Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1890-02-06
BETTER CARE NEEDED.
Some Good Advice on the Creamery
Industry in Kansas.

At the last meeting of the Kansas
Dairy association Mr.. J. E. Nissley, of
this city. discussed the question, "Will
the Creamery Industry in Kansas Be
Overdone?" His paper was an excel
lent one and was full of practical adj
advice to the farmers and dairymen of
Kansas Among other good points he
made the following:
Twill the creamery industry in Kan
sas be oyerdone? No. Emphatically
no. Not at least for the next decade
or two to come. Ny brother creamery
men land my dairymen, if you please),
we are, as it were, the representatives
of thousand of farmers, assembled
here, who are looking to us in meas
ure for the advancement of their best
interests; and how can we, or how dare
We, separate here without even touch
ing upon the several encouragementso of
our several constituents? We owe it
as a matter OF courtesy, as a matter of
business to them.
MANY farmer is today questioning
himself whether it is policy to go on in
improvement of his dairy, simply be-
cause he is barboring the idea that
it might be overdOne, etc.
"What we want is better feed, better
| butter and better cheese. well, you
say, we are improving in our iced,
stock, etc. That is very true, but l
would say as word Of advice, let US
keep on improving; improve, improve,
improve, again and again. Now, with
out casting any reflections upon our
patrons, or in any way reproving them,
las have some very good ones up
there in Dickinson county,, let me tell
| you what / have found to be q fact in
the way of feeding: Last spring we
issued a circular to our patrons for the
benefit of arriving at some statistics
that we were then getting out for our
special benefit, and among ether ques-
tions we asked, what kind Of feed do
you give your cOws?' Surprising as it
may seem, Is per cent. of the answers
to the query was something similar to
the following: Hay and straw, straw
and hay, with an occasional feed of
fodder About 10 per cent. of The
list gave them salt once in about three
months, and yet II believe 1 am safe in
saying) we have one of the very best
districts in the state. Under such cir
cumStances, is it any wonder that the
dairy products in the state of Kansas
lack in flavor, lack in everything else?
'Some one may ask. what is to be
done? Well when you 60 out on some
cold, chilly winters day, and see your
cows standing on the sunny side of tie
hay rack with straw in it, and their
hairs set at right angle with their bod
les, and there isn't an idea suggested
to you as 10 what is to be done, why
then my dear friend there is something
wrong. We must inculcate into the
habits of our farmers and patrons more
energy, more vim. There is no rea-
son why one man cannot have as much
feed as his neighhOr if he will only pluw.
SOW and plant. Oar farms will yield
as well as any farms, such crops as we
need to make u ilk-cOrn, oats. rye,
sorghum, bnetS, etc. In conclusion,
briefly, the only thing that will force
the creamery industry to the wall is an
overprOduction. So long as the de-
mand is equal To the supply, just so
long of course will this not come about.
Every year new markets spring up, and
new territories are developed, and there
is in fact no reasonable argument that
there will be an overproduction. But,
perchance it should, for sake of argu-
ment, if nothing else. there is one
thought and very encouraging one for
us Kansans, that we can raise corn,
oats, sorghum, pasture, and all kinds |
Of feed cheaper here than most any
where in the United States, and con-
sequently can raise our dairy products
cheaper than our Iowa, Illinois, Ohio,
New York, and Pennsylvania brothers,
and 50 long as they can subsist, and
barely at that, we should and will be
able to keep along and quite profitably
at that. We outwitted them on the
cattle BUSINESS, on the hog business,
and Of necessity will in the creamery
industry. Verify, westward the en-
pire moves" and the creamery industry
moves gracefully along"