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DAIRY MONTH RESOLUTION
Adopted By
THE FLORIDA STATE LEGISLATURE
The House and Senate of the Florida Legislature
adopted the following joint resolution May 31, 1951,
concurring in the Governor's Proclamation for the
observance of June as Dairy Month.
WHEREAS, the Governor has issued a
proclamation for the observance of the month
of June as "Dairy Month" in recognition of
the progress and universal importance to the
health and economic welfare of the citizens
of Florida of the production of a wholesome
and adequate home supply of milk products,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE
SENATE OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING:
That the Senate hereby concurs in the Gov-
ernor's proclamation for the obesrvance of
June as "Dairy Month."
Adopted By The Senate and The House of Repre-
sentatives May 31, 1951.
This action gave the I. ..: Legislature the dis-
tinction of being the first in the nation to give of-
ficial legislative recognition to the "June is Dairy
Month" program.


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from Carl Pierce, FLORIDA DAIRY Herdsman.


Mr. Jimmy Guaqliardo, owner, and Carl Pierce, herd
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Road, to take care of their increased demand for FLORIDA DAIRY Milk Products.


This new unit is now milking 156 cows. Mr. Jimmy Guagliardo, one of the owners and manager
of the new unit, which is designated FLORIDA DAIRY #2, has this to say about the PURINA
PROGRAM.


"I like the HAIR-COAT and CONDITION which PURINA helps to keep on my herd."


RALSTON PURINA COMPANY
MIAMI TAMPA


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EDITORIALS


Our Evaluation of the Florida Milk Commission



SAVES CONSUMERS MILLIONS

Around State Leqislature time every two years, the arm-chair generals of certain
Florida Newspapers and a few politicians declare open season on the Florida Milk
Commission. In dairy terms we might call it a "field day."
We think it is time the Milk Commission be recognized and commended for the
good it has done during the past twenty years for Florida milk consumers, for the
dairy industry of the State of Florida and for the economic development of the state
generally.
What has the Milk Commission done for the consumer? It has stabilized the
price of milk and constantly kept it at a minimum consistent with the economic condi-
tions of the Florida dairy farmers.
The DAIRY NEWS quoted on the front cover of the last issue information derived
from the Milk Industry Foundation of Washington, D. C. indicating that the price of
milk in Florida has increased about 50% less since the beginning of the war in 1941
than it has increased throughout the nation as a whole.
If the price of milk in Florida had increased as much for the country as a whole,
Florida consumers would today be paying around 40c a quart for their milk supply.
We attribute much of the credit for this favorable position of Florida milk prices
to the Florida Milk Commission. It has on numerous occasions denied the pleas of
Florida dairymen for price increases.


BENEFITS PRODUCERS OF MILK

Florida dairymen under the stabilizing influence of the Milk Commission have
been able to operate with much greater economy than would have been possible
under constantly changing prices and conditions.
We note that a report of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Bureau of Aqricul-
tural Economics about February 1 shows a most favorable position which the price of
milk holds as compared to the price increases of other foods. This report indicates
that if the price of milk had increased as much as coffee, the price of milk today
would be about 90c a quart. As compared to sugar increases, milk would be 38c a
quart; with flour, 48c a quart; with pork, 49c a quart; with bananas, 54c a quart;
with salmon, 60c a quart; and with steaks, 50c a quart.

FLORIDA MILK IS SUPERIOR

While holding this favorable price position outlined above, Florida's home milk
supply is recognized as superior in quality to most of the fluid milk supply of the
nation. This is true because of the higher standards of sanitation and butterfat content
of Florida produced milk, which are enforced jointly by the Florida Milk Commission,
the dairy inspection division of the State Department of Agriculture, the State Board
of Health, and the various local Health Departments.
A prominent Miami dairyman told the House and Senate Health Committees of
the Florida Legislature a few days ago that he seriously doubted that the State of
Michigan's largest milk producing county which was his home county, had a single
dairy which could pass the rigid sanitary and animal health requirements of Dade
County, Floirda.
Florida is one of the few, if not the only state in the nation which prohibits the
sale of fluid milk of any grade less than "Grade-A."
The Florida Milk Commission held 54 meetings during the year 1952 in its efforts
to serve the public interest by insuring "a constant supply of pure, wholesome milk"
to Florida consumers, as it is charged to do under the Law.
If Florida milk prices had been allowed to increase since 1941 by the same
percentage as other major foods, or as much as the average incresae of the price of
milk for the nation as a whole, the Flroida housewife's bill would have been several
million dollars more than it has been.
We hold, just as every session of the Legislature since 1933 has held, that
the Florida Milk Commission is essential and necessary to the public health and public
welfare of our state.


VOL. 3


NO. 2


APRIL & MAY, 1953
BI-MONTHLY


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THE
FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS
E. T. LAY, Editor & Business Manager


Official Publication of
Florida Dairy Association
WILMER W. BASSETT. JR., President
E. T. LAY, Executive Director

Florida Guernsey Cattle Club

Florida Association
of Milk Sanitarians

DIRECTORS
FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION
Producers
FRANK B. DOUB, Jacksonville
Vice Pres. & Chrmn.
"Producers Council"
GEORGE F. JOHNSON, West Palm Beach
D. WAYNE WEBB, Tampa
JOHN SERGEANT, Lakeland
HERMAN BOYD, Miami
BILL GRAHAM, Miami
JOHN T. ADKINSON, Pensacola
IRA BARROW, New Smyrna Beach
J. H. ADAMS, Jacksonville
DONALD LEONARD. Blountstown

Distributors
CLIFF D. WAYNE, Miami
Vice Pres. & Chrmn.
"Distributors Council"
FREEMAN HALES, Opa Locka
HERMAN BURNETT, Bradenton
J. N. MCARTHUR, Miami
H. CODY SKINNER, Jacksonville
JOHN M. HOOD, St. Petersburg
GORDON NIELSEN, West Palm Beach
W. J. BARRITT, JR., Tampa
A. E. (JACK) JOHNSON, Jacksonville
J. F. W. ZIRKLEBACH, Pensacola

Additional Directors
WILMER W. BASSETT, JR., President
Monticello
LARRY J. HODGE, President
"Alligator Club": Miami
THE FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS is
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Dairy Association, 220 Newnan St.,
Jacksonville, Florida. Subscription price
of $1.00 a year. Entered as second
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4 FLORIDA DAIRY
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For Our Youth Readers
Second of a Series of Articles on:
A Career in The Dairy Industry
Note: In the first of this series of articles on "A Career in the Dairy Indlutr,"
a general survey of the scope of the dairy industry preceded an outline of the various
opportunities which young people may find in this field of work. In this article will
begin a more specific consideration of some of the jobs which await you if you wish
a career in the dairy industry.


NEED FOR TRAINING
The opportunities for workers in the
dairy industry are, as in all other indus-
tries, greater for the trained than for the
untrained. Though many leaders in the
industry today have come up the hard
way and succeeded through hard work
and practical experience, training may be
had in every phase of dairying and its
allied occupations. There is little need
for a farmer now to proceed by the old
method of trial and error. Courses in
production, manufacture, distribution and
sale of milk and its products are offered
in both technical schools and state uni-
versities. Many schools, including our
own University of Florida, operate com-
plete dairy farms and dairy plants where
practical experience with the most mod-
ern equipment is to be obtained along
with technical instruction.
Almost every element of a general
education through the college level may
be applied to a career related directly or
indirectly to dairy farming. Also, the
highest technical skills are required in
many phases of handling animals, caring
for milk, manufacturing the many milk
products, managing farms as well as
plants, transporting and selling the
products, and working in the infinite
number of allied fields such as equip-
ment and prepared feed. Don't overlook,
also, the broad area occupied by the vital
ocupations of inspection, supervision of
animal health, control of disease and
farm pests for both plants and animals.
ANIMAL AGRICULTURE
The basic level of dairying and the
entire industry built up around dairying
lies in the work of the DAIRY FARM-
ER. Animal agriculture is the backbone
of the American standard of living and
is our best guarantee for continued pros-
perity and stability. Animal agriculture
builds and conserves the soil, provides
our best food reserve, furnishes the foods
that we need most and like best, and
provides a livelihood for millions of our
people. The dairy cow is the major con-


tributor to an animal agriculture. The
cash value of the produce of the dairy
farm exceeds the value of the produce
of any other type of farming.
The dairy farmer, who breeds, feeds,
and cares for the dairy cow needs to be
recognized for the important part he
plays in this industry. It must be real-
ized, also, that the dairy farmer must
be alert and well trained in order to be
an efficient and successful business man.
The well-trained dairy farmer will under-
stand many phases of agriculture ranging
from pasture cultivation and feed produc-
tion to farm and dairy buildings and
their maintenance. Specialists in some
phases of the operation of the dairy farm
are examples of other opportunities for
the young man today, because these spec-
ialists carry to the farmer specific im-
provements of methods as soon as they
are developed. The farm and its opera-
tion, however, remain the basic founda-
tion upon which the industry is built.
IMPORTANCE IN NATION'S
ECONOMY
More than half of the gainfully em-
ployed in this country are engaged, di-
rectly or indirectly, in the production,
processing and handling of food. In the
dairy industry alone, it is estimated that
at least 11/2 million persons are directly
employed in the production, processing
and distribution of milk and dairy
products. Should the dairy farm, its herds
and its products, disappear from our
economy as an industry, labor and in-
dustry alike would feel the effects a long
time before it would be felt by the farm-
er, because they would lose both their
jobs and their good meals.
The stability of the economic status
of the dairy farmer has been recognized
in nationwide surveys. He has been able
to pay his bills when others have found
it difficult to do so. Thus he contributes
to a more prosperous business in his
community. More dairy farms and more
good dairy herds are needed. They will
contribute to better land and better men
and the greater prosperity of the nation.


NEWS








Dairying In Florida Continues To Grow
By
John M. Scott, Chief Dairy Supervisor
Florida State Department of Agriculture
What is the value of the dairy industry to the state? At the present prices,
the cash value of the 90 million gallons of milk produced annually is about 50
million dollars. The retail sale value then is approximately 85 million dollars. To
this can be added several million dollars received by dairy farmers for calves, other
dairy animals, and dairy fertilizer sold annually. The monthly payroll of some 1250
dairymen and dairy processing plants is another important item in the economy of
the state. Total employment in the Florida dairy industry is estimated to be between


25,000 and 30,000 persons.
More important than these, however,
is the fact that the Florida Dairy In-
dustry now produces practically 100 per
cent of the fluid milk consumed in Flor-
ida and of a quality recognized as among
the best in the country.
To consider the history of our growth,
in 1920 there were about 70,000 dairy
cows in Florida and they produced about
12 million gallons of milk. In 1930,
there were about 75,000 dairy cows with
a production of 20 million gallons. In
1940, there were about 110,000 dairy
cows and the production of milk that
year was 50 million gallons. In 1950,
there were about 155,000 dairy cows with
a production of 80,433,136 gallons. In
1952, the number of dairy cows had in-
creased to approximately 168,000 cows
with a production of 90 million more
gallons.
During 1952, the following new con-
struction has taken place over the State-
88 dairy barns, 63 milk rooms, 55 wash
rooms, and 13 pasteurizing plants were
built. During the same time, the follow-
ing were enlarged or remodeled: 16 dairy
barns, 10 milk rooms, 8 wash rooms, and
8 pasteurizing plants.
Other improvements or additions to
the dairies in the last year or two were '68
pipe line milkers, 89 tank trucks for
hauling milk from the farm to the milk
plant in town, and 24 holding tanks.
In addition, a lot of other new equip-
ment was installed in the dairies and
plants.
Another increase that has taken place
is the number of heifer calves that have
been retained and raised as replacements
in the dairy herds all over the State.
The raising of replacements in the dairy
herds during the past three or four years
has been due to the organization of 16
Artificial Breeding Associations. This
means that this year about 7,000 Florida-
raised heifers were added to the dairy
herds in the State. In 1955, there will
be an addition of another 8,000 to 10,000
Florida-raised heifers. As a rule, these
home-raised heifers make better produc-
ing cows and stay in the herd for a
longer period of time. They may cost a


little more than cows purchased from
some other State, but in the end, they
are more profitable to the owner.


An early type milk house in Florida.


Much progress is shown in this building
with milk room and wrash room at the ex-
treme right.







A modern milk producer's farm buildings
today, showing housing of stainless steel tank
truck immediately adjacent to the milk room.

LATEST RANKING OF FLORIDA'S CATTLE
The Florida State Chamber of Com-
merce in its monthly bulletin for March
issued the latest ranking of Florida's dairy
cattle as follows: 9th in the Southeast;
13th in the South; and 34th in the
Nation.


