the fewer will remain for the eradication program when it goes into all-out operation. The following steps are suggested to stockmen: I. Inspect animals frequently. It is necessary to find every case, including infested animals that hide out. 2. Report screwworm cases to the county agent, or to state or federal live- stock inspectors. Collect Io worms from each wound, put them in a bottle of clean water, store in a cool place, and (Continued on Next Page) Winners in the District V 4-H Dairy Show held in Jacksonville in January are: (1) Laura Cameron, Jacksonville, and her grand champion Registered Guernsey. (2) Tommy Prator, Callahan, and his grand champion Registered Jersey, which was also judged "Best Fitted" animal. (3) Albert Magill, Jacksonville, winner in individual judging with his red ribbon Registered Jersey. (4) The winning County Judging Team, representing Duval County, and the grand champion grade Jersey cow. Team members, left to right, are: Betty Jane Bowie, Albert Magill, Charles Chasson and David Harrell. 28 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS ~ State Fair Has Record Dairy Shows In Both Open and Youth Show Groups Orlando Dairies Take Top Honors As Premier Breeder and Premier Exhibitor The 1958 Florida State Fair experienced one of its largest and best dairy shows in both the Open Show and Youth Show, but attendance fell short of previous record years because of bad weather conditions. There were 295 head of dairy cattle entered in the Open Show, 91 entries in the 4-H Show and 43 in the F.F.A. Show. The Fair officials praised the cooperation of the National and State Breeders' Associations representing the various dairy breeds for their cooperation and assistance in making the Show the fine success that it was. Competition was keen between Florida and out-of-state breeders of Guernseys, Jerseys, Holsteins and Ayrshires, with herds from Ohio, Alabama and New York showing several of the Champions. C. Hilton Boynton, Extension Dairyman of the University of New Hamp- shire, judged both the Open and Youth dairy shows. Breeder and Exhibitor Awards The Premier Exhibitor Trophy awarded by The Florida Dairy Asso- ciation was won by Christmas Acres Dairy of Orlando, which belongs to the firm of Shadel, McKibben and Hall, Inc., comparative newcomers to the Flor- ida dairy industry. The Premier Breeders Trophy award- ed by The Florida Grower and Rancher Magazine went to Carroll L. Ward, Jr., Lay Laine Guernsey Farm at Gold- enrod, Orange County. Open Show Breed Winners (Number in parentheses indicates total num- ber of entries in the various show events.) JERSEYS (138)-Grand champion bull: Jester Basil Sleeper Fill Pail, Sanitary Dairy, Dothan, Alabama; Grand champion female: Clarendon Itaska Pride, Arco Jersey Farm, Sylacauga, Alabama; Reserve grand cham- pion bull: Don Head S. A. Records, Arco; Reserve grand champion female: Royal Pride Jewel, Christmas Acres, Orlando. GUERNSEYS (109)-Grand champion bull: Lay Laine Virginian's Emory, Lay Laine Guernsey Farm, Goldenrod; Grand champion female: Edisto Farms Bft. Fable, Edisto Farms, Denmark, South Carolina; Reserve grand champion bull: Lakemont's Pride's Steadfast, Lay Laine; Reserve grand champion female: Edisto Farms G. Melinda, Edisto. AYRSHIRES (93)-Grand champion bull: Vale Haven Crown Duke, owned by Ronald V. Musser, Huntsville, Ohio; Grand cham- pion female: Strathglass Lively Ann, Strath- glass Farm, Port Chester, New York; Re- serve grand champion bull: Snyd-Ayr Hot Stuff, Musser; Reserve grand champion fe- male: Flint Rock Bar's May, Dixie Farms, Tampa. HOLSTEINS (40)-Grand champion bull: Andy Raider Lad Pabst, Green Field Farms, Winter Haven; Grand champion female: Inka Pieterje Ormsby Elsie, Green Field; Reserve grand champion bull: A J R Grena- dier Supreme, Rusterholz Dairy, Apopka; Reserve grand champion female: Texal Foyageur Pabst, Airport Livestock Corpora- tion, Miami. 