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Summary of Minutes of Meeting of Southern Division, American Dairy Science Association, Birmingham, Alabama, January 10, 1924

Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, College Park, Maryland

ABSTRACT

FRIDAY AFTERNOON, 2 P.M.

1. Meeting opened by Professor Wylie, presiding. President gave opening address.
   
2. Moved that reading of minutes be dispensed with for the time.Also committee reports. Carried.
   
3. Professor Borland stated that dairy industry exceeds the value of beef cattle plus twice hogs, plus twice sheep, in whole country.
   

Gave an outline of general instruction in more important institutions. He stated that the trend is to give all instruction in Dairy Husbandry Department.

One fourth of dairy cattle in U. S. is on Southern farms, also one sixth of the dairy products and one fifth of all milk.

He called attention to low farm butter prices in Southern States.

He also called attention to the low production of dairy cows in South. Called attention to need for college trained men in Dairy Manufacturing and surveyed the number of men taking dairying in colleges.

How Best to Fit or Train Men:

1. Biggest factor is the teacher. Outlined the qualifications needed in such a man.