MILK FACTS


by COL. BENI. F. CASTLE
Exec. Director, Milk Industry
Foundation, WIashington, D. C.
New Research gives greater emphasis
to the value of milk as a mainstay in the
diet of nutrition-conscious America.
Larger food budgets would be needed
in the average home if the vitamins, min-
erals and calories supplied by milk had
to be secured from other sources.
Fresh milk is low in price compared
to the average cost of all foods in the
family market basket. This record has
been maintained despite the fact that milk
company wages, operating expenses and
prices of the raw product have been at
high levels.
Milk in this country today is the best
in the world. Our system of efficient
low-cost distribution, sanitation, pasteuri-
zation and supply create a standard which
dairymen from throughout the world
come here to study. The United States to-
day is the greatest dairy nation.
Nearly half of the Nation's milk is
used for drinking and cooking. The
other half is used for butter, cheese, ice
cream and a myriad of products ranging
from powdered milk to pharmaceuticals.
The value of this annual output is esti-
mated at 8 billion dollars.
Milk was more than 14 per cent of
1949 farm cash income excluding gov-
ernment payments; larger than hogs; al-
most twice wheat; nearly one and a half
time poultry and eggs; more than one
and one-half time cotton; four times to-
bacco. Milk for only the fourth time in
decades, was not the largest single source
of farm cash income being exceeded in
1949 only by cattle and calves.
Nearly 23 million cows on three-quar-
ters of the Nation's 5,859,000 farms pro-
duce the "billion quart yearly supply.
Milk production per cow, averaged nearly
2500 quarts a year, is at an all-time high
record.

Our most widely used food, milk com-
prises more than 25 per cent of the foods
consumed annually by the average Ameri-
can. Sixty million quarts of fresh milk
and cream a day are distributed to con-
sumers through doorstep deliveries and
stores. Milk consumption today is more
than 13 per cent greater than before the
war.
Milk and dairy products are economical
foods containing vital components of the
diet. Nutritionists and government au-
thorities say the Nation's health will
benefit with high-level consumption.


APRIL & MAY, 1 953 5









DAIRY ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES


Dairy Industry Unites On Program
For Milk Commission Law Changes
BILL NOW AWAITING HOUSE AND SENATE VOTE
After months of consideration by special committees and several recent confer-
ences between producer and distributor members of the Florida Dairy Industry and
careful study with attorneys, agreement was reached in a final legislative committee
conference in Tallahasse on proposed amendments to the Florida Milk Commission
Law.
These amendments have been introduced in the Legislature as House Bill No.
908 and Senate Bill No. 636. A public hearing on both the Senate and House
Bills was held in the Senate Chamber of the State Capitol Building, Wednesday,
April 29th before a joint meeting of the House and Senate Committees on Public
Health. More than 100 dairy leaders from throughout the state attended the hearing
which also attracted the Senate galleries full of spectators.
A committee of selected dairy spokes-
men headed by Florida Dairy Association tees and now awaits a vote of the House
President Wilmer Bassett did an excel- and Senate membership.
lent job of pointing out the tremendous
benefits which both the consumers of PROVISIONS OF THE BILL
milk and those producing and processing The Bill sponsored by the dairy in-
milk have derived from the functioning dustry includes the provision for adding
of the Milk Commission Act since its an additional consumer member to the
original passage in 1933. Milk Commission, as recommended by


The Florida State Capitol Building is a
familiar place to many of the members of the
Florida Dairy Association who find it neces-
sary to go back and forth at each session of
the Legislature to furnish information about
the dairy industry and how proposed legisla-
tion would affect it
These spokesmen had the difficult job
of presenting to the combined Public
Health Committees both the merits of
the Bill as sponsored by the dairy indus-
try and the objections of the dairy in-
dustry to the Senator Branch Bill (Senate
Bill No. 732) which proposed a Milk
Commission of only five members and its
operation only in areas designated by the
State Board of Health; and to House
Bill No. 150, by the five Republican
members to "repeal all pricing powers
of the Milk Commission."
INDUSTRY BILL IS APPROVED
The above bills opposed by the dairy
industry have both received unfavorable
committee reports, while the bill offered
by the dairy industry has been approved
by both the House and Senate Commit-


Governor McLarty and the Bill has his
approval.
Other changes include dropping from
the Commission, the Producer-Distributor
member and the Administrator, leaving
a six-member Commission with two con-
sumers, two dairy members-a dairy far-
mer and a milk distributor-the Com-
missioner of Agriculture or his represen-
tative and the State Board of Health Of-
ficer or his representative.
Other major changes include: (1) A
tax on the Dairy Farmer for the Admin-
istrative Fund, in the same amount as
now paid by the milk distributors. (1/10
cent per gallon on Class 1 milk sold).
(2) A voluntary plan for the coopera-
tion between dairies in transferring milk
not needed for Class 1 purposes to other
plants and areas where the supply of
Class 1 Milk is short.
Under the amended law which would
be effective July 1st, it is contemplated
that deputy administrators will be estab-
lished in each principal milk area to keep
a closer and up-to-date summary of in-
formation regarding both dairy farm and
plant production and operating costs.
It is also an objective of the industry
to urge the Milk Commission to proceed
immediately with the consideration of im-
proved procedures in the securing of
current accurate dairy operating costs and
in proving the price formula used in ar-
riving at a reasonable minimum farm and
retail milk price.


Georgia Boy Becomes
Dairy Industry Leader

Fourth of a series introducing new members
of the 1952-53 Board of Directors of the
Florida Dairy Association. The 21 member
Board includes 10 producers, 10 distributors,
the President and the Allied Trades president.
Cliff D. Wayne, amiable Divisional
Manager of Southern Dairies for the
State of Florida, including Savannah and
Waycross, Georgia, is 2nd Vice-Presi-
dent of the Florida Dairy Association and
chairman of its "Distributors' Council."
His natural qualities of leadership are
evidenced by his steady rise in the com-
pany to which he
came eighteen years
ago as a salesman,
and by the positions
of recognition he has
held in a number of
organizations.
Born in Atlanta,
Georgia, he is a
product of its public
schools and the
WAYNE Georgia University
Evening School. Shortly before coming
to Southern Dairies in Atlanta, he was
married to Alee Wilkes. They have
three children.
Mr. Wayne served as Sales Manager,
Asst., Plant, and Zone Manager, all in
Atlanta before coming to Florida in 1951.
While serving as Georgia Manager for
Southern Dairies, his ability and leader-
ship was recognized by his election to
two terms as President of the Georgia
Dairy Association. He was an honorary
member of the Dairy Science Club of the
University of Georgia and a member of
the Kiwanis Club in Atlanta.
In Miami, he belongs to Rotary Club
and the Florida State Chamber of Com-
merce. He is also an executive member
of the National Federation of Sales Exec-
utives.

J. N. McARTHUR RECEIVES
HONORS
J. N. McArthur, President of the Mi-
ami Jersey Farms Dairy of Miami, was
recently elected president of the Miami
Chamber of Commerce. Mr. McArthur
was also recently named Chairman of the
Advisory Board of the University of
Miami, and has been a member of the
Board of Directors of the Florida Dairy
Association for a number of years.


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Legislative Committee of 200

Act On State Dairy Legislation


Among the more than twenty committees of the Florida Dairy Association,
the Legislative Committee is the largest. Its general chairman, Theo Datson, feels
that it is also possibly the most important.
The state committee of 200 members includes a general policy committee of
twenty-one members and the members of sixty-seven county committees.


The general chairman is assisted by a
Producer Co-chairman, Wayne Webb of
Tampa, and a Distributor Co-chairman,
George Boutwell of Lake Worth. E. T.
Lay, Secretary of the Association, stays
in Tallahassee during the Legislature to
keep members of the Legislative Com-
mittee and all members of the Associa-
tion advised of legislation which affects
the Dairy industry.

General Committee Members are:

Cliff Wayne, Southern Dairies, Miami
A. E. Johnson, Foremost Dairies, Jacksonville
Alf Nielsen, Alfar Creameary, West Palm B.
John Binns, Land O' Sun Creamery, Sarasota
Dick Dressel, Dressel's Dairy Farm, Miami
John DuPuis, White Belt Dairy, Miami
T. G. Lee, T. G. Lee Dairy, Orlando
V. C. Johnson, Dinsmore Dairy, Jacksonville
J. F. W. Zirkleback, Polar Ice Cream,
Pensacola
John Cone, Cone's Dairy Products, Plant City
Bill Graham, Graham's Dairy, Hialeah
John Sargeant, Sargeant's Dairy Farm, Lakel'nd
John Adkinson, Adkinson & Mayne Dairy,
Pensacola
Ira Barrow, Barrow Dairy Farms, New Smyrna
Beach
George Hardin, Spencer-Hardin Dairy, Sanford
George F. Johnson, Geo. F. Johnson Dairy,
West Palm Beach
Herman Boyd, Hall & Boyd Dairy, Miami
Hugh Adams, Adams Dairy, Jacksonville
County Committee Chairmen and Co-
chairmen are:
Alachua-L. B. Hull, L. B. Hull Dairy;
John Townsend, Foremost Dairies.
Baker-W. L. Brown, Brown Dairy Farm.
Bay-John Hentz, St. Andrews Bay Dairy;
Ray Bassett, Borden's.
Bradford-T. A. Graves, Home Dairy.
Brevard-Lowell Fenner, Fenner Dairy;
Thomas N. Farmer, Farmbrook Dairy.
Broward-Henry Perry, H. Perry Dairy.
Calhoun-Donald Leonard, D. Leonard
Dairy.
Charlotte-Wm. Lamar Rose, Poinciana
Dairy.
Citrus-M. A. Smith, Smith's Dairy.
Clay-I. J. Pemberton, Clay County Farms;
Ed Gustafson, Gustafson's Dairy.
Collier-Wm. Lamar Rose, Poinciana Dairy.
Columbia-Warren Tyre, Tyre's Dairy;
Dewey Bullard, Columbia Dairy.
Dade-R. L. Dressel, Dressel's Dairy Farm;
Herman Boyd, Hall & Boyd Dairy.
DeSoto-Errol Morgan, Carnahan's Dairy.
Dixie-Wilmer W. Bassett, Jr., Bassett's
Dairy.
Duval-J. H. Adams, Adams Dairy; V. C.
Johnson, Dinsmore Dairy.
Escambia--John Adkinson, Adkinson &
Mayne Dairy; J. F. W. Zirkelbach, Polar Ice
Cream Co.
Flagler-Louis S. Sheffield, Jr., Sheffield
Farms.
Franklin-W. M. Glass, Glass' Dairy.
Gadsden-W. L. Ford, Ford's Dairy; George
Powell, Foremost Dairies.
Gilchrist-R. A. Shearin, Hilltop Dairy.


Glades-B. M. Daniel, Daniel's Dairy; F.
D. Yaun, Yaun's Dairy.
Gulf-E. C. Harden, Sr., E. C. Harden &
Son Dairy.
Hamilton-I. S. Johnson, Johnson Dairy.
Hardee-Demos Mandis, Mandis Stock
Farm; P. A. Moncrief, Moncrief Dairy.
Hendry-John Ash, La Belle Dairy.
Hernando-Edwin Wernicke, Wernicke
Bros. Dairy.
Highlands-Demos Mandis, Mandis Stock
Farm; J. R. Ramer, Ramer's Dairy.
Hilsborough-W. J. Barritt, Borden's Dairy;
Julian Lane, L. & L. Dairy; John Cone, Cone's
Dairy Products.
Holmes-W. J. Sapp. Sapp Dairies.
Indian River-John Tripson, Vero Beach
Dairy.
Jefferson-Luther Fountain. Silver Lake
Dairy.
LaFayette-Marshall Osteen, Osteen's Dairy.
Lake-Stin Haselton, Lakeview Dairy; Rudy
J. Schneider, Schneider's Creamery; P. G. Jeff-
coat, Pine Ridge Dairy.
Lee-Hilton Hart, Hart's Dairy.
Leon-Curry J. Bassett, Borden's Dairy; J.
C. Hartsfield, Jr., Foremost Dairies.
Levy-R. S. Robinson, Robinson Dairy.
Liberty-Ruth Campbell, Campbell's Dairy.
Madison-J. B. Sale, Sale's Dairy; K. D.
Hitchcock, Hitchcock's Dairy.
Manatee-Herman Burnett, Burnett Dairy
Farm.
Marion-Charles H. Davis, C. H. Davis
Dairy.
Martin-C. W. Moore, Moore's Dairy.
Monroe-Joe Mazzawi, Lloyd Christopher
Dairy.
Nassau-W. J. Gaines, Gaines Dairy.
Okaloosa-Lamar Garrett, Borden's Dairy.
Okeechobee-J. Clifton Ellis, Ellis Dairy.
Orange-T. G. Lee, T. G. Lee Dairy; B. W.
Judge, Good Luck Dairy; W. Paul Teal, An-
derson & Teal Dairy.
Osceola-Clint Bass, Bass Dairy.
Palm Beach-George F. Johnson, Johnson
Dairy; George Boutwell, Boutwell's Dairy.
Pasco-Bennett L. Gore, Gore's Dairy.
Pinellas-John Hood, Hood's Dairy; John
McMullen. McMuleln's Dairy.
Polk-J. B. Thornhill, Thornhill Dairy;
John Sargeant, Sargeant's Dairy Farm.
Putnam-Wm. Revels, Revel's Dairy; R. G.
Williams, Williams' Dairy.
St. Johns-W.* Paul Simmons, Simmons
Dairy; Joe Shuford, Foremost Dairies.
St. Lucie-W. J. Farlardeau, Peerless Ice
Cream Co.
Santa Rosa-Wilson Whitfield, Whitfield
Dairy.
Sarasota-John O. Binns, Land O'Sun
Creamery; Walter Schmid, Schmid Guernsey
Dairy.
Seminole-George Hardin, Spencer-Hardin
Dairy.
Sumter-Mrs. Stella Eaddy, Eeaddy's Dairy.
Suwannee-O. Donald Hatch, Velda Dairy
Products.
Taylor-Wilmer W. Bassett, Jr., Bassett's
Dairy.
Union--I. B. Harrison, Harrison Dairy;
Orin Reddish, Reddish Dairy.