4-H & F.F.A. Winners In State Fair Dairy Show Awards were made in both 4-H and F.F.A. Divisions in showmanship, fitting and team judging, in addition to awards for winning animals in various classes. Showmanship Winners 4-H Group 1st-Tommy Edge, Orange County 2nd-Virginia Thornhill, Polk County 3rd-Mary Frances Fischer, Orange County 4th-Caroline Thornhill, Polk County 5th-Alfred Hammond, Orange County F.F.A. Group 1st-George M. Casey, Largo Chapter 2nd-Edward Cochran, Bartow Chapter 3rd-John Dallas Shaw, Wildwood Chapter 4th-Ed Cunningham, DeLand Chapter 5th-Dale Utter, DeLand Chapter Fitting & Grooming Winners 4-H Group 1st-Ernest Fischer, Orange County 2nd-Mary Frances Fischer, Orange County 3rd-Bob Lee, Polk County 4th-Jimmy Seymour, Polk County 5th-Charlotte Lee, Polk County F.F.A. Group 1st-Edward Cochran, Bartow Chapter 2nd-Dale Utter, DeLand Chapter 3rd-Dennis Dias, Chamberlain Tampa 4th-Melvin Vernon, Jr., Hillsborough Chap- ter 5th-Ed Cunningham, DeLand Chapter 4-H Judging Team Winners A Polk County team of Caroline Thornhill, John Sargeant, Virginia Thornhill and Linda Dixon scored 357 x 450 points to win the 4-H Clubs dairy cattle judging contest. Another Polk team of Paul Sheffield, Johnny Kaylor, Missy Jo Williams and Gail Williams took second place; a Pinellas team finished third; Sarasota, fourth, and Orange County, fifth. High individual judges were Caroline Thornhill, first; Johnny Kaylor, sec- ond; and Harrison Gerstlouer, Sarasota, third. The F.F.A. Division had no Inter- Chapter Judging Contest at the Fair due to the fact that another state judging contest of this group was being held during he same week also in Tampa. 4-H Dairy Class Winners (Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of entries.) GUERNSEYS (32)-Champion, Tommy Edge, Orange County. Reserve Champion, George Casey, Pinellas County. JERSEYS (30) Champion, Caroline Stuart, Polk County. Reserve Champion, Dennie Dennison, Orange County. HOLSTEINS (9)-Champion, Robert Les- ter, Hillsborough County. AYRSHIRES (20)-Champion, Jane Ver- non, Hillsborough County. Reserve Cham- pion, Nancy Vernon, Hillsborough County. F.F.A. Dairy Class Winners (Numbers in parentheses indicate number of entries.) GUERNSEYS (16)-Champion, Dennis Diaz, Hillsborough County. Reserve Cham- pion, George Casey, Pinellas County. JERSEYS (13)-Champion, John Hebb, Jr., Polk County. HOLSTEINS (12)-Champion, Benjamin Franklin, Jr., Dade County. AYRSHIRES (3)-Champion, Melvin Ver- non, Hillsborough County. FLORIDA LIVESTOCK BOARD (Continued from Page 28) notify your county agent, who will ar- range to have them picked up for labora- tory identification. 3. Promptly treat wounds with ap- proved remedies. EQ-335 and Smear 62 are recommended by the USDA. 4. Keep animals in pens until wounds are healed. Treating and releasing an animal may only give temporary relief and fails to reduce the screwworm popu- lation. It is important to keep the ani- mal under observation until the wound has completely healed. Mastitis Control Program With the eradication of brucellosis in this state, mastitis will emerge as the disease of greatest economic significance to our dairy herds. The number of dairy herds participating in the Board's voluntary mastitis program continues to increase. The importance of this program can- not be over emphasized in view of its economic value through increased milk production and longer milking life of the dairy cow. 181,217 dairy cows were examined by representatives of the Board in the field during 1957. 