Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1895-08-22

does not need to leave the railway to see
under his eyes at Huron Depot hotel trees
planted only three or four years ago In the
midst OF the drouth, and to-day they stand
eight or nine feet high. These have had
the attention of the diligent hotel proprie-
tor, +. III. Kent. All around Huron. also,
trees which q Few years ago were only
two or three feet high, are now shading
the houses. As an Instance OF what proper
cultivation will do for ordinary crops In
the hands OF energetic trainers II may be
mentioned that In the driest section Of Da-
kota In the driest years. without any irri-
cation, certain farmers of the diligent order
have had good crops when their neighbors
we've starving. Farmers J. =. vanderberg.
Jacob Schuyler and j. Wsibei, for example,
who farm within a mile or two Of town,
are COED Illustrations. Mr.. Waihei threshed
his crop yesterday, and In this year, when
the county will not average more than
eight bushels to the acre he has an average
OF sixteen bushels to the acre and forty
bushels of oats. As more cows are got In,
with more manure for the ground, and a
better knowledge of the necessity of proper
filling and cultiyating the driest years,
without Irrigation even, will have far less
detrimental effect. For creamery purposes
during the winter a great boon has recent
ly come to South Dakota In the heavy rains
that have fallen and are still falling. The
prairie grass, which will make splendid COW
iNtu ouilh5 "ihtSfs - kToWluS lhAhiAahhy
now. Corn, which Is too far behind to de-
velop ears, will, In consequence Of the rains,
be an excellent feed crop. A direct result
OF this is that every farmer within easy
reach OF a creamery who has money Is
buying up cows for the purpose of making
a butter harvest In winter when the price
Of butter Is high.
Amusing Experiences. +
The Huron butter maker had SO ne amns
Ing experiences In connection with the
creamery In its first days. This English boy
who came over to his country 10 prospect
for the family Is reported to have written
back to his father the message: Father,
| come out at once; lots OF mean men get
into office here" He used the word
"mean" In the English sense OF being roor.
Maybe In the American sense there = pos
| sibly a modicum of truth In II In relation
to office. Mean mel. In creamery relations
at least, have been found to exist about
Huron; men who doubtless belong to the
apathetic class referred to. One man
skinned his milk before sending II to the
| reamery believing no doubt that II wsuid
| be mixed up with the rest and the cream
cry would be none the wiser. He had not
| bargained for the application of the chem
ical test to every can OF milk seat In.
| When charged with the crime he said that
he had taken off some Of the cream, but
sent the milk to get the rest taken of,
because the separator could do II with q
| greater nlcctE imam q spoon.
| The buttcrmaker in the milk cans of
another man one day found stones Of sew
eral pounds weight rattling as he emptied
| the cans OF their contents. The farmer
probably believed In his simplicity that
the milk would be weighed In the can,
and for the moment had not sufficiently
medltated on the natural philosophy OF
sound. The chemical test wGs not applied
In that case. 1t was a frequent occurrence
the first week or two, rs Is the case In
all creameries, for men to bring the milk
in a sour condition. The buttePmaker put
off the sour milk to the last always, and
the sour milk proprietor had to wait till
the whole churning was over, at which
he often got nettled ana declared that 1t
was the fault of the hot weather and no
fault of his. Not until the buttermaker
II ade some men take back their milk aud
make the best of Ii they could at home
was he able to convince them that all that
was wrong was unwashed cans, Those
little Incidents, however, covered only the
first week or two. Now all goes merry as
a marriage bell. The farmers rejoice over
the extra butter and the extra money, and
the merchants are always prepared to ac-
cepti gladly a creamery note instead Of
doubtful butter.
In order of time the Iroquois creamery
shosiid have been spoken Of first. for II
was and is first. In fact, II was one OF
the first creamerles in the state and puts
through more milk each day perhaps than
any other creamery In South Dakota. The
average quantity OF milk churncd In the
day Just now is about 5000 pounds. Iro
qnois Is In Kingsbury county, east Of HUI
ron. and the county Is thickly settled
around the village. Some 200 farmers with
In a radius of ten miles take advantage
Of the creamery, which becomes
More Popular Every Month.
There are five cIeameries In the county,
four Of which were put in this yeac. e.,
G.. Gibbs, a dealer in reamery machinery
and who does not belong to the state, was
the man who gave the creamery industry
the start there. In conversation with b.
s. Wheeler. an ~IroGaois farmer and sarr
yeyOr for the county, the question was
asked:
"How could IN outsider get Up enthusl-
assn enough TO start a creamery"
at hay seem strange" he said, 'but an
outsider can always stir farmers to any.
thing OF that kind better than a native OF
the place. Farmers, as a class, are jealous
of one another, and when one man tries to
start a thing. the others think he Is work
ing for his own pocket In some fashion
You were one of the first settlers here
and should know the district well. What
do you think OF the prospect of Dakota at
the present timer"
If think this about It; that crcameri -
and irrigation are to be the salvation NJ
the country"
Mr.. Wheeler then pointed 10 the prairie
and said: You see these late rains have
left us snug for fodder for the winter.
That buffalo grass, which IL so plentiful
In Dakota. is not only excellent for horses,
grazing cattle and sheep, but makes better
butter than anything else that grows No
other state east or west can match Da-
kota for buffalo grass"
"Can cows live outside In winter and
make their living in the snow2"
Yes, 1t was clearly proven last winter.
that In ordinary weather they thrive well
In that way. Last year was the first time
1t was tried on cows around here. because
there WAS almost no hay to harvest, and
they were as fat III spring as they were in
fall. We knew that horses and sheep could
scrape the snow Off the grass, but we did
not know cows could do IL tn we saw them
at IL. The buffalo grass keeps as green
under the snow all winter as II does In
sunni err, and greener too. Buffalo grass
eaten from the prairie Is far better than
any hay we can put up. Whenever the
hatcher wants an animal to kill he Just
goes and takes II direct from the bun alo
grass prairie. To-day the butcher sent
away three carloads Of fat cattle to Sioux
City, which never tasted anything but
their mothers milk and buffalo grass. and
you ought to have seen how they were
shaking with fat"
"Will your creamery run oil wlntcr:''