BOUTWELL WEBB
Seen here are the leaders of the Florida
Dairy Association Legildative Committee.
Above, George Boutwell, Lake Worth, Dis-
I ributor Co Cahirmnan;
and l'aynne Wrebb,
Tampa, Pioducer Co-
Chairman. Belowu; Theo
Datson, Orlando, im-
.mediate past president
of the Association and
General Chairman of
.,, the Legislative Com-
Jmittee.
DATSON

F. D. A. LEGISLATIVE
COMMITTEES COMMENDED
FOR FINE PERFORMANCE
Wilmer W. Bassett, Jr., President of
the Florida Dairy Association, has just
released to the "Dairy News" a letter
which he has sent Members of the As-
sociation's General and County Legisla-
tive Committees complimenting them on
their splendid co-operation to date in
support of the Association's legislative
program.

The leller follows.

SPECIAL TO F.D.A. MEMBERS
GENERAL & LOCAL LEGISLATIVE COM-
MITTEES.

Dear Friend:

At the close of the 5th week of the 1953
Legislative Session, I want to take this oppor-
tunity to commend each one of you who have
been doing such a grand job of backing up
our legislative work in Tallahassee.
We have undoubtedly been through one of
the most trying legislative situations our in-
dustry has ever experienced, but fortunately
the leadership and assistance of both our
"General Committee" and our "County Com-
mittees" and the cooperation of our members
in all areas has been the finest we have ever
had.
I want to let you know that your efforts
have been effective and that your President
and Directors do appreciate your help.
Just don't let up until the Legislature has
adjourned.

Yours sincerely,
WILMER W. BASSETT, JR.,
President.


Volusia-Ira Barrow, Barrow's Dairy Farms;
J. A. Taylor, Borden's Dairy.
Wakulla-Curry Bassett, Borden's Dairy.
Walton-B. C. McCall, McCall's Dairy:
Otto Adkinson, Adkinson's Dairy.
Washington-Harvey Spears, Spear's Dairy.


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DAIRY ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES


State Dairy Pasture Contest

Plans Are Announced
The Pasture Improvement Committee of the Florida Dairy Association headed
by Mr. Herman Boyd of Miami and the Agricultural Extension Service, University
of Florida, have completed plans which have been under consideration for more
than a year for an Annual State-wide Dairy Pasture Contest.
The contest will be held under the joint sponsorship of the Florida Dairy
Association and the University Extension Service with Extension Dairyman C. W.
Reeves acting as director of the contest. A number of pasture specialists of the
Agricultural Experiment station and county farm agents generally will assist in
enlisting participation of the dairymen in the program and in assisting dairymen
with their pasture improvement projects.
The objective of the contest is the development of a better pasture and forage
program on all dairy farms in order to obtain more efficient milk production and
more profitable dairying.


PLAN OF CONTEST FOR 1953
Interested dairy farmers will fill out
enrollment cards and keep specified data
on pasture crops and their utilization.
Certificates will be issued to each herd
owner submitting a report and making
creditable record of pasture production,
scoring at least 75 per cent on the score
card.
County and state winners will be se-
lected in two divisions:
1. On the basis of the top pasture and
forage programs.
2. On the basis of the most progress
over the previous year in providing
pacture and forage to meet the
needs of the herd, on a per cow
basis.
The County Dairy Pasture Committee
will inspect the pastures and submit re-
ports on the top county winner in each
division and the names of all those quali-
fying for recognition.
County Dairy Pasture Committees shall
consist of the county agent or his repre-
sentative, a dairyman named by the Flor-
ida Dairy Association, and as many oth-
ers as these two shall select in each coun-


ty. If a dairyman on the committee is a
contestant, substitute judges shall be se-
lected.
A State Judging Committee shall select
the State Winners from the reports sub-
mitted on the county winners. (An ef-
fort at actual visits by the State Com-
mittee will only be made where the best
records are close and where practical for
the Committee to make trips.)
The State Judging Committee shall
consist of the FDA Dairy Pasture Com-
mittee Chairman, the State Extension
Dairyman, State Extension Agronomist,
State Farm Management Specialist, and
one other named by the FDA president.
The program will be announced in the
Florida Dairy News and by letters from
the Extension Service to the county
agents. The Dairy News will carry an
enrollment blank and the plan of the
contest.
The County Dairy Pasture Committee
will develop publicity of the program
throughout the year in the county. The
program will be developed along the line
of an Extension program for adoption of
improved practices for the improvement
of dairy farming and ofbagriculture. The
State Judging Committee in cooperation
with the Florida Dairy Association will
develop statewide publicity.
Certificates shall be issued to all those
qualifying, these to be signed by a repre-
sentative of the Florida Dairy Association
and a representative of the Agricultural
Extension Service.
Suitable trophies will be provided for
the State Winner in each division.
Awards will be made at the University
Dairy Field Day in 1954.
The County Dairy Pasture Commit-
tees may arrange prizes for the top county
winners if it is desired to give more than


REAVES


BOYD


Above are the leaders of the State Pasture
Contest and Program. C. IW. Reaves is State
Extension Dairyman and General Director of
the Contest. Herman Boyd is Chairman of
the Dairy Association Pasture Development
Committee.

the certificates provided through the
State Committee.
There will be a Better Dairy Pasture
essay contest for 4-H and FFA members
with prizes for the best two in each
division in the state on "The Production
and Use of Better Dairy Pastures." The
County Dairy Pasture Cmomittee or
judges selected by them shall choose the
best 4-H and best FFA essay and submit
these to the State Judging Committee for
selection of State Winners.


CALENDAR
OF
DAIRY EVENTS

MAY 11
State Fair Dairy Show Advisory Com-
mittee Meeting
Thomas Hotel, Gainesville, Florida
MAY 17, 18 AND 19
Fair and Livestock Show Management
Short Course
Thomas Hotel and University of Flor-
ida, Gainesville
JUNE 15 TO 19
State Boys' 4-H Short Course
University of Florida, Gainesville
JUNE 17
Final 4-H Dairy Judging Contest to
select the State 4-H Judging Team
JUNE 24, 25, 26
Florida Dairy Association Annual Meet-
ing
Casablanca Hotel, Miami Beach
AUGUST 13
West Florida Dairy Show (4-H, FFA,
and Adult)
Chipley, Florida


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FLORIDA DAIRY PASTURE PROGRAM
SCORE CARD, 1953
Points
Amount of Pasture and Forage (according to
num ber livestock.) ............... ............. .... .... .................... ... 60
Management
1. Efficient Pasture production methods .. 15
a. Good types or varieties
b. Annual fertilization
c. Supplementary fertilization at other times
for needed growth
2. Efficient utilization of pastures..... .. ................ 10
a. Practice of rotational grazing
b. Neither overgrazed nor undergrazed
c. Clipping to keep down weeds, renew vegetative
growth, and to save any excess forage
3. Efficient handling of cows on Pasture.. .............. 5
a. Distance from barn to pasture
b. Access to both water and shade in each Pasture
c. Provision of night pasture
i. E efficiency of feeding ................. ................... ... ... ........... ......... .... 10
a. Provision of some natural roughage when no pasture
b. Balancing of forage with proper kinds and amounts
of feeds
c. Economic ratio of concentrates fed to milk produced
d. Maintenance of satisfactory condition of cows
e. Satisfactory pasture for young stock (observe
condition of animals and of pasture)


TOTAL


... ... 100


C. Soundness of Farm Program
Up to 10 points may be deducted from total score if the following
conditions prevail:
a Farm extravagantly operated
b. Inefficient use of land, labor and equipment

Pasture And Forage Production And Management In
1953 With Some Comparisons With 1952
(To be filled out by dairyman)
1952 1953
Number head of cattle on farm:
Milking age cows
Yearling heifers
Calves
Acres unimproved land used for pasture
Acres and varieties of improved permanent pasture grazed
Acres new improved permanent pasture established
Acres supplementary summer pasture grazed
Acres winter grazing crops seeded
Tons silage or green-cut forage harvested
Tons hay from hay crops harvested
Tons hay from pasture clippings
Other
Total tons fertilizer applied on pasture
Total tons lime applied on pasture


Fertilizer Program In 1953
Acres
Treated


Ton Formula


Applied on grasses
Applied on legumes or mixtures
O th e r .. ......................................... ....... ... ...... ......

Pasture Utilization Program In 1953
D id you practice rotational grazing ?............................... .......... ......... ........
If so, how long were cattle held off each field?......... .................
Number times clipped each field.... ..................
W as there shade in each pasture field? ........................... ........ ..... .....
Was there water in each pasture field?.................
Feeding Program
What did you feed in periods in which frost, floods, or droughts
reduced pasture?

Throughout the year, what were the approximate amounts of feeds
per milking cow daily?
Lbs. dairy m ixture ............................................ .......................
L bs. pulp or pulp m mixture ............................... ........................................
O th er ................................................................ ................................. . ..... ....
Average milk produced per milking cow daily........ .............................
Comments bearing on your pasture program, as to methods of pro-
ducing and utilizing it; the handling of the cows; and your feeding
plans.


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OF FLORIDA


DAIRY REVIEW


Extension Service Dairy Products Laboratory
Dairy Farm Research Unit Agricultural Experiment Station

/ Proper Control of Cream Layer
Formation On Milk
DR. H. H. WILKOWSKE
Assistant Dairy Technologist
Florida Agricultural Experiment Slatlio,
Large quantities of non-homogenized milk are marketed in Florida in glass
bottles with a visible cream layer. It is of commercial importance to avoid any
practice which might reduce the volume of the cream layer
since a deep cream layer is desired for eye appeal of the
S consumer. The normal cream volume formed on fresh, raw
S milk in 24 hours is approximately 4.1 times the percent fat
or about 15% to 20%o of the total volume.
In Florida the Island breeds of dairy cattle are the most
.., numerous. It has been noted that milk from Jersey and Guernsey
S cattle will produce deeper cream-lines than milk from other
breeds of dairy cattle. Careful studies have clearly shown that
& there is no advantage of one breed over the other in respect to
DR. WILKOWSKI creaming ability of the milk providing the amount of butterfat
present is taken into account. When corrected for differences
in butterfat content the milk from the various dairy cattle breeds are of equal
creaming ability providing proper processing precautions are observed.