13% of the cattle examined showed some degree of mastitic infection. Corrective measures for re- ducing the infection were recommended. FIRST QUARTER, 1958 29 Old-timers among Duval County dairymen as seen at the January District 4-H Dairy Show are, left to right: V. C. Johnson, Walter Welkener, Albert Lawton (former Duval County agent), Dupont Magill and Joe Cameron. NEW DAIRY OWNERS SUFFER LARGE FIRE Milford Burdsall and Vinton Heit- field bought out the Fortner and Glide- well Dairy of St. Petersburg, located one mile east of Route 19, early this year. On February I, fire broke out in the hay barn and did an estimated $50,000 damage. Buildings were leased but the equipment was owned by the new opera- tors of the dairy. None of the cattle were harmed as none were in the barn when the fire started. It is not ignorance that is so harmful . . but the fact that so many people know so much that is not so! Hood's Dairy Takes Over Two Tampa Dairy Routes Hood's Dairy, oldest established dairy on Florida's West Coast, has bought seventeen trucks and a 6,ooo-customer home delivery business in the Tampa area from Plantation Dairies, owned by James B. Turner. Turner will concen- trate on distribution through retail out- lets other than home delivery and will maintain all phases of its own produc- tion and plant. Hood's has also pur- chased the routes of Main Line Dairy, owned by Sac Diaz, who will also con- tinue to produce milk. Jack McMullen Develops Pastures Near Oldsmar Jack McMullen, Pinellas County Soil Conservation District vice chairman and Producers' Vice President of the F.D.A., has been working for the past two months on the clearing and planting of new pastures north of Oldsmar, to which he will later move his dairy operation. A land level survey preceded laying out of shallow ditches 1oo feet apart to provide drainage for excess surface water during rainy seasons and to be used for seepage irrigation during dry weather. Not Interested Have you heard of "the man who thought he was possessed of so much information that FACTS no longer in- terested him"? LEST WE FORGET You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot help the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn. You cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and independence. You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves. -Abraham Lincoln Live Happier and Longer If you want to live the full life in your mature years, set up a plan that will provide basic security for your family and your old age, but let it go at that. Enjoy your job but resolve to leave your work responsibilities be- hind when your day's work is over. Spend your leisure hours with your family and friends. Learn to love them deeply, and learn to find pleasure in the love they hold for you. And keep telling yourself what a lucky person you are to be alive and kicking in the most pros- perous, exciting and wonderful era the world has ever known. (Robert Peterson) w A! Pictured at left are winners in the Dairymen's Division of the 1956-57 DHIA Efficient Dairy Production Contest. They are, left to right: A. J. Rusterholz, Orlando, East Florida District winner; Walter Schmid, Tallavast (Manatee County), West Coast District winner; Walter Welkener, Jacksonville, second place North Florida District and second place in state contest; and M. A. Schack, Greenwood (Jackson County), first place North Florida District and first place in state contest. At right are winners of the State DHIA Supervisors Division of the 1956-57 Efficient Dairy Production Contest, left to right: L. C. Shook, Bradenton, second place; Mrs. Walter Delaney; and Walter Delaney, Jacksonville, first place. 30 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS Bill Graham Is Re-Elected By South Florida Producers The Independent Dairy Farmers As- sociation, which includes about 93 pro- ducers of the South Florida Federal Milk Market Area of seven counties, held its 1958 annual meeting February 1I in Ft. Lauderdale, re-electing all officers and directors. Bill Graham has served as president of the Association since its organization early in 1956. Floyd Luckey, Execu- tive Secretary, was re-elected along with the following directors: L. H. Brecken- ridge, Wilson Rucks, E. C. Mattson, Tom Perry and Joe Pereno, Jr., all of Broward County; Louis Larson, J. H. Medlin, Marcus Weavers and C. R. Me- lear, all of Palm Beach County. Bob Hall and Bill Graham are