Rocky Ford enterprise., 1893-12-14

creamery. was introduced to the club by
President Ordway. Mr.. Davenport spoke
of his connection with dairying from an
early period in life, Suggesting the
thought that his first lessons in milking
began in his earliest babyhood. The Or
igin OF the Eads creamery was as follows:
In June OF 1892 jay Gould, in one OF his
tours over the Missouri Pacific, stopped
for several days at Eads in his private
cur. Eli Carpenter went over to the mag
mates train to try to sell some butter.
The first day he sold one pound of but
ter and one quart of buttermilk. The
millionaire's party were so well pleased
that the next dny his sales were doubled.
And better yet. Mr.. Gould became inter
ested and inquired what there was to
prevent making this dairy country?--
"Guess I'd better build you a creamery.
Mr.. Gould at once set to work to interest
Missouri Pacific officials and soon COM
pany was formed and q creamery started
at Eads. Mr.. Davenport came out and
Ook charge of the enterprise, secured
81, 1000 to be taken in stock and the prom
Use Of the milk of $50 cows. This was
good start with the Mo. P. r. r. and the
A. r. T. Co. backing the venture. The
creamery was started June IL last. The
first product was taken to Pueblo, but
regular market for it, as the dealers had
existing contracts with Kansas creamer-
les. But ]. d. Miller soon took hold Of
it on commission, and the Eads butter
gave such satisfaction that in few weeks
he contracted for the whole product OF
the factory at within three-quarters OF a
cent of the Elgin price, which is the
standard for the west. Within the past
three months Mr.. Davenport has paid
the farmers of Eads 1000 in cash for
milk from their range cows, and the
creamery has proved a success in every
way. The capital stock was "a, 600, which
it is desired to increase to $1,000, and es-
tablish skim houses at various points
along the line OF the Missouri Pacific.
An increase of the output of the cream
cry will help very much in securing the
patronage of the highest price consumers
the Colorado Springs hotels, for exam.
ple), which consume large quantities and
and wish to make contracts with one
creamery for all they can use. Mr.. Dav-
export referred to the uniform prosperity
of the farmers in dairy regions as proof
of the profitableness Of that branch OF
the farmers business. In answer to
question Mr.. Davenport said that 100 lbs
of butter. He would pay for all milk
according to it's butter-makins quality as
shown by Babcock's milk test. 1t pays
to keep good COWS. II you have cow
which makes less than 200 lbs of butter
per year you should sell her. The present
market price of butter is 26c, but was SOC
in September.
John Auckland said they wanted q
skim house at Olney, that home market
might be had for hay, and the value Of
lands made to approximate that adjacent
to large cities. To do this we must re-
duce our product to smaller bulk, and in
the form Of butter was one Of the best
shapes in which to sell large proportion
can produce a uniformly good article,
which it is impossible to do as individ-
uals. We lose money in selling wheat
which could be ground and fed to cows
with profit, making the milk sparkle with
richness. We can't afford to sell wheat
for Toe and pay 81 for bran to feed COWS.
This opportunity is one we should not
lose. One skim house can be established
at Ordway and one at Olney. We have
held two meetings and have secured the
promise of the milk from 1876 COWS.
W. Q. Steele was called on and said
that he had lived in the valley seven
years and tried to get the creamery bus
mess started at Rocky Ford. He was
pleased to see this section Of the county
taking hold Of the work and was much
interested in the deliberations of the
club. He wished that Rocky Ford had
the same opportunity that is offered Ord
way and Olney. Something must be
done with our grain products different
from the present disposition. Mr.. Steele
spoke of sugar beets being the very best
root for dairymen, and also commended
pumpkins.
Some member recalled the statement
of Mr.. Ordway that pumpkins decreas-
ed the milk. Mr.. o. explained that his
later experiments and the removal of the
seeds from the pumpkins caused him to
revise his opinion, as he found them ben
eficial.
A general discussion followed which
developed the situation as follows: Ord
way has a building ready for the skim
house, but lacks the requisite number Of
COWS. Olney has about the required
number of COWS but wishes to raise $500
to build the house necessary to accom-
modate the separator, engine, etc. The
meeting adjourned without any definite
action being taken, but the prospects are
either Ordway or O1ney.
The next meeting will be held Thurs
day, Dec. q, and the topic will be fruit
growing. The committee stated he
question thus: "Does Fruit Growing
Pay? What aged Trees and What Var
ieties of Small Fruit are Best to set Out?
The Best Methods Of Planting and Irri-
gating." The speakers are to be Hon. J.
H. Crowley, Rocky Ford; r. o. McClain,
CatGn; ID. @. Roberts, Ordway.
CLUB NOTES.
F. A. Hodge suggests the selection Of
topics for three months in advance. This
will give the speakers ample time for
proper preparation. This plan should
be adopted, as the results that should
be obtained from the work Of the club are
worth time, labor and careful thought
Right methods adopted now, while the
country is new, will be far-reaching to-
ward making Arkansas valley agricul-
ture have its full measure of prosperity.
d. G. Roberts says that the pic Tor
stock melons which he is giving thor
ough trial, are proving excellent for COWS,
increasing both the flow and quality Of
the milk. They are also good for hogs.
The yield of this melon is enormous and
they should be raised in large quantities
by our farmers next year.
In his address Mr.. Davenport spoke of
one Iowa man who devoted himself to
wheat growing, while the wife made dairy