It is well known that the actual num-
ber of fat globules is about the same for
all breeds of dairy cattle. The higher fat
test of Jersey and Guernsey milk is al-
most entirely due to the fact that the in-
dividual fat globules are somewhat larger.
Florida produced milk also is generally
a softer fat due to feeding oil products
higher in oleic acides and greater use of
green pasture feeding. These larger and
softer fat globules must be processed
carefully to avoid possible fat globule in-
jury which might result in a shorter ap-
pearing cream layer in the bottled milk.
Observations and calculations have
shown that about one week would be
required for an individual fat globule to
rise from the bottom to the top of a
quart of milk. Yet we know that a deep
cream layer actually forms within a few
hours under favorable conditions. This
is due to the joining of individual fat
globules into clusters which have a great-
er buoyancy and will rise more rapidly
in milk than individual fat globules.
These fat globule clusters must not be
disrupted by mechanical injury in pro-
cessing milk. Also, partial churning must
be avoided in which several clusters are
further joined together into larger clumps
of coalesced butter granules. These larger
butter granules have a strong tendency to
float and actually rise too fast with too
much force which results in a shorter
cream layer.
The agitation of milk is one of the
most important factors to consider since


excessive agitation is known to be the
cause of shortened cream layers. Much
damage may be done to cream layer for-
mation in milk by improper use of
pumps, primarily by rotary pumps rather
than positive displacement pumps. Milk
pumps should be selected which are of
the correct capacity. When the capacity
of the pump is too great, and a valve
is used to reduce the flow of milk, the
valve should be placed in the pipe line
on the discharge side of the pump and
the flow of product regulated by adjust-
ing this valve. In no case should the ad-
justing valve be located on the suction
side of the pump because this may
starve the pump of milk causing severe
agitation and partial churning of the
product.
The best results are obtained with a
minimum of agitation due to pumping
when arranged with automatic level con-
trols to permit milk pumps to pump at
full capacity or stop completely. When
float valve controls are used completely
satisfactory results are not always ob-
tained. If the milk flow is decreased or
cut off and the pump is still running, the
milk is being subjected to a danger of
undesirable churning.
The temperature of the milk at the
time of pumping is related to churning
of butterfat. The fat in milk is churned
much more rapidly when it is in a semi-
solid state than when in either a solid
or melted state. Between 50 and 60 de-


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MRS. E. L. FOUTS
A CHANGE OF CAREER
The many friends of Dr. E. L. Fouts
rejoice with him and his two sons over
the fact that Miss Louise Ertzberger, for-
merly a legal secretary in Miami, decided
to change her career.
On February 14, 1953 she became Mrs.
Everett Lincoln Fouts and now as a busy
wife and mother finds her new career as
absorbing as the old. The Fouts family
is a happy foursome.

agrees F. maximum churning will result.
Low temperatures decrease the tendency
for milk to churn. To prevent churning
the temperature should be kept either be-
low 40 degrees F. or well above the melt-
ing point of fat during the pumping pro-
cess. The melting point of butterfat varies
considerably throughout the year due to
variations in feed of the cow.
On the farm it is reasonably safe to
pump warm milk just obtained from the
cow since the butterfat globules will be
in a liquid condition. Between 100 and
125 degrees F. the most damage to cream
line formation will occur if the milk has
been previously cooled. Cold milk that
has just been warmed to 125 degrees F.
should theoretically contain fat in a
liquid state, but actually the fat is only
partially liquefied. To make certain that
the fat is in a melted condition at the
time of pumping a temperature of at
least 130 degrees F. should be main-
tained during the pumping process. Tem-
peratures slightly below pasteurization
are satisfactory for pumping.
It is a common practice to pump milk
from the receiving room at temperatures
around 40 degrees F. with very little
damage to cream layer formation. When
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UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA


DAIRY REVIEW


ANNUAL SUMMARY GIVEN FOR 1952
The State DHIA Annual Summary for dairy herd improvement associations
finishing a year during 1952 showed some interesting data. The records are kept
by eight DHIA Supervisors who visit the herds and keep complete production and
feed cost records on the individual cows under the supervision of C. W. Reaves,
Extension Dairyman with the University of Florida.
The per cow averages of each association and of the State DHIA herds follow:


YEARLY PER COW AVERAGES OF COWS
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATIONS


IN DAIRY HERD
IN 1952


THE ELECTRIC FENCE
GAINS IN POPULARITY
JAMES M. WING
University of Florida Experiment Station

The use of electricity for control of
livestock is not a new procedure, but
many improvements have been made since
commercial electric fencing supplies ap-
peared on the market some twenty years
ago.
The growing popularity of the electric
fence in conjunction with dairy opera-
tions may be attributed largely to the
desirability of rotational grazing of im-
proved pastures, and to the adaptability
and inexpensive nature of present-day
electric-fencing supplies. Thus, the
charged wire offers an inexpensive way
for dairymen to follow the recommended
system of intensive grazing on small
plots.
It has been observed that dairy bulls
can obtain most of their feed, as well as
the proper amount of exercise, by grazing
individual improved-pasture plots of
about one acre. Since conventional wire
fences cannot be expected to hold such
animals, and the cost of heavy timber
usually is prohibitive, an electric fence,
placed inside a woven wire fence, seems
to be a feasible answer to the bull-pas-
ture fencing problem.
The electric fence is charged by a fence
controller, of which there are various
types. When electric service is available,
usually the high-line controller which
operates from an ordinary A. C. outlet is
employed because of the convenience it
affords.
In places not reached by power lines,
or for small operations, a six-volt battery-
operated controller is recommended. An
ordinary "hot-shot" battery usually lasts
for about three months. If this type of
fencer is used, it is well to keep at least
one spare battery at all times.
Combination battery and highline fence
controllers also are availbale, but they do
not automatically change from A. C. to
battery operation in event of current fail-
ure. If this precautionary measure is de-
sired, a conventional battery-operated
fencer may be connected through a nor-
mally-closed relay which is activated when
the A. C. source is dead and automati-


ASSOCIATIONS



Orange County

Duval

West Coast

Pioneer

South Florida

Manasota

North Florida

Jackson County

State


No. Lb i. % Lbs. Value
of
CouI Mlilk Test Fat Product


Total
Feed
Cost


Value Rets. Per
Above $1.00 o
Feed Spent For o '
Co.r Fee C
Co t Fee.i 0


1714 7310 4.4 322 $508 $237 $271 $2.14 $3.06

1520 6719 4.6 313 467 213 254 2.20 2.88

720 6474 4.5 293 496 231 265 2.15 3.31

987 6379 4.5 290 433 207 226 2.09 3.00

1389 6215 4.3 270 407 184 223 2.21 2.82

340 5730 4.5 256 411 191 220 2.15 3.12

lo1 5407 -i.4 239 384 139 245 2.75 2.43

270 4894 i.7 232 299 162 137 1.85 2.97

7041 6554 4.5 292 453 210 243 2.16 3.00


The State DHIA Herds averaged 51 per cent more milk and 58 per cent more
butter fat per cow than the average Florida milk cow. The dairymen use the records
as a guide in the feeding and management of their herds, thus assisting in the de-
velopment of higher producing and more efficient dairy herds in the state. The
better herds serve as seed stocks as well as practical demonstrations of improved
dairy practices.


cally will discontinue when electrical
service is restored and the highline fencer
resumes operation.
The fence controller must be protected
from rain. Small shelters for this pur-
pose may be built near the fence. If
A. C. is to be used, however, it usually
is advisable to use existing buildings, and
thus avoid the expense of extending the
power supply, since only one wire is
required to connect the fence to the con-
troller.
Technical information on the principles
and methods of its operation should be
sought and understood by anyone wishing
to install an electric fence. There are a
number of special considerations to be ob-
served when electric fences are used:
1. The maximum current which can
be tolerated by animals is limited. Inter-
rupted charging at intervals of about one-
tenth second prevents serious injury
caused by "freezing" to the fence. The


charging interval, current and voltage are
carefully regulated in reliable commercial
fencers, but a slight imbalance in amper-
age and voltage or an improper charging
interval may occur in home-made devices
with fatal results.
2. Many fence controllers are adjust-
able for higher voltage during dry
weather. This increases danger if read-
justment is not made in event of rain.
3. The electric fence will not stop an
infuriated bull. One or two encounters
are enough to teach most bulls respect
for electricity, but special precautions are
necessary for uninitiated animals. It is
not advisable to turn two or more un-
trained bulls into adjoining pens simul-
taneously.
4. Current failure may allow stock to
escape unless special provisions are made.
5. Weeds can ground most electric
fences, and thus fence lines must be kept
cleared.


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Miami and Miami Beach offer the Nation's Finest Convention Facilities.


FLORIDA DAIRY ASSOCIATION 1953 CONVENTION

RETURNS TO MIAMI BEACH & HOTEL CASABLANCA

June 24-26 Program Features Dairy Farm Tour and Barbecue Luncheon
National Speakers on Plant Operations, Milk and Ice Cream Sales Promotion

President Wilmer Bassett urges all
Florida Dairymen, Allied Trades and
Advisory members to plan to attend. One CONVENTION PROGRAM SCHEDULE
new acquaintance or one new idea could
mean much to the success of any dairy-
man. Tuesday Evening-June 23
Exc t P m P d 7:00 P.M.-President's and Secretary's Open House for "Early Birds."
Excellent Program Planned
Plans for an outstanding program for Wednesday-June 24
the 1953 Convention are practically com-
the 1953 Convention are practically com- 10:00 A.M.-Openinq Reqistration-Hotel Casablanca.
pleted according to Cliff Wayne, chair- 12:30 Noon-"Early Bird" Luncheon.
man for the Distributors' program, and 2:15 P.M. to 5:30 P.M.-First Business Session-Casablanca, Joint Plant
Frank Doub, chairman for the Producers' and Producer Proqram.
program 3:00 P.M.-Ladies Special Boat Cruise.
prog rm. 6:15 P.M.-Allied Trades "Alligator Club" Reception and Social Hour (All
Alligator President Larry Hodge and Delegates Invited).
Joe Nesmith, who head up the enter- 7:30 P.M.-Buffet Dinner, Informal Program and Barn Dance, Hotel
tainment and recreation committee, say Casablanca.
the golf, fishing and entertainment are
really going to be good on the exact dates Thursday-June 25
of our Convention. 9:15 A.M.-Openinq Second Joint Business Session.
The beautiful and comfortable sur- 10:00 A.M.-Plant Proqram at Casablanca.
rounding of the Casablanca Hotel plus 10:00 A.M.-Producer Tour of Dairy Farms-Startinq from Hotel Casa-
roundings of the Casablanca Hotel plus blanca.
all the attractions of Miami and Miami 10:30 A.M.-Ladies Sightseeing Tour and Luncheon Party.
Beach should certainly be appealing to 12:30 Noon-Plant Luncheon Proqram-Casablanca.
everyone connected with the Florida 12:30 Noon-Producer Barbecue Lunch and Proqram-Location to be an-
nounced.
Dairy Industry and its allied and ad- 2:00 P.M.-Farm and Plant Tour.
visory groups. 2:00 P.M.-Program of Recreation: Golf Tournament, Boating, Fishing,
Make Reseations Sightseeing, Swimming, Etc.
Make Reservations Now 6:30 P.M.-Reception and Fellowship Hour-Honoring Assn. Officers and
The Casablanca should have an adequate Directors-Courtesy, Allied Trades "Alligator Club" (All Dele-
number of rooms and suites with air-condition- gates invited).
ing optional in every room. However, it is 8:00 P.M.-Annual Dinner and Program-Floor Show. Entertainment and
advisable that all reservations be made as Dancing-Courtesy, "Alligator Club."
early as possible. If you wish the oceanfront
side, please specify this.
Special low summer rates will apply for all
Convention delegates with a special rate for 9:30 A.M. to 12:00 Noon-Third Joint Business Session.
child's bed extra in your room. All rooms 10:30 A.M.-Ladies Auxiliary Annual Business Meeting (Separate from the
will be on European plan. The same rates Regular Business Session).
apply for any extra time before or after the 10:30 A.M.-"Alligator Club"--Annual Business Meeting (Separate from
Convention. the Regular Business Session).
Please make your reservations direct to Mr. 12:45 P.M.-Final Luncheon Meeting (All Delegates and Ladies). Instal-
Jack Parker, Manager, Hotel Casablanca, Mi- lation of All Officers and Directors. Special Guest Speaker.
ami Beach. 2:00 P.M.-Adjournment of Convention.
Write F.D.I.A. Secretary E. T. Lay if any 2:30 P.M.-New Directors' Meeting.
question arises with reference to reservations.

