Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-06-13

MEDICINE LoDGE, June sth. 1885.
EDITOR INDEX: Mr.. Esmond, the mayor or
our city and myself started out to-day TO see
what we could learn about the cfeamery BUSH
ness, as we farmers have got the cows and
grass and we find 1t does not pay to keep cows
to raise AN IS calf We stopped on at Attica
and made for the neat, new, clean creamery
that they started up June 4th 1885. They had
just completed churning and were letting the
Ice cool butter milk off. Mr.. Esmond got
quart cup and drank it seven times empty, and
tasted IL. We were shown around; and Twill
try 10 give you the cost of it: Building engine.
separator. churns. vats butter worker and all
in running order cost 81, $50 and it makes lit
tic business that paid out. the day we were
there. $4,000 10 the needy farmers around
Attica. For 500 pounds of milk they give 90
cents perhundred. They weigh tho milk and
put il through the new process of a separator
that takes the cream from the milk fresh from
the COW. They return the milk to the farmer
which he takes hoMe less the cream, to feed
his calves. They get from the cream of this
100 lbs. of milk. lbs. OF butter, which cost
them 90 cents. and sell the lbs OF butter for
p cents per H.. Sl.25.
Now we will take the average COW of that
county or of Medicine Lodge There are lots
OF COWS owncdin Medicine Lodge that will give
from 40 to 80 lbs. of milk per day, but we will
figure low, say take the average cows of our
county and put IL at 30 lbs. per day, and at that
In one year they would give at 30 lbs 1880 at
GO cents per hundred $64.S0 worth OF milk.
Now We add the 50 calf to that and our COW
brings us in $3.50. Again, a COW that is broke
to milk viii out-sell a fat COW at Kansas City.
Why can't we use our COWS as the Attica boys
do by starting a creamery in Medicine Lodge
and having it running by the first of April 1889.
as 1t is too late TO start il this year. for we have
turned our calves on the cows but the next
crop of calves we can wean and milk the COWS.
Now, if Medicine Lodge could pay ms farmers
$500 per day as Attica does, IL would be a little
money for all.
Weleft Attica for Hazelton to see the cream
cry there. On the way we stopped to take a
look at the nice Touring mill they have there.
had hard work to get Mr. Esmond away from
II, but whispering "buttermilk" started us over
the wire fence and we arrived at the Hazelton
creamery to find it ali locked up; but we could
not be bluffed at that and went around and got
window up and climbed in and let the win
dow down. The first thing Mr.. Esmond did
was to grab big dipper and make for a churn
but found it empty; but I lifted the cover to a
big vat and in went his dipper but il was ice
and filed up. We were getting ready to look
around at the machinery when two stout men
unlocked the door and came in on usl You
know, Mr.. Editor, l can not hear very well and
Mr.. Esmond was so fun OF cream he knew
nothing of the outside world. They looked us
over and saw nothing disturbed, and well for
us that they did not lift that two barrel tank
cover and see how the cream had been lowered
IA inches, and how much less butter they
would get by our comingl But they were jolly
good fellows and told us all about the business:
said they they made the butter for the farm
ers FOR cents per pound and got for the farm
er % cents; so ii nets the farmer 20 cents; and
that beats selling milk at 90 cents for il makes
81 per hundred for milk We bid them good
bye and went to see our friend, Mr. Peck, of
Hazeiton, who showed us his fine horses Ho
has lovely colt; and believe he will 70 along
some time. There is Hambletonian mare
there from Kentucky to be bred to his colt.
She is a beauty. We said goodbye and got on
the train and started for home. 1t was very
hot and dry and after we changed cars nj
Attica in came Mr.. p. B. Cole who had been
| after wheel scrapers for the water ditch, and
of course we had what you call a good fat DEM
ocrat TO handle; but no one could go to sleep
with him aboard.
We found the best corn in the Medicine val
| ley and good rain greeted us as we rolled
into our little city.
say let us have a creamery I'm Medicine
| Lodge next spring and n good one and keen IL
clean ana build up a trade here so Wichita will
take all the gilt edge butter we can make at
gilt edge prices. ELL b. BENEDICT