Kansas State University - Royal Purple Yearbook (Manhattan, KS)

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yi Y r S FAR back as history records, mankind has kept animals that have furnished milk and milk products for human use. The first animals kept for milk were sheep; then came the domesti- cation of the cow. This has continued, with improved breeds until we have animals that produce many times their weight in milk every year; and a few have produced their own weight in butter in the same length of time. Dairying, as we know it at present, is a specialized type of farming that is not generally fol- lowed in any locality until the land becomes high priced, and the necessity of keep- ing up the fertility of the soil makes conditions favorable. The dairy cow is espe- cially adapted for such conditions. It is able to consume the grains and roughage produced on the farm and work it over into high priced product. This product when sold in the form of butter or cream, will remove the minimum of fertility from the farm and the income of the farm will be increased. In this state, the problem of keeping up the fertility of the land is a serious one, and live stock farming is replacing the systems of grain farming that have been followed in the past. The natural conditions such as climate, the long pasturing seasons, and abundance of alfalfa hay and corn, makes Kansas adapted to dairy- ing. In the coming years live stoclf farming, and particularly dairying, will be followed more and more. The men who have farms to rent are eager to get tenants that are engaged in live stock farming. They will give the dairymen more than a fair share of the income from the farm because he appreciates the importance of keeping up the fertility of the soil by this method. As the population increases, more people must be fed from the same area. The manufacturing of butter is becoming a great industry in Kansas. Not many years ago the butter was largely made on the farm, but today we have a number of creameries and factories that make the greater part of the butter used. There are, also, a number of milk condensories and ice cream plants that put out their products in large quantities. All these manufacturing concerns are increasing at a steady and rapid rate. The ever-increasing interest in dairy farming and the manufactur- ing of dairy products has created a demand for men trained in this line of work. The agricultural colleges of the country have added dairying to their courses of study, and the experiment stations are giving a great deal of attention to the in- vestigation of problems that confront the dairymen and manufacturers of dairy products. The Kansas State Agricultural College offei ' s a four year course in dairy- ing, a two-year short course in dairy farming, a ten weeks ' commercial course in dairy manufactures and short courses for testing dairy products. The enrol- ment in all these courses is steadily increasing, but the demand for men trained along this line is far greater than the supply.

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HARRY S. BAIRD K An ie Ball Team, ' 08, ' 09, ' 10 Athletic Association WILLIAM A. BARR Agricultural Association Athletic Association Y. M. C. A.