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Miss Lois Ingraham of the Miami Beach
Convention Bureau invites you to enjoy the
beaches lune 24-26 at the Florida Dairy As-
sociation Convention. Miss Ingraham advises,
"Bring along your big hat for the barn dance
party" and "very few clothes will be needed."
Farm Tour Planned
The Miami Area, comprising about
one-third of the Florida Dairy Industry,
has some of the nation's finest farms as
well as the world's largest. The Annual
Meeting Committee has planned one day
of the Convention, June 12th, in two
sections. Our group will make an all-day
tour of dairy farms with a barbecue lunch
at the Dressel Dairy Farm.
The other group will have a program
on plant management and distribution
problems at the Casablanca Hotel. A
visit to some of the Dairy Plants of the
area also will be made.
Nationally Known Speakers
Among the nationally known speakers
scheduled on the program are: Bob Hib-
ben, Executive of the International As-
sociation of Ice Cream Manufacturers;
Tom Douglas, Executive of the Milk In-
dustry Foundation; J. O. Bowen, Vice-
President Southern Dairies; Bill Bryant,
Johnson and Johnson Co.; and Ed Mc-
Cormick, Mahoney Co., Chicago.
Ladies' Entertainment
Ladies Auxiliary President Mrs. C.
Ray Johnson of St. Petersburg, and Mrs.
Harry B. Matthews, Ladies' Program
Committee Chairman of Kendall have is-
sued a cordial invitation to the ladies of
the dairy industry. Special attractions
will include a sightseeing trip and en-
tertainment in both Miami and Miami
Beach. Ladies' dress will be informal
throughout the Convention.


The Ladies and Children Will Enjoy the Beach!


I


Plan Now to Attend ..

The 1953 CONVENTION

OF THE

Florida Dairy Association


JUNE 24-25-26

MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA


MAKE RESERVATIONS to JACK PARKER, Mgr.


7T Hoted Casablanca

(LOW SUMMER RATES)


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June is 'DAIRY MONTH'


In Florida and Throughout the Nation

STATE CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCES PROGRAM
URGES PARTICIPATION OF ALL DAIRIES
With the slogan "Dairy Foods-Nature's Goodness . at its best," the dairy
industry will endeavor in its June Dairy Month program to broadcast as much
information as possible about milk and milk products, as well as about the industry
which produces these foods.
Dairy Month activities will be conducted largely by local committees which
the state chairman has called upon to distribute press and radio information, liter-
ature and posters; provide for window display sand exhibits; sponsor open house
and visiting days at dairy farms and dairy plants; provide speakers, movie films,
exhibits, etc. for civic clubs and other meetings.


WILL SELECT QUEEN
The State Committee will sponsor the
selection of a 1953 Dairy Month Queen
at the time of the Dairy Association An-
nual Convention, June 24-26 in Miami
Beach.
STATE AND NATIONAL
CHAIRMEN
Jack Dew of South-
ern Dairies, Jackson-
ville, is serving as
Florida State Dairy
Month Chairman by
the joint appoint-
ment of the Florida
D a i r y Association
Sand the National
DEDairy Month Com-
DW mittee.
Mr. Carl Wood, president of the Na-
tional Dairy Supplies Association was se-
lected 1953 National Dairy Month Chair-
man some months ago by the national
sponsoring committee representing all na-
tional associations of the dairy industry.

Dairy Month Materials
Available From F. D. A.
The F.D.A. "June Dairy Month" Com-
mittee has provided for the following
materials for use by individual dairies and
local committees. These may be ordered
from the Florida Dairy Association, 220
Newnan Street, Jacksonville:
1. Gummed Label Stickers, 50c per
100
2. National Poster, 15c each
3. Special Florida Poster, 20c each
4. Special Paper Hats, 5c each
5. Special Place Cards, 2c each
6. Special Place Mats, Ic each
7. Milk Facts Booklet, 5c each
8. Milk Information Leaflets, Ic to
5c each
9. Bumper Cards, 15c each
10. Speech and Publicity Material, free


The observance of "June Is Dairy Month"
brings out many interesting programs and in-
cidents. The pictures in this group shou' some
of the features of the Orlando Kiwuanis Club
"June Dairy Month" program. In the top
picture, left to right, are T. G. Lee, dairyman,
and Fred Baetzman, County Farm Agent, who
were Kiwanis Dairy Day program chairmen,
Jack Dew, State Dairy Month Chairman, and
Brady Johnston. Southeastern Regional Dairy
Month chairman.
Next is seen the Kiuwanis Club group
watching the milking contest seen in the bot-
tom two pictures between the presidents of
the Orlando Kiwanis and Rotary Clubs. In
the center picture Orange County Representa-
tive to the State Legislature Henry Land and
James Keezel are demonstrating milking tech-
nique on a pasteboard cow.

DAIRY MONTH COMMITTEE
IS APPOINTED
Florida Dairy Ass'n President Wilmer
Bassett has announced appointment of a
state Dairy Month Action Committee of
40 members in addition to Chairman Jack
Dew. Each member has been asked to
assume the responsibility for forming a
local Dairy Month Committee for his
area and for promotion of a local pro-
gram.
Members appointed are: Herman Bur-
nett, BRADENTON; D. A. Salls,
CLEARWATER; Lamar Garrett, CREST-
VIEW; J. A. Taylor, DAYTONA
BEACH; Carroll B. Green, DELAND;
W. J. Gaines, FERNANDINA; Paul
Ambrose, FT. LAUDERDALE; Hilton
Hart, FT. MYERS; John Townsend,
GAINESVILLE; Ed Gustafson, GREEN
COVE SPRINGS; M. A. Smith, INVER-
NESS; Maurice Clifford, JACKSON-
VILLE; Joe Mazzawi, KEY WEST;
Dewey Bullard, LAKE CITY; John Sar-
geant, LAKELAND; George Boutwell,
LAKE WORTH; Rudy Schneider, EUS-
TIS; O. Donald Hatch, LIVE OAK; Ben
Waring, MADISON; J. D. Hoy, MAR-
IANNA;
(Continued on next page)


14 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS







DAIRY INDUSTRY LOSES
PROMINENT LEADER
The Florida dairy industry lost one of
its most prominent leaders of the past
two decades in the passing of Sam H.
Solomon of Quincy on March 23rd. Sam,
as he was affectionately known through-
out Florida and by prominent dairymen
in most states of the union, passed away
at the age of 69 at the Gadsden County
Hospital in Quincy after a brief illness.
Though his health had not been good
dication that the end
was near until a
short time before.
He had been at the
hospital but four
hours when the life
to which he had
clung so determined-
ly ebbed away.
A native of Clay-
MR. SOLOMON for several years,
MR. SOLOMON
there had been no in-
ton, Alabama, Mr. Solomon moved to
Quincy 32 years ago. He started a dairy
business which prospered through the
years and ice cream manufacturing later
played an important role in the progress
of the firm. His products were sold over
a wide area of west Florida.
Although he had disposed of his dairy
and ice cream plant some time ago he
continued milking a herd until May of
last year when he temporarily withdrew
from the dairy business and sold his
cows. Only two months before his death
he started anew in business to which he
had devoted so much of his life when he
began milking a herd of 50 cows in a
modern dairy which was recently con-
structed at his place two miles north-
west of Quincy and now stands as a
monument to his indominatable spirit.
Mr. Solomon was an active and tire-
less leader in all branches of the dairy
industry. He served as a director for
many years and for two terms as presi-
dent of the Florida Dairy Association.

DAIRY MONTH COMMITTEE
(Cont)nied from page 14)
Vern Tuttle, MIAMI; B. M. Daniel,
MOORE HAVEN; Bill Pickens,
OCALA; John Norfleet, ORLANDO;
J. F. W. Zirkelbach, PENSACOLA; Ray
Bassett, PANAMA CITY; Wm. Lamar
Rose, PUNTA GORDA; George Powell,
QUINCY; Joe Shuford, ST. AUG-
USTINE; John Hood, ST. PETERS-
BURG; Dan Ballinger, SANFORD; John
Binns, SARASOTA;
J. R. Ramer, SEBRING; C. W. Moore,
STUART; Curry Bassett, TALLAHAS-
SEE; Earl Lovelace, TAMPA; John Trip-
son, VERO BEACH; H. B. Thomas,
WEST PALM BEACH; C. O. Gerber,
WINTER HAVEN.


Upon his retirement as an active di-
rector he was elected to lifetime mem-
bership and an honorary director of this
organization. He served for many years
as a member and as chairman of the
Florida Milk Commission.
However, one of the greatest honors
that came to him from the dairy in-
dustry was his election as a director of
the International Association of Ice
Cream Manufacturers which office he
held for several years up to 1951.
Mr. Solomon was an active member of
the Methodist church of Quincy. He was
an active York Rite and Scottish Rite
Mason, a Shriner, and a member of the
Court of Jesters of Morocco Temple,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Mr. Solomon is survived by his wife,
Mrs. Nora Jaynes Solomon of Quincy;
three sons, Samuel H. Solomon, Quincy;
Thomas W. Solomon, Alexandria, La.;
and James S. Solomon, with the armed
forces in Austria; and two daughters,
Mrs. John Durham and Mrs. Winton
Edwards, of Quincy, and seven grand-
children. Other survivors are two sisters,
Mrs. William Lamar, Denton, N. C. and
Mrs. John Gillespie, Jacksonville; and
an uncle, R. W. Solomon, Panama City.


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APRIL &








Twenty-Four Counties Represented

In Annual State 4-H Club Show
The Sixth Annual State 4-H Dairy Show showed marked progress in number
and quality of cattle and in the ability of the 4-H Club members to care for, con-
dition, and show their animals. The best cattle and 4-H Dairy judges from 24
counties representing all sections of the state converged on the Central Florida
Exposition, Orlando, for Dairy Show Day, Monday, February 23. The cattle were
brought in on Saturday and Sunday preceding the show. Many 4-H Club boys stayed
in the barracks made available by the Orlando Army Air Base the night before and
the night after the big show. There was competition in many dairy events with
enthusiastic club boys and girls parading their animals in the show and trying their
skill in the judging and other contests. Members of the State Agricultural Extension
Service staff and County Agricultural
Agents directed the activities. All of this The high quality of the animals was
was wound up in an excellent banquet indicated by the fact that under strict
provided by the Central Florida Exposi- judges 62 were placed in the Blub Ribbon
tion honoring the 4-H Dairy Club mem- group, 43 in the Red Ribbon group and
bers. The banquet was held at the only 3 in the White Ribbon group. The
Chamber of Commerce Building, where judging of all breeds was done by recog-
winners in the State Dairy Production nized judges from out of the state.
Contest as well as the winners in the
Dairy Show events were announced and Competition for the top places was x-
awards made. Representatives of state tremely keen with a number of enthusi
and national dairy breed associations, the astic club members vying for the higher
Florida Dairy Association, the Press and places in almost every class. Competition
of many private firms were present to was particularly keen in the large Jersey
make the presentations of awards of- and Guernsey Shows with smaller but
feared and to help honor the 4-H Club good exhibits of Ayrshires and Holsteins.
boys and girls. Warren Alvarez of Duval, climaxed
Claude H. Wolfe, President of the four years effort by taking the Grand
Central Florida Exposition, delivered the Champion Registered Jersey Award. This
address of welcome which was responded was the largest division of the Show with
to by Arnold Higgins of Pinellas County, the keenest competition. His seven year
State Dairy Achievement winner in 1952. old cow, X-Standard Ivy Nanette, which
Dan Rousseau of Palm Beach County, re- had been Reserve Grand Champion at
ceilved the plaque as winner of the State the same Show two years ago was Grand
4-H Efficient Dairy Production Contest Champion this year. She is a great dairy
sponsored by National Dairy Products cow as indicated by the fact that she
Corporation through Southern Dairies. In won the best uddered class in the State
addition to the revolving trophy to the Fair Dairy Show at Tampa (Adult Show)
winning county judging team presented and also was second prize aged cow. The
by the Florida Dairy Association, special cow has a number of excellent records,
awards were made by T. G. Lee's Dairy having recently finished a 550 lb. butter
of Orlando, Alvarez Jersey Farm, Jack fat record on Herd Improvement Reg-
sonville, Howard Feed Mills of Jackson- istry Test.
ville, Security Feeds of Orlando and Reserve Grand Champion went to the
Tampa, Dinsmore Dairy, and the Ameri- beautiful bodied two year old exhibited
can Savings Building and Loan Associa- by Steve Simmons of St. Johns County.
tion of Orlando. Both Warren and Steve were on Flor-


In the top picture, Andy Lay is seen con-
gratulating St. Johns County group which won
the Florida Dairy Association trophy for the
"Best County" Group in the State 4-H Dairy
Show. Left to right, Andy Lay, Merriam,
Beverly, and Steve Simmons, children of Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Simmons of Orangedale, St.
Johns County, and P. R. McMullen, St. Johns
County Agent.
The second picture shows the group hold-
ing their trophy.
Next is Patricia Ellis, Nassau County 4-H
Club Member, holding Dinsmore Mayroyal
Vern, the Grand Champion Guernsey at the
State 4-H Dairy Show in Orlando.
Jack Dodd, well known Orange County 4-H
Club member, is seen holding Lakemont
Judy's Jean, Reserve Grand Champion Guern-
sey at the State 4-H Club Dairy Show.
In the bottom picture is Edith Cameron,
Duval County 4-H Club member, with
Cameron's Valor Butter Girl, Junior Champion
Guernsey at the State 4-H Dairy Show.


