The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-20
The Creamery Industry Its Adaptable
~ 10 West virginia.

No. 4 issued from this office BY the
West Virginia Agricultural Expert,
inent Station for free distribution
among the farmers OF this State.
Forty thousand copies were printed
and will be sent TO farmers desiring
them, free of cost by applying "a
Prof. John A. Myers, Director Prof.
A. G. Magruder, the dairyman ofthc
Station, is the author of this Bulletin.
Ii is a somewhat exhaustive treatise
on the dairy industry and teens
with valuable facts and suggestions.
1t begins by showing the Adaptable.
ty of our soil to that particular
branch Of agriculture, showing how
the poorer land can be converted into
good pastures and thus made profit
able.
comparisons are made between
the creamery business and other
branches of farming which show
the results to be much in favor OF
butter making. Careful estimates
of the cost Of buildings, machinery
and stock are given and very careful
estimates ofthe probable results also,
that may be relied upon as approxi-
mately correct. The method Of or
ganizing and Conducting the bust.
ness is thoroughly explained, so that
any body of intelligent farmers may
hold meeting and begin the work
without the assistance Of man from
the station.
We will give some further reviews
of this Bulletin in the near. future.
We are anxious that our farmers
give the subject careful attention
and we hope to see one or more
creameries established in the near
future in the vicinity Of Morgan
town.
The officers Of the station regard
this as Of especial importance, rs
they had 10000 copies OF this Bullc.
tin printed, while 10000 was the
greatest number issued Of any other
of the series.
If You have not already received
one send TO Prof Myers and get IL;
then read it carefully and compare
its statements with your own OBJ
servatiops and add TO your interma.
ton ON the subject.
To make the matter plain we
quote below few paragraphs from
the Bulletin itself:
"Why do we put this whole matter
before the farmers of our StateY
And why do we offer the services Of
the Stations Staff free OF all charger
Because we believe il to be one of
the most important factors. should
il be carried ont. IN solving the prob
lem Of redemption OF worn out soils
and the utilization Of our hillsides,
"'rhc assertion ID made without
fear Of successful contradiction that
in no enterprise can the farmers on
gage that will return TO them. IN q
shorter time, the capital invested
than will the Creamery business.
The mode Of operation Of a Creamery
explains low this is, Suppose $500
is invested in dairy cows. This will
purchase at least eight that will
bear the record already given Eight
COWS which will in ore month pre-
duce, according to the foregoing fig
ures, butter to the amount of %JS "a
cts and this is at the rate Of rs per
ct interest on investment. In what.
other business can our farmers en-
gage that will pay such a per VI. GU
investment and declare u dividend
each month?
1T has been stated by one Of The
leading men in Ontario, Canala,
that the dairy industry has adyanc-
ed the farming interests Of that sec
tion far more than the people thought
Several countries have been made
productive and wealthy by incrcas-
ing the fertility OF exhausted soils
Farmers who had bought poor lands
had, by this system of utilizing the
farm, increased them in value 100
per cent. BY thus making these
lands valuable 100000 had been
added to that country within one
year and not one bnshel less of wheat
or other grains had been grown.
Thus direct gain. The industry
had developed market for the
coarser products Of the farm and
crop of oat straw was much enhanced
in value. 1t also made provision
for human food, which would other
wise be wasted. The farmers occu-
patton is to produce everything for
all his wants. In the dairy business,
all these foods were utilized or made
tit for human food. A man could
live on straw or hay, so to speak, for
these. were converted into putrinent
fit for use in the human body, and
five times the population could be
supported by dairying than by any
other system Of farming In proof
of this, it was found that dairy dis.
tricts we're more thickly populated
than where a mixed husbandry was
practiced; thus, property in those
sections increased in value and a
permanent prosperity was establish
ed. Threc-fourths Of the food con-
sumed came from dairy farming;
beef pork and poultry are mainly
the outcome Of dairy farming. All
in all, dairy farming has done more
for the country than all the emigra-
tion agents and speeches for many
years.
"We would not have YOU believe
that there is little labor connected
with this style Of farming; but on the
other hand, would forcwarn those
who have any idea Of engaging in this
enterprise, that with it is connected
labor, and that of an intelligent
character; but we Go believe it
to be the road to success where we
are dependent upon the farm for our
support"
Tired Of Kansas.
On Saturday evening last there
arrived here direct from Kansas Il
car loaded with tive wagons, two
horses three head Of cattle and III