directors for Dade County. P. C. Shuford and W. K. Bixby are directors-at-large. Dr. Spencer Is Speaker Principal speaker at the meeting was Dr. Leland Spencer of Cornell Univer- sity who had assisted the Association as advisor in their efforts to secure the Federal Market Order. Dr. Spencer told the group they should consider them- selves fortunate as producers in a mar- ket which uses from 90% to 98% of their milk at the Class I price. He pointed out by comparison that while the about 93 producers of this group receive this high percentage of Class I milk, the approximately 53,ooo producers of the New York Federal Market Area receive Class I for only about 60% of their milk. Dr. Spencer advised the organization that according to Kiplinger, population increase predictions for the four counties making up the principal South Florida market, there would be a 45% popula- tion increase in the area by 1963 and a Ioo% increase by 1968-1970 with cor- responding increases in the demand for milk. Dr. Spencer's advice to the group was to produce a constant supply of fluid milk equal to the current demands and to avoid production of any sizeable sur- pluses. The meeting was concluded with a barbecue lunch at the Agricultural Ex- periment Station, east of Ft. Lauderdale. Free Bulletin Available On Cattle Parasites A ten-page bulletin describing ."In- ternal Parasites of Cattle and Their Control" is published by the University of Florida, Department of Veterinary Science. A copy will be furnished upon request to The Florida Dairy Association, 615 Park St., Jacksonville. The new plant of Foremost Dairies-Hawaii, Ltd., is now in full production following its dedication with impressive Polynesian rituals November 1. The two-story plant and office buildings in Honolulu is constructed in contemporary Hawaiian style. Some 220 people work in the new facility which combines the operations of three dairy plants merged with Foremost in 1954. Why I Am a Member of the Florida Dairy Association MY DAIRY AND MY INVESTMENT NEEDS THE PROTEC- TION OF THE COMBINED JUDGMENT AND EFFORTS AND STRENGTH OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE STATE-WIDE AND INDUSTRY-WIDE ASSOCIATION OF DAIRIES AND DAIRYMEN. Not a single one of us, among the more than I,ooo Florida Dairies, large or small, is smart enough, big enough or has time enough to protect our invest- ment and our business against the numerous things that constantly arise to threaten our welfare. This makes it necessary that we work Executive Director and Secretary; the together and provide for an organization careful thought and action of the organ- that can do these things for us. Such ization's 34 Directors selected, 17 from an organization was formed in 1946 among the recognized leaders of Florida when the old Florida Dairymen's Asso- Milk Producers and 17 from among ciation and the Dairy Products group Producer-Distributors and Distributors, joined together to make the F.D.A. and the experience, judgment and active While working together as a unit group, work done for the welfare of the Dairy the Producer and Plant Members each Industry through the numerous active has a chairman who is a Vice-President committees of the Association. of the Association so that either group The publication by the Association of may meet and act together when they The FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS for like. .,., ..... .... --- b --- L -- There are numerous occasions when the Dairy Industry of Florida must have a spokesman or a committee of spokes- men who are both well informed and capable of speaking for and representing the whole Dairy Industry. Such repre- sentation is always available through the Florida Dairy Association. An active organization such as the "Florida Dairy Association" can usually prevent the adoption of unnecessary, im- practical and unfair proposals affecting the Industry which are advocated from time to time by usually well meaning sponsors