ida's 1951 National Champion 4-H Dairy
Judging Team which made the trip to
Dairy countries of Europe last summer.
Grand Champion Guernsey went to
Dinsmore Mayroyal Vern owned by
Patricia Ellis of St. Johns County on
truly great Guernsey cow. Runner-up
was Jack Dodd of Orange County with
Lakemont Judy's Jean. Grand Champion
registered Ayrshire was exhibited by
Linda Jacobs of Volusia County with the
Reserve Grand Champion exhibited by
her sister, Joy Jacobs. Grand Champion
Registered Holstein was shown by Nellie
Ann Ebersole of Lake County.
Grand Champion Grade Jersey was
shown by Earl Crutchfield of Jackson
County and the Reserve Grand Champion
(Continued on next page)


16 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS


June is Dairy Month







4-H CLUB SHOW
(Continued from preceding page)
by Beverly Simmons of St. Johns County.
Both of these animals are the result of
artificial insemination as was the Grand
Champion Grade Holstein.
Grand Champion Grade Guernsey was
shown by Stanley Bradshaw of Dade
County with the Reserve Grand Champ-
ion shown by Bobby Reimann of Palm
Beach County.
The "Best County" Group brings out
the keenest competition from the many
counties which particiapte. It wound up
with St. Johns County winning first and
taking permanent possession of the Flor-
ida Dairy Association revolving trophy
by virtue of their having won it for two
years. Following in order in the Best
County Group class were Duval, Volusia,
Polk, Pinellas, Orange, Jackson, Dade,
Palm Beach and Manatee.
Top honors in Showmanship went to
(Continued on page 19)

From top to bottom the pictures in the
panel show Nellie Ann Ebersole, Eustis, re-
ceiving an award as exhibitor of the Grand
Champion registered Holstein from C. IV.
Reaves, Extension Dairyman and superintend-
ent of the State 4-H Dairy Shows: Philip
Schuyler of New York State and Sarasota,
Fla. presenting a model Ayrshire cow to Linda
Jacobs of DeLand for exhibiting the Grand
Champion Ayrshire. At the left is her sister.
Joy Jacobs, exhibitor of the Reserve Grand
Champion Ayrshire.
In the third picture is Patricia Ellis holding
a Guernsey Cow model presented to her by
the Florida Guernsey Cattle Club for exhibit-
ing the Grand Champion Guernsey cow in the
show. Her three times grand champion high
record cow will be sold at the famous Quail
Roost Sale on May 4.
Next is John Norfleet, Orlando Southern
Dairies manager, presenting the National
Dairy Products Corporation plaque to Don
Rousseau of Lake Park, the state winner in
the 4-H Efficient Dairy Production Contest.
On the left is Arnold Higgins, Pinellas Coun-
ty, State 4-H Dairy Achievement Winner and
District Efficient Dairy Production Contest
Winner: and IWarren Alvarez. Jacksonville.
District Winner and exhibitor of the Grand
Champion Jersey cown in the State 4-H Dairy
Show.
Left to right in the fifth picture are Mar-
jorie Lamb, Ocala, and Inez Thornhill, Dun-
dee, members of the State 4-H Dairy Judging
team. Marjorie showed two blue ribbon heifers
at the State Show. Inez represented her dis-
trict in the State Dairy Foods Demon rtration:
Contest.
In the next picture, V. C. Johnson, Dins-
more Dairy, presents a trophy to Steve Sim-
mons for the "Best Fitted" Animal. This is
the second time in four years that Steve har
won this trophy. He also exhibited the Re-
serve Grand Champion Jersey and was one of
the best county group.
At the bottom. Vail Dunlap, Manager of
Security Feeds of Orlando, presents a plaque
to Joy, Linda, and Marilyn Jacobs of Volusia
County for their group of animals which
placed third in the Best County Group Class.
At left is T. R. Townsend, assistant Count)
Agent for Volusia Count).


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The abore picture records only a portion of the first annual Dairy Industry dinner held
February 5th in Tampa during Dairy Show Week at the 1953 State Fair. The group of about
100 included the dairy cattle exhibitors at the State Fair. the Dairy Showi judge and officials
of the Fair. many of the leading registered dairy cattle breeders of Florida and the officer) and
directors of the Florida Dairy Association.


-. FUTURE FARMERS DAIRY SHOW
i .4 IS FEATURE OF STATE FAIR


Entries in two breeds featured the
FFA Dairy Show at the 1953 Florida
State Fair with Jerseys and Guernseys
being the two breeds present.
Lloyd Harris of Bartow won the Flor-
ida Dairy Association trophy as outstand-
ing exhibitor, and a trophy from the
Florida Jersey Cattle Club for showing
the Grand Champion Jersey bull.
Joe Cochran of Bartow had the grand
champion Jersey female and George Ford
of Quincy had the reserve champion in
that division.
Billy Griffin of Bartow exhibited the
top Guernsey female. No bulls were en-
tered in the Guernsey breed. Reserve
champion Guernsey female was shown
by Arlen Wetherington of Turkey Creek.
Winners listed in order by classes, by
breeds, were as follows: JERSEYS: Bulls.
12 to 18 months-Lloyd Harris, Barrow;
George Ford, Quincy; Joe Cochran, Bar-
tow. Heifers, 6 to 12 months-Harris;

Lloyd Harris, Bartow', is shown in the top
picture with his FFA Grand Champion bull
in the "Parade of Champions" at the Florida
State Fair, receiving a rosette and the Florida
Jersey Cattle Club plaque from Mr. WV. ].
Nolan of the Florida Jersey Cattle Club.
Second, Billy Griffin, Bartlow, is seen re-
ceiving a similar award from Mr. Earl John-
son, president of the Florida Guernsey Cattle
Club, for his Grand Champion Guernsey
Heifer.
Next, Wilmer Bassett, president of the
Florida Dairy Association, is shown present-
ing the Association's rotating trophy to Lloyd
Harris who had the outstanding exhibit in
the FFA Division of the Dairy Cattle Show
at the State Fair in Tampa.
Last, George Ford, Quincy, ir seen receiving
a rosette from Mr. Nolan for having the Re-
serve Grand Champion Bull in the FFA divis-
ion of the Florida Slate Fair Dairy Show.
George also had the FFA Reserve Grand
Champion Heifer.


''




Dean Gordon Cairns of the College of
Agriculture, University of Maryland, is seen
above as he addressed the special Dairy In-
dustry Dinner sponsored by the Florida Dairy
Association at the 1953 State Fair.

Earle Hunt, Jr., DeLand; Harris; Skippy
Haviser, Bartow. Heifers, 12 to 18
months Morris Manley, Frostproof;
James Youngblood, Frostproof; Kenneth
Fisher, Lakeland; Hampton McCall,
Frostproof. Heifers. 24 to 30 months-
Herbert Duff, Lakeland; Harris; Harry
Griffin, Bartow. Cows. over 2 years -
Cochran; Ford; Haviser.
GUERNSEYS: Heifers, 6 to 12 months
-Billy Griffin, Bartow. Heifers, 18 to
24 months-Arlen Wetherington, Turkey
Creek.

Son: "Dad, how did you and Mom
first get acquainted?"
Dad: "None of your business, lad.
But it sure cured me of whistling!"


Mama, can Jerry stay for lunch ?


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4-H CLUB SHOW
(Continued from page 17)
Jack Dodd of Orange County, who took
the beautiful trophy provided by the
American Savings Building and Loan As-
sociation of Orlando, followed by War-
ren Alvarez of Duval, Steve Simmons of
St. Johns, Edith Cameron of Duval, Nel-
lie Ann Ebersole of Lake, Patricia Ellis
of Nassau, Ginger Stuart, Polk, George
Gordon, Dade, Gloria Alvarez, Duval
and Carolyn Stuart, Polk. Keenest com-
petition was exhibited by many young-
sters in both the Showmanship and Best
Animal competition as the club members
demonstrated their efficiency in present-
ing their animals to the public and to
the judge in an attractive manner.
Steve Simmons of St. Johns won the
Dinsmore trophy for the best fitted ani-
mal followed by Patricia Ellis, Nassau,
Merriam Simmons, St. Johns, Eddie Bel-
cher, Pinellas, Warren Alvarez, Duval,
Edith Cameron, Duval, Jack Dodd,
Orange, Ted Kretzschmar, Dade, Bob
Foote, Orange and Linda Jacobs, of
Volusia.
Many awards were presented at the
Banquet honoring 4-H Dairy Club mem-
bers, held at the Chamber of Commerce,
which was provided by the Central Flor-
ida Exposition. Many breeders and busi-
ness firms as well as the Florida Jersey
Cattle Club and Florida Guernsey Cattle
Club provided special awards. The Cen-
tral Florida Exposition provides the facili-
ties for the show and $1500.00 for cash
premiums along with $500.00 provided
by the State Department of Agriculture.
The Show is under the supervision of
the State Agricultural Extension Service.
C. W. Reaves, Extension Dairyman,
served as superintendent of the Show.
JUDGING CONTEST
The judging contest at this Show pro-
vides the elimination for the Final Con-
test to be held during the State Boys' 4-H
Short Course for selection of the 1953
State 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Team.
Dade County won the contest, followed
in order by Pinellas County, Nassau
County, Duval County, Orange County,
Polk County, Washington County, St.
Johns County, Jackson County and Mar-
ion County. Top individual honors in
the Judging Contest went to Jimmy Schee
of Pinellas, first, Robert Parisian of Nas-
sau, second, Teddy Smith, Orange, third
and James Thornhill, Polk, fourth.



JUNE
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Dairy Month


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300 Attend Jacksonville Rally

On Milk and Ice Cream Festival

One of the largest and best of ten regional dairy industry rallies held for the
purpose of planning in the 1953 Milk and Ice Cream Festival programs of the
dairy industry was held in Jacksonville, March 3rd in the Auditorium of the
George Washington Hotel.
Milk and ice cream company managers and sales managers attended from the
states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina.
The Jacksonville rally, covering four southeastern states, was sponsored by the
dairy industry's three National Associations representing milk producers, milk dis-
tributors and ice cream manufacturers and the State Associations of these states.


The purpose of the meeting was to ac-
quaint milk and ice cream managers and
sales managers, also related foods manu-
facturers and distributors, of this region
of the National Milk and Ice Cream sales
promotional campaign known as the Milk
and Ice Cream Festival Program.
National association spokesmen who at-
tended and addressed the meeting were
Richard J. Werner, Milk Industry
Foundation, Bob North, International As-
sc:iation of Ice Cream Manufacturers and
Don Coleman, American Dairy Associa-
tion.
.Ed Volkwein, Vice President of Fore-
most Dairies, was chairman of the Com-
mittee on arrangements and promotion.
Ed was well supported by several special
committees in making the rally the fine
success that it was. These were Andy
Lay, Publicity; Rex Smith, Related Foods;
Jack Dew, Door Prizes; Carl Caudill, Re-
freshments; Dee Widmeyer, Displays and
Jack Johnson, Attendance.
FESTIVAL PROGRAM OUTLINED
The three national organization speak-
ers outlined from the platform and then
demonstrated on the screen with sound-
slide projector equipment the details of
the national milk and ice cream sales
and promotional campaign which were
planned for the 1953 Festival.
The Festival Campaign is related with
the regular annual "June Dairy Month"
program, with the special emphasis on
"milk" sales covering the period May 15
to July 15 and the Ice Cream campaign
running during July, August and Sep-
tember.


The total promotional and advertising
budget for the 1953 Campaign was esti-
mated at about $1,500,000.00. This esti-
mate includes the dairy industry proper
and related foods groups. Milk and milk
products, and ice cream will be extensive-
ly advertised during the period of the
campaign in many of the country's lead-
ing magazines.
DISPLAYS ARE COMPLIMENTED
The displays arranged for the Jackson-
ville rally by both the Jacksonville dairies
and the related foods distributors were
one of the important features of the meet-
ing and were highly praised by the na-
tional representatives present.
These displays were designed to dem-
onstrate to both the visiting dairy man-
agers and sales managers, as well as the
retail store managers present, the type of
display material which would be avail-
able and the recommended arrangements
for displays.
The drawing of 30 door prizes and
serving of refreshments provided a very
pleasant ending for the day's program.
Both the prizes and refreshments were
provided by the Jacksonville dairies. The
two grand prizes, table model radios, were
won by Mrs. Julia Cobb, a dietician at
St. Vincent's Hospital and Frank Doub
of Jacksonville, Producer Vice-President
of the Florida Dairy Association. An
added feature of the day's program was
a special luncheon at the Hotel Seminole
honoring the three National Association
officials present, which was sponsored
by the Directors of the Florida Dairy As-
sociation.


