Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1894-02-15

propositions to Webster, as 1t has to
this and other points, urging that
cooperative creameries be establish
ed. This firm is engaged in man
u~facturing and selling creamery ma
chinery, and its object is to dispose of
its goods. 1t is all right for them to
sell goods, but it should be remem
bered by all that they are looking
out for their own interest first; the
farmers afterward. If they are deal
ing with inexperienced persons, they
will put double the amount of money
into a plant that is necessary or adj
yisable. | do not say hat this firm
is dishonest; but when an agent
makes his living out of commissions,
he is bound to sell as much as he
possibly can,
/ am anxious to advance the dairy
interests of this county, both to ben
eft the towns and the country.
Without prosperity on the farms,
our towns will amount to nothing:
and outside of this business view of
the question, it is the duty of every
man to do as much for his neighbor
and his country as possible. The
plan of the campaign must be thus:
First establish creameries in the
towns. Farmers have more business
in town than they do at any other
point away from home. The major
ity of them have not now enough
cows to make it pay to take milk to
the creamery, but those of a progress
sive nature will bring it anyhow, if
for no other purpose than to encourage
the enterprise. After the first year
they will probably bring their milk
because it pays them to do SOFAS they
will then have more COWS. When
the country within ten miles of town
becomes we'll supplied with COWS, it
will then be in order to establish sew
eral Swimming stations on the out
skirts, and these in due time will
develop into creaineries.
/ believe that the old saying, TOO
many cooks spoil the BROTH" is per-
tinent to this creamery question, es-
pecially when it is so new and needs
so much careIa and protection. One
man should have the whole control
a pl n and hat man should be a
good manager, economical and above
all, honest with his patrons.
Last year my creamery scarcely
paid running expenses; how could it
do more when the average daily pro-
duction of butter was less than 81 lbs
The outlook for the coming season is
very good-much better than | had
expected: and the probability is that
mother year will find the enterprise
IN a solid footing. There are some
ong-headed. able farmers in this
who have stood by the
.reamery through thick and thin, and
hope the day will soon come when
hey will feel fully repaid for their
rouble in helping to get it firmly
established.
| have nothing but good wishes
or Webster and | hope to see her
,eep pace with the times. In order
o do this. however. her citizens must
this important factor no
onger. She has already overlooked
too long. The loss of her yrist
nil IS serious; but it is nothing com
AIRED with what she will lose if she
ontinues to ignore the demands of
er farming community,
Waubay has BEEN agitating this
reamery question for a year or more
ut nothing cones of il because her
say tina. it can't be made to
ny from the start. Their heads are
'vel on that point, Lut it will be
'veral years hence before they will /