who do not, however, realize the effects of such proposals. A member of the Florida Dairy Asso- ciation has the benefits of the full time service of the Association's Office and L e pasL seven years las ueen a os important source of information to all Dairymen and carries the Dairy Industry message not only to all Florida Dairy- men and all Dairies but to over 2,000 others whose knowledge of and under- standing of our problems is most im- portant. IT IS MY JUDGMENT THAT I CANNOT AFFORD ... NOT TO BE A MEMBER OF THE F.D.A. . . CAN YOU? (Submitted by a member) About 47.5% of the total U. S. 1956 fluid milk supply went into fluid uses while approximately 8o% of the milk produced in Florida was utilized in fluid form during this period. FIRST QUARTER, 1958 31 ADAMS PACKING ASSN., INC. CITRUS PULP, CITRUS MEAL, CITRUS MOLASSES Jim Coates, Sales Mgr., By-Products Division Auburndale, Fla. Woodlawn 7-1104 ANNHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. Warehouses: ICE CREAM CABINETS MIAMI TAMPA JACKSONVILLE Walter S. Crawbuck, Dist. Mgr. 4650 Arapahoe Ave. Jacksonville, Fla. = INC. ari-Rich Chocolate Products Egg Nog, Orange Ice Cream Fruits & Flavors ED SALVATORE P. O. Box 86, Tampa Ph. 25-0164 COMMERCIAL BODY BUILDERS 1807 SECOND AVENUE Ph. 4-2720 TAMPA,FLA. RfEF/GERATFArD 7TR'/CeOD/' SOeR oFeA/,Y///#06'reY DAIRYPAK INCORPORATED PURE-PAK MILK CONTAINERS O. S. NEWSOM, JR. Phone: EV 7-7383 2965 St. Johns Ave. Jacksonville, Fla. CHARLES DENNERY, INC. New Orleans ICE CREAM COATING, FRUITS AND FLAVORS IRA STONE Ph. Mutual 5-3284 1026 E. Walnut St. Lakeland, Fla. GULF PAPER COMPANY, INC. Ice Cream (Linerless) Cartons Butter Cartons J. H. McVOY 50 E. Magnolia St. Pensacola, Fla. HAVEN SUPPLY Hackney Bros. Bodies, Gulf Dairy Waxes "Illini" Non-Fat Milk Solids MONTY SCHOENTHALER JOHN WILKES Phone: FR 2-1115 P. O. Box 834 Winter Haven, Fla. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. Single Service Division Pure Pak Milk Containers WALTER M. SCOTT E. H. BROWN 1731 Indian Rocks Rd. 2820 Eastern Parkway Clearwater, Florida Orlando, Florida Phone--3-7247 Phone-- Winter Park 32 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS Route 9, Box 356 Jacksonville, Fla. CHOCOLATE AND COCOA DIVISION Chocolate for Ice Cream and Milk TOM POWERS 830 E. River Dr. Temple Terrace Tampa 4, Fla. KELCO COMPANY Dariloid Dricoid and Sherbelizer JOE E. ANDERSON 2577 Decatur Rd., Decatur, Ga. Phone ME 4-8781 KIECKHEFER-EDDY DIVISION Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. Pure-Pak Paper Milk Bottles R. J. EVANS M. A. KNOWLES Phone ELgin 6-1334 4700 Pearl St. Jacksonville, Fla. KELVINATOR Division of American Motors Corporation WM. C. MAYFIELD Howell House-Suite 202, Atlanta 8, Ga. KRIM*KO CHOCOLATE ORANGE EGGNOG MARBLETONE SYRUPS DOUGLAS J. HEADFORD 616 Jessamine Blvd., Daytona Beach, Fla. Phone Clinton 2-0148 LIBERTY GLASS COMPANY F T P MILK BOTTLES HAROLD ROGERS 2260 Peachtree Rd., N.W. Atlanta, Ga. Phone CEdar 7-3030 S. H. MAHONEY EXTRACT CO. Van-Sal Vanilla Products D. C. MULLIGAN, Florida Representative 2840 West 47th Place Chicago 32, III. NATIONAL PECTIN PRODUCTS CO. Ice Cream Stabilizers & Emulsifiers Pectin Stabilizers for Ices, Sherbets & Fruits J. C. HEAD Phone Norfolk, Va. HOward 4-0828 RFD No. 1, Box 48, Bayside, Va. JIM JENNINGS MFRS. REPRESENTATIVE Land O' Lakes Non-Fat Milk Solids Bireley's Dairy Orange Base Bireley's Dairy Grape Base STANDARD PACKAGING CORPN. Tamper Proof Seals Flexible Vacuum Packages-Liner Materials LARRY HODGE 1121 duPont Bldg. Miami, Fla. THATCHER GLASS MFG. CO., INC. Glass Milk Containers W. T. LOVE, Florida Representative 3221 Pinehurst PI. Charlotte 7, N. C. Phone FR 5-5645 UNIVERSAL MILKING MACHINES Division of National Cooperatives World's Most Complete Line of Milking Equipment L. H. HALL, Dealer 5240 N. W. 7th Avenue Miami, Fla. MANUFACTURERS OF L DAIRY EQUIPMENT JOHN W. MANNING Phone: LOgan 2-3151 17750 N.E. 19th Ave., N. Miami Beach, Fla. ALLIED TRADES MEMBERS FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION SpciaL CmUA dad 0Dbi"doAqj. NEWTH-MORRIS BOX CORP. Ice Cream, Popsicle, and Miscellaneous Folding Boxes Jacksonville, Fla., Phone: ELgin 3-9779 Miami, Fla., Phone: MUrray 8-8431 OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO. Duraglas Milk Bottles C. W. PARMALEE R. G. SHACKELFORD 1601 Prudential Bldg. Jacksonville 7, Fla. W. H. ADAMS 7630 Biscayne Blvd., Miami 38, Fla. PAUL-LEWIS LABORATORIES, INC. Rennet for Cottage Cheese Cottage Cheese Coagulator-Ice Cream Color Lactivase for prevention of off flavors in bottled milk. Cottage Cheese literature available 4253 North Port Washington Ave. Milwaukee 12 Wisconsin PENNSALT CHEMICALS BK Powder Cleaners Acids Bottle Washing Alkalies ROY WILSON 2505 Bethaway Ave., Orlando, Fla. RIVERSIDE MANUFACTURING COMPANY Moultrie, Georgia Riverside Masterbilt Uniforms JAMES M. STEWART DAVE FREEMAN SOME GOOD ONES TO NEW HOMES Sire: Sire: m: Dam: May Royalty AR Daughters Dinsmore 2 AR Princess Sybil Daughters Umsmore Mayroyal Sylpn 15604-760-Sr4-365 (State Champion) 0 Sire: Foremost May Royalty 55 VG & E Daughters Dam: Dinsmore Noble Lucia 12126-531-Jr3-365C * minsmore Mayroyal Lucia Vb 10191-453-Sr3-305-HI R The above two outstanding cows were sold to Harry Marion at Lindale, Georgia, who like many other progressive dairymen are getting into the GOLDEN GUERNSEY business. He purchased sev- eral other good ones. Below are excerpts from his correspondence to us: "The boys got home about 2:30 Saturday afternoon with a trouble-free trip and the cows that were in milk, milked twenty gallons the first milking about two hours after being unloaded and they haven't come under that since. I don't believe I have ever seen cows do as well as these are doing. We are interested in keeping the bull calf out of Dinsmore Conqueror Amelia (May Royalty) as a herd sire and would like your opinion on it. Would you please send us Amelia's previous production records? She is now milking around 60 lbs. a day "Mr. Jacobs of the American Guernsey Cattle Club, is coming by in about two weeks to inspect us for Golden Guernsey Milk. Ie have eleven Holsteins left in the herd to dispose of before he will O.K. us. Would like to have another truckload of cattle ichen ie dispose of the Holsteins. "Let me hear from you real soon. I was very much impressed niith the job that you fellows are doing with your colws." WE HAVE HAD OTHER RECENT SALES TO SATISFIED CUSTOMERS. WE CAN STILL SPARE MORE, OCCASIONALLY. Dinsmore Guernseys FEDERAL ACCREDITED 57790 DINSMORE FARMS J. B. LANOUX, Herdsman 10 Miles North of Jacksonville Near U. S. 1 EARL A. JOHNSON CHARLES F. JUHNSON NEGATIVE TO BANG'S DINSMORE, FLORIDA BRADY S. JOHNSTON Foremost Over 100 V. C. JOHNSON 777 r 79 no risers churn SURGE CLEAN MILK A long time ago, someone around here was wise enough to write these words: "DO NOT install a pipe line with a riser, as that almost certainly will lead to trouble ... it always has ... it seems to us that it always will. If there is just no pos- sible way to install the line without a riser, then don't sell or install it." Since then, people who have made a study of pipe lines tell us how right we were . .how milk churns up and down in risers . how rancidity and off-flavors result... and how nearly impossible it is to get a pipe line with risers really clean. That's why we still walk away from a job rather than install a riser. No risers churn Surge clean milk... ever. Copyright 1957- Bobson Bros. Co. BABSON BROS. CO. 2843 WEST 19TH STREET CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ATLANTA DALLAS KANSAS CITY MINNEAPOLIS SACRAMENTO SEATTLE SYRACUSE TORONTO eurge Contact Us | Permissions | Preferences | Technical Aspects | Statistics | Internal | Privacy Policy © 2004 - 2010 University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries.All rights reserved. Acceptable Use, Copyright, and Disclaimer Statement Last updated October 10, 2010 - - mvs