ICE CREAM FESTIVAL
FEATURES PEACH ICE CREAM
During the 1953 "Ice Cream Festival",
which will take place industry-wide in
July, August, and September, Peach Ice
Cream has been decided upon as the fea-
ture flavor. The three months period has
been planned since peaches are not avail-
able in every area at the same time, so, in
three months, each section may take full
advantage of the publicity.
With the cooperation of the American
Dairy Association, the Public Relations
Division of the International Association
of Ice Cream Manufacturers, the Ice
Cream Merchandising Institute, and oth-
er food agencies, there will be a nation-
wide publicity campaign "The ICE
CREAM FESTIVAL."
There will be consumer advertising in
a variety of magazines, and all of these
will stress Ice Cream as a favorite food.
The Ice Cream Merchandising Insti-
tute has developed and is producing spec-
ial point-of-purchase material for Peach
Ice Cream for this Ice Cream Festival.
Mr. George Hennerich, director of the
I. C. M. I. says, "These point-of-pur-
chase materials are "out of this world"
in beauty and design, and we feel sure
(Conlinued on next page)

Seen below at the Milk and Ice Cream
Festival rally is a group of dairymen, execu-
lives and speakers: left to right, seated are:
Robert H. North, International Association of
Ice Cream Manufacturers; Theo Datson, Bor-
den's of Orlando; Frank Doub, Doub's Dairy,
Jacksonville: Cody Skinner, Skinner's Dairy,
Jacksonville; John Hood, Hood's Dairy, St.
Petersburg; standing, Hugh Adams, Adams
Dairy, Jacksonville; Richard E. Werner, Milk
Industry Foundation, Washington, D. C.; Dr.
E. L. Fouts, head of the Department of Dairy
Science. University of Florida: A. E. Johnson.
Foremost Dairies, Jackson ille; and E. T. Lay,
Dir. of the Florida Dairy Association.

In the right hand picture one of the guests
at the rally is .een receiving a gift from Jack
De', Southern Dairies. Jacksonville. uho uwa
master of ceremonies for this portion of the
program. At extreme tight is Eddie Volku'ein.
Foremost Dairies, Jacksonville, who uas chair-
man of local arrangements for the rally.

In the panel are shown five of the larger
individual booth type display arranged for
the Rally.


20 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS






ICE CREAM FESTIVAL
(Continued from page 20)

that they are the most beautiful point-of-
purchase pieces for Peach Ice Cream that
This is an industry-wide sales cam-
paign. Its success will be in proportion
to the industry use of materials and sup-
plies produced for the Ice Cream Fes-
tival.


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W. Cosby Hodges, President of Cosby-
Hodges Milling Company, Birmingham,
Alabama, announced in March the con-
struction of a new mill which will have
an 8 hour capacity of 500 tons of mash,
molasses and pelleted feeds and will fea-
ture continuous push button mixing.
Cosby-Hodges Milling Company has
been in the feed business in the South
for 68 years and serves Alabama, Missis-
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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.


Officers of the new Dairy Tech Club, left
to right. sealed: Dozier, president: Williams,
rice-president: standing: Skinner, treasurer;
Beatly, corre-sponding secretary) : Burner, re-
cording secretary: and Szabo. social chairman.

DAIRY TECH CLUB FORMED
FOR JACKSONVILLE AREA
A Dairy Technology Club, said to be
the first of its kind in Florida, was or-
ganized recently for the Jacksonville area.
About thirty interested workers in var-
ious phases of the dairy industry attend-
ed the organization dinner meeting.
Special speakers on the program were
Dr. E. L. Fouts, Dr. Howard Wilkowske,
and Dr. Leon Mull, all of the Dairy
Science Department of the University of
Florida.
A permanent organization was formed
for the purpose of holding meetings and
discussing better methods in dairying,
dairy products processing and handling.
The following officers were elected:
Emmitt Dozier, president; Charles Wil-
liams, vice-president; Paul Bruner, re-
cording secretary; James Beatty, corres-
ponding secretary; and Ben Skinner,
treasurer. Lorrie Szabo, Jacksonville, was
elected social chairman and Raymond
Beville, Daytona Beach, was named mem-
bership chairman.

The large group which attended the or-
ganization dinner meeting of the new Dairy
Tech Club is seen below.


PENNOCK AND JOHNSON
WIN D. H. I. A. AWARDS
An average of 6,702 pounds of milk
given by 200 registered Jerseys testing
five percent or 332 pounds of butterfat
per cow was reported as the best butter
fat record of the year at the annual meet-
ing of the South Florida Dairy Herd
Improvement Association meeting held
recently in West Palm Beach. This re-
port was made on Pennock Plantation of
Jupiter.
The herd of George F. Johnson, West
Palm Beach, had the highest average milk
production per cow of any herd in the
association.
Officers elected by the group were:
John Tripson, Vero Beach, re-elected
president; George F. Johnson, vice-presi-
dent; John Causey, an assistant county
agricultural agent, secretary; and J. W.
Strickland, a Production Marketing Ad-
ministration official, treasurer.
The year-end summary of records of
individual herds and of the association
were made by C. W. Reaves, extension
dairyman, University of Florida. It shows
that the South Florida D.H.I.A., which
takes in the area from Vero Beach to Ft.
Lauderdale, averaged 6,215 pounds milk
testing 4.3 percent butterfat last year.
This is approximately 1,000 pounds more
milk than the average of all dairy cows
in the area, showing the results of herd
improvement practices of feeding accord-
ing to the individual needs of the cows,
culling low producing, unprofitable cows
and breeding for a still higher producing
herd in the future.

PINELLAS COUNTY
DAIRYMEN ORGANIZE
More than fifty dairymen of Pinellas
County met at the Largo Fair Grounds
recently and formed an organization,
electing Jack McMullen president. Other
officers are Cecil Reagan, Vice-President
and Wilbur J. Casey, Secretary.


DAIRY EQUIPMENT GROUP
MEETS IN FLORIDA
For its first time in Florida, the Na-
tional Association of Dairy Equipment
Manufacturers held its annual Spring
meeting at the Sunrise Inn in Port Sewall
during the third week of April. More
than 100 persons from all parts of the
nation attended, representing 40 U. S.
firms which make dairy equipment.
James L. Brazee, Vice-President in
charge of sales of the Creamery Manu-
facturing Company of Chicago was elect-
ed to a second term as chairman of the
Executive Committee.

NEW PLANT MANAGER IN ST.
PETERSBURG
A. J. Shendel is the new plant man-
ager at Southern Dairies in St. Peters-
burg, according to a recent announcement
by G. R. Heine, manager of the Tampa
zone. Mr. Shendel has been with South-
ern since 1944, starting as sales repre-
sentative and holding various other posi-
tions since that time.

DAIRY SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
HONORS DR. S. P. MARSHALL
Dr. Sidney P. Marshall of the Univer-
sity of Florida has been elected vice-
president of the Southern Section of the
American Dairy Science Association. Dr.
Marshall is associate professor of dairy
science and associate dairy husbandman
with the Agricultural Experiment Station.
A graduate of the University of Flor-
ida, Dr. Marshall received his master's
degree from Oklahoma A. & M. Col-
lege and completed his doctor's degree at
the University of Minnesota. He has
been on the staff of the University at
Gainesville for 10 years where he is con-
cerned chiefly with dairy cattle nutrition
research in the South.

DAIRY NEWS SCOPE
IS INTERNATIONAL
The latest new subscriber to the "Flor-
ida Dairy News" is a "ganadero" of Hon-
duras, Central America. His name, E. H.
Anderson, sounds very American but that
is all about his address that seems famil-
iar. Instead of a dairy, he has a "lech-
erias" and it is located at Villaneuva,
D. L.


22 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS







NATIONAL JERSEY ORGANIZATION
CLASSIFIES FLORIDA HERDS
The official classification of six Flor-
ida Jersey herds was made during the
week of April 13 by Mr. Harold Ewalt,
Oregon Extension Dairyman and an Of-
ficial Classifier for the American Jersey
Cattle Club. Mr. Ewalt flew from Ore-
gon to Florida to classify the herds under
the auspices of the Florida Jersey Cattle
Club. Herds classified were the Univer-
sity of Florida Experiment Station, Clay
County Farms at Middleburg, Meadow-
brook Farm, Skinner Brothers, Walter
Welkener and W. J. Nolan of Jackson-
ville. These six herds had 163 cows for
initial classification and a total of 753 to
be inspected by the classification judge.
The judge assigns a type classification
on each animal of Excellent, Very Good,
Good Plus, Good, Fair, or Poor accord-
ing to its conformation. Registration
papers are cancelled on any animals class-
ified Poor. The Classification Program
is a part of the Breed Improvement Pro-
gram of the American Jersey Cattle Club.
It also sponsors a Production Testing
Program for recording the milk and but-
terfat yields of cows for use in herd in-
provement. Records are made under the
supervision of the Extension Dairyman of
the University of Florida.

Dairy Associations Formed
In Marianna and Mayo Areas
Local dairy associations were recently
formed in the Jackson-Washington Coun-
ty area and the Lafayette County area at
Mayo. Both groups have affiliated with
the Florida Dairy Association.
The Lafayette County group may have
made a record in making a 100% initial
membership report for every dairy in the
area.
The Tri-County Dairy Association
group, covering Escambia and Santa Rosa
counties in Florida and one county of
Alabama, still holds the record for the
greatest number of members affiliated
with the State Association with 104 paid
members.

BORDENS REPORTS INCREASE
IN FLORIDA EXPENDITURES
During 1952 The Borden Company
spent $11,344,098 in Florida, an in-
crease of $3,654,210 over 1951, it was
reported recently.
W. J. Barritt, Jr., district manager of
Borden's Dairy, noted that this figure
represented the money paid to farmers
for their milk and other supplies, to em-
ployees in payroll checks, and to State
and Municipal governments for taxes and
assessments.
In addition, Mr. Barritt said that there
were 994 Borden stockholders in the
State of Florida who shared in its 1952
dividends.


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NEWS & VIEWS
++++++++++++++..--.-.+++.+..:.. "'+''+++'
MILLIONS SAVED CONSUMERS
BY PENN. MILK COMMISSION
It is refreshing in the midst of wide-
spread discussion, by the Florida press,
about the halls of the Florida Legislature,
and among Florida milk consumers, of
the pros and cons of the Florida Milk
Commission, to learn of the findings of
an official investigation made recently of
a similar State Milk Control Agency in
the State of Pennsylvania.
According to a report published in a
recent issue of the Pennsylvania Farm
Bureau official publication, the Pennsyl-
vania State Legislature provided for of-
ficial studies to be made of various State
Boards including the Pennsylvania Milk
Commission, an agency similar to the
Florida Milk Commission.
The sum of $130,000,000 estimated
as saved represented the amount which
consumers would have paid in higher
milk prices and the amount dairy farmers
would have lost in lower prices for the
milk they produced.
As stated in the editorial column of
this issue of the Dairy News, we believe
the fact that Florida milk prices have
been kept down during the period of
price increases (1940 to 1953) to the
extent that Florida milk prices have in-
creased approximately 50% less than for
the nation as a whole, should be proof
enough that the Florida Milk Commis-
sion has been saving Florida consumers
and Florida dairy farmers millions of
dollars a year.

1951 WARNING OF
GENERAL EISENHOWER
While serving as president of Colum-
bia University in 1951, President Eisen-
hower issued a warning to the nation
against "dictatorship" and "centralized
government" which may well be re-read
and re-emphasized. The then general,
university president, and newly appointed
commander of European Defense was re-
ported to have declared that the kind of
dictatorship to which this nation may
succumb is not the kind that is brought
about by a sudden seizure of power with
the aid of the Army and the Navy. In-
stead, it is the kind "that can come about
through a creeping paralysis of thought
and readiness to accept paternalistic mea-
sures from the government."
"If we allow this constant drift to-
ward centralized bureaucratic government
to continue," he said, "it will finally be
expressed not only in the practice of lay-
ing down the rules and laws for govern-
ing each of us-our daily actions-to as-


sure that we do not take unfair advantage
of our comrades and other citizens, but
finally it will be in the actual field of
operation."
"There will be a swarming of bureau-
crats over the land. Ownership of prop-
erty will gradually drift into that central
government and finally you will have a
dictatorship as the only means of oper-
ating such a huge organization."

