Wichita eagle., 1889-05-16
The Creamery Not a Panacea.

! Secretary Graham in the IndustIialist
Like many other things that have risen
and fiourished in Kansas agriculture, the
creamery is in danger from it's friends.
That it has a place here and perhaps a
most important one perhaps none wi i'll
! question. but that it offers a panacea for
all the ills of dry weather and low prices,
as claimed by enthusiastic boomers,
may well be denied.
To the farmer who can avail himself
of the advantages of a creamery it is
most valuable III mauy ways. 1t fur
nishes him a ready market for his cream
and thus brings him a fixed income at
all seasons. 1t does his churning cheap
er and better than he could do it, and
furnishes him a good article of butter
which is difficult to even initiate at
home 1t compels him to study the
merits of breeds and to improve his
own herds to paying grade or quit
the business. 1t causes him to
study the subject of foods and their
combination into rations best suited
to the object sought. 1t teaches hum
that a beef and butter producing ami
NAL is not often found in the same hide.
and that the methods of the range will
bring disaster to the dairy herd. 1t en-
forces cleanliness and thrift in some de-
gree, and so compels prosperity. 1t
makes him put thought into his business,
and teaches that many small things are
necessary in a great total
Properly constructed and properly
handled, it can result in nothing but
good to the community that supports it,
but that it will solve all of the many
vexed questions which arise in making
ends meet on the farm, is too much to
clam for it. A creamery will pay, but
it not give something for nothing.
More About Water Storage.
A. P. Limeburner, of Meriden Kansas.
takes up the above theme, as discussed
by DIR. Parsons in the Kansas City Times,
and makes some valuable suggestions
that are entirely practical and timely.
He says:
have for some time made the same
suggestions (the construction of ponds
for the preservation Of the rainfall in
the regions of the west, subject to peri
odical drouth) to parties III this region,
prompted by having seen in Italy many
tracts of land channeled at short inter |
walls with parallel bitches, having trees |
planted on their borders to protect the |
water from too rapid evaporation. And |
also by witnessing the occurrence of fire. |
quent rain showers Of short duration in |
the south Of Ireland in midsummer. /
This region, beside its small natural /
lakes, has numerous ponds of water, /
formed by excavations In cutting turf. /
1t seems evident that small bodies Of |
water scattered at short intervals over a |
region of country have greater infiu |
ence IN producing rain than Isolated |
large bodies, as they have greater ten
dency to eyapOrate from being more /
rapidly heated by the solar rays, thus /
yielding humidity to the atmosphere,
favorable to vegetation and to the /
precipitation of rain, when reduced |
in temperature. Some years back |
the Cane Verde islands were denuded of
trees, exposing their whole surface to
the rapid evaporation OF Its moisture,
there resulted a drouth OF three years
duration. With 10 water on their own
surface and their proximity to the dry
portion OF the African continent, the
ocean afforded them no ram. There Is
always q repulsiOn Of moisture Ii the
neat radlated from an arid soil.
/ think all scientists must concede that
2 y stem VI ISSeENOlESs cIIh &c - SAE-
gssted by Dr.. Parsons, would produce
highly beneficial climatic changes and
that the results would be almost imne-
diaJe after its completion. The impervl-
Gus character Of the subsoii OF Kansas
renders most Of the activities Of out |
rolling lands almost perfect watersheds,
and there are few quarter sections that
have not a. least fifteen acres that could
could be drained 10 some natural or arti-
fetal depression On the tract. But in or
der that the plan be efficient their con-
struction should be simultaneous over Z
large tract Of country, and. as national
benefit, promptly completed.
The PRONUNCIATION By Dr. Parsons Of
his views and plans Is highly patriotic
and should entitie him 10 the gratitude |
Of the country. The feasibility OF the
system is evident, and It's beneficial re
suits lndisputable Congress should be
appealed 10 at once for commission 70
carry II out; the nation would soon b
repaid for the required subsidies.
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