PUBLIC RELATIONS EXAMPLE
SET BY MIAMI DAIRIES
Wherever dairymen meet there is con-
versation about the need for more and
better "public relations." All agree that
more should be done to acquaint the
general public of the facts about the
dairy industry. Speakers at all dairy con-
ventions talk about it; editors write about
it; and even Governor Dan McCarty in
his last conference with the directors of
the Florida Dairy Association suggested,
as a bit of friendly advice, the impor-
tance of a better information program to
the public.
While a beginning has been made by
the F.D.A. Public Relations Committee
to plan and set in motion a program, only
a beginning has been made.
However, there is now a bright spot
in an otherwise hazy picture. The dairies
of the Miami Area have led out with a
shining example of one way to tell the
people about the dairy industry.
This enterprising group, comprising al-
most one-third of the total dairy industry
of Florida, carried seven pages of in-
formational and advertising copy in the
Miami Herald Sunday Edition on April
19th.
The material includes many dairy farm
and dairy plant pictures and excellent
information on the unusual and rapid
development of the industry in the Mi-
ami area to the point that it is compar-
able to the finest dairy sections of the
world.
May this example encourage the dairies
of other areas to follow suit.

QUALITY OF FLORIDA MILK
"SECOND TO NONE IN COUNTRY"
Florida's Dairy industry has made giant
strides during the past decade, according
to C. W. Reaves, dairy specialist of the
University of Florida Agricultural Exten-
sion Service.
Mr. Reaves said: "In every phase of
the industry, tremendous progress has
been made since 1940, and dairy farmers
are continuing efforts to increase produc-
tion and improve the quality of their
products. Already the quality of theirs is
second to none in the country and, in
some respects, such as butter fat content,
is superior to that of most other states."


24 FLORIDA DAIRY NEWS









Annual State


Jersey Sale

October 1


Jacksonville


Sponsored By

FLORIDA
JERSEY CATTLE CLUB


PROPER CONTROL OF
CREAM LAYER FORMATION
(Continued from page 10)
milk is cooled rapidly down to 40 de-
grees F. with a surface or plate cooler
the fat globules do not immediately
solidify but remain in a semi-liquefied
form for several hours which encourages
churning. If the milk at the bottom of
the cooler is re-pumped within a few
minutes before the fat globules have a
chance to cluster the product will not be
visibly damaged. The best arrangement
of equipment permits a continuous flow
of milk over the cooler and into the filler
in one direct operation.
In addition to agitation other factors
also contribute to a decrease in the length
of the cream layer. Market the milk as
soon as possible because the longer the
milk is held in the refrigerator after
bottling the shorter the cream layer will
become. Avoid shaking of bottles after
filling and during storage and delivery,
since mixing of cream and milk in the
bottle after once having formed a cream
layer will result in a shorter cream layer
upon re-creaming a second time. Avoid
slight warming during delivery because
when again cooled the cream layer will
be shorter. Do not let part or all of the
milk freeze during cooling because this
has been found to rupture the individual
free butter fat globules which in turn are
no longer capable of forming the desired
cluster necessary for good cream layer'
formation. Overheating during pasteuri-
zation will result in shorter cream layer
formation and should be avoided by care-
ful temperature control. Proper pasteuri-
zation by either the holding or continuous
methods will not seriously affect the
depth of the cream layer. Avoid bottling
and storage temperatures above 40 de-
grees F. since the colder temperatures
favor deeper cream layers and a more
attractive product to the discriminating
customer.


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Florida Dairy Association
ALLIED TRADE MEMBERS
Special Advertising Section

ADAMS PACKING ASSN., INC.
Citrus Pulp, Citrus Meal, Citrus Molasses
Jim Coates, Sales Mgr., By-Products Div.
Auburndale, Fla. Phone 8-7061

AMICA-BURNETT CHEM. &
SUPPLY CO.
Dairy Equipment and Supplies
Phone 4-5606
P. O. Box 2328, Jacksonville, Fla.

CHARLES DENNERY, INC.
New Orleans
Ice Cream Coating, Fruits and Flavors
Ira Stone-602 W. Belmar St.
LAKELAND, FLA.

DIAMOND ALKALI COMPANY
Dairy Cleaner & Alkali
Florida Distributors:
Miller Machinery & Supply, Jax.
Industrial Chem. & Supply Co.,
Tampa

GENERAL MILLS, INC.
Dairy Equipment and Supplies
John W. Manning, Phone 9-4586
1601 Congress Bldg. Miami

GULF PAPER COMPANY, INC.
Ice Cream (Linerless) Cartons,
Butter Cartons
J. H. McVoy
50 E. Magnolia St., Pensacola, Fla.

DOUGLAS J.HEADFORD
FLA. REPRESENTATIVE
Green Spot Orangeade Concentrate
Krim-Ko Chocolate Flavorings
616 Jessamine Ave.--Phone 2-0148
Daytona Beach, Fla.

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO.
Single Service Division
Purepak Milk Containers
W. M. Scott
134 Peachtree St., Atlanta 3, Ga.

JIM JENNINGS
MFRS. REPRESENTATIVE
The Vernon Company-Specialty Advertising
Morning Glory Milk Powder
"Eze" Orange Concentrate
Route 9, Box 356, Jacksonville, Fla.

JIFFY MANUFACTURING CO.
Insulated Bags and Liners
Southern Representative-William Romaine
Box 5463, 5 Pts. Sta., Columbia, S. C.

ROBERT A. JOHNSTON CO.
Dairy Chocolate & Cocoa Products
J. L. Hammons
916 S. Rome Ave., Tampa, Fla.

KIECKHEFER CONTAINER CO.
Pure-Pak Paper Milk Bottles
R. J. Evans -M. A. Knowles
Phone 6-1334
4700 Pearl St., Jacksonville, Fla.


Sealed, Left to right: W. 0. Taggarl, Roy
W hitlen, George Tuoroger, J. A. Lewis., I. L.
Filbert and French Koger. Standing: IW. C.
Lewir, Don Tallman, Ralph Trussell, Elroy
Deacker, Willie Avant. Alan Hendrickson and
Clifford Selwood.

Dairy Class Has Dinner
The University of Miami class in Dairy
Processing recently concluded its course
with a dinner, which was provided by a
local dairy supply company. Certificates
were presented by J. Arthur Lewis, Chair-
man of the Department of Food Tech-
nology, to Ronald Davis and Donald
Tallman of the University of Miami,
Willie Avant of Borden's Dairy, Dave
Harms of Allied Dairy Products, W. O.
Taggart, Ralph L. Trussell, Alan K. Hen-
drickson and Clifford Selwood of Miami
Home Milk Producers' Association.
Mr. George Tworoger, Plant Superin-
tendent of Borden's Dairy, instructed the
class in classroom and laboratory facilities
provided by the Miami dairy industry in
the Dairy Equipment Exchange building.
Dairy classes are offered by the Food
Technology department of the University
of Miami. A class in Ice Cream Plant
Management is being planned for next
fall.

FLORIDA JERSEY BREEDERS
HOLD WEST FLORIDA SALE
Twenty-three head of registered Jer-
seys were sold at the West Florida Jersey
Promotional Sale at Marianna, April 7.
The cattle were consigned by outstanding
Jersey breeders over the state, including
Frank De Bord of Quincy, W. J. Nolan,
Walter Welkener, and A. T. Alvarez of
Jacksonville, George Sixma of Lake
Helen, Polk County Jersey Farm and J.
K. Stuart of Bartow and Inez Thornhill,
4-H Club member of Dundee.
The sale average was $276.43. All
stayed in West Florida going to herds
from Tallahassee west. This was the ex-
pressed purpose of the sale, to make good
quality registered Jersey cattle available
to the dairymen in the growing dairy
counties of West Florida.
Largest buyer was M. T. Crutchfield
of Marianna who bought seven head for
$2,000.00 to add to his herd of grade
and registered Jerseys.
Highest priced animal was Fillpail
Bounce Quinte consigned by W. J. Nolan
and purchased by W. L. Ford of Quincy.
Several dairymen from Calhoun County
made purchases to further expand and
advance the growing dairy business there
including C. W. Montford, N. W. Eld-
ridge, and Hugh Peacock of Blountstown.


Florida Dairy Association
ALLIED TRADE MEMBERS
Special Advertising Section

S. H. MAHONEY EXTRACT CO.
Vanilla Products
D. C. Mulligan, Florida Representative
221 E. Cullerton Rd., Chicago 16, Ill.

MEYER-BLANKE COMPANY
Dairy, Ice Cream Equipment
and Supplies
Phone 6-1366
2701 Dauphin St., Mobile, Ala.

NASH-KELVINATOR CORPN.
ICE CREAM CABINETS
Wm. C. Mayfield
788 Spring St., N. W.-Atlanta, Ga.

NATIONAL PECTIN PRODUCTS Co.
Ice Cream Stabilizers & Emulsifiers
Pectin Stabilizers for Ices, Sherbets & Fruits
J. C. Head, Phone Norfolk, Va. 2-8385
RFD No. 1, Box 48, Bayside, Va.

NEWTH-MORRIS BOX CORPN.
Ice Cream, Popsicle, and
Miscellaneous Packers
Phone: 3-9779
Box 3254, Station "F"
Jacksonville, Fla.

OWENS-ILLINOIS GLASS CO.
Duraglass Milk Bottles
C. W. Parmalee C. N. Comstock
1102 Barnett Bldg., Jax. 2, Fla.
Phone 3-6134 5

PAUL-LEWIS LABORATORIES, Inc.
Lactivase-For the Prevention of oxidized
flavor in bottled milk, ice cream,
storage cream
Also Rennet Extract-Sir Sirloin, Inc.
765 N. W. 54th St., Miami 37, Fla.

PENN SALT MANUFACTURING
CO.
BK Powder Cleaners Acids
Bottle Alkalies
JOE FOSS
799 Waring Road-Memphis, Tenn.

RIVERSIDE MANUFACTURING
CO.-MOULTRIE, GA.
Masterbilt Uniforms
James M. Stewart Phone 3-3287
306 Lakeview Ave., Apt. 406, Orlando

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.

UNIVERSAL MILKING MACHINE
DIVISION
Pail-less (Pipe line) Milking Machines
R. D. Archer-Factory Rep.-Ph. 84-7467
1100 N.E. 134 St., No. Miami, Fla.


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CASE Heavy-Duty Field Shredde



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Tough, coarse plants into organic carpet


Chews rank growth, crop residues, coarse stalks, stems
and brush into fragments for speedy decay as soil-
building humus. Thousands of slashing, smashing ham-
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ground. The Case Field Shredder does a thorough, low-
cost job of improving pastures, preparing fields for easy
tillage, working down surface trash. Has power take-off
drive. Rotor height adjustable from tractor seat.
Constant Power Take-Off on above 3-plow Case Eagle
Hitch Tractor keeps field shredder operating at proper
speed. Tractor can be equipped to burn LP Gas; does
quick work on tough jobs at low cost per acre.


Self-raising hitch of Case Tractor
Spreaders means no lifting, no jack
to crank. Box raises automatically
...lowers for easy waist-level load-
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irasel, strain of power loading.
Choice of 70 or 90-bushel size.


CASE FORAGE HARVESTER

with Quick-Change Units
Gather any crop for silage or hay .. whether green, wilted, or
cured . .with Quick-Change Units on the Case Forage Har-
vester, either Long-Cut or Standard Model. You switch from row-
crop unit to window pick-up or cutter-bar in a few minutes. Easy-
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the "Lightest Running Forage Harvester." Does good work with
a full 2-plow tractor... has strength and capacity to make use of
5-plow power. See your Case dealer today.


Service When You Need It


Andreasen Tractor & Equipment Co.,
Marianna


Florida Tractor & Supply Company.
Hollywood


Batey & Kite Tractor Co., Gainesville Gerlach Motor Company, Milton


Beasley Tractor Company, Palatka
Coastal Motors & Equipment,
Belle Glade
Cosey Motor Company. Wauchula
Dade Tractor Company, Homestead
Florida Tractor & Supply Company,
Pompano Beach


Grantham Chevrolet Company,
Live Oak
Hibbs Tractor Company, Cocoa
Ray Moore Implement Co.,
Fort Myers
Medlock Tractor Company, Orlando
Pasco Motors, Dade City


Pounds Motor Company,
Winter Garden
Pounds Tractor Company,
Winter Haven
Pounds Tractor Co., Lakeland
Pounds-Zeiss Tractor Company,
Frostproof
Pounds-Zeiss Tractor Company,
Sebring
Taylor-Munnell Machine Works, Inc.,
Fort Pierce
Thompson Tractor & Equipment Co.,
Tampa






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0 for the growing South. Pro- '
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