The morning call., 1895-02-14
IT IS MUCH FOR
BAKERSFIELD.
EXTENSIVE DAIRYING OPERATIONS
WILL BE CONDUCTED IN
KERN COUNTY.
ILLINOIS CAPITAL COMING.
ELGIN MEN WHO PROPOSE TO
ESTABLISH A CREAMERY IN A
MORE FERTILE DISTRICT.

! ELe1N, ILL.,, Feb. 13.-f present indica-
| tions are to be relied upon Kern County,
California, will soon be the seat of very
extensive dairying operations. Some
months ago party of local capitalists,
who had heard about the wonderful fer
tility of the Kern Valley when irrigated,
sent A. w. Hutchins to make complete
| investigation Mr.. Hutchins was for many
years secretary of the Elgin Dairy Board
of Trade, an organization whose transac-
tions in butter and cheese annually foot up
| into the millions.
The last report by Mr.. Hutchins showed
that for 1898 the business of the Elgin
board was represented by 10, 9S6, ,525 pounds
4 of butter and 6,361, 793 pounds of cheese.
the combined value being So ,639, ,057. The
men who contribute to the upbuilding of
such vast transactions are the men who
will take hold of the proposed enterprise
on the Pacific Slope. Mr.. Hutchins has
made special study of chemistry and the
| value of various plants as food and milk
producers.
His experiments in Kern County were
exhaustive. He demonstrated to his own
satisfaction by numerous tests that alfalfa
is the natural fodder for milch cows, and
when he returned he reported that whereas
in the best dairy districts of Illinois it re-
quired three acres of land to support one
| cow in Kern County one acre would keep
in prime condition three COWS. This was
favorable, but the capitalists wanted cor
roberation. They sent other missionaries
and their report fully sustained Mr..
Hutchins. At once they set about work.
g., 4
| plant, which will require capital of some
100000.
| Alfred Lavoie, who is Elgin agent for the
Kern County Land Company, is now en-
gagged in this enterprise, and has every
assurance that the stock will be eagerly sub
scribed for. Men who have wearied of six
to eight months of winter, of drought and
consequent feed for stock, see in the plan
chance for profit and pleasant homes.
| Stock will be sold on a plan which will
make the certificates sure dividend bear
ers and easily negotiable, and at the
same time will represent q land value
which holders will acquire.
In this way the company will be on
much soldier basis than if the stock in the
enterprise was the sole equivalent for its
| price.
1.-THE creamery business will be con-
Quoted on large SCALE" said Mr.. Lavoie
to the CALL correspondent. sit is in this
enterprise as with our great watch factory.
BY making watches by the wholesale their
cost is minimized BY producing butter
on large scale it can be done cheaper
than here, where each farmer has dairy.
There will be several profits saved in the
transaction. Everything will be done on
a large plan. Fields will be cultivated by
the thousand acres, where single farmer
can attend to but q score. Everything
done in this way will lessen the cost of
production, and with increased shipping
facilities, which are now much discussed,
and are sure to come, there is no reason
why the company should not be great
success The matter has, as yet, been kept
rather quiet here, but at the proper time it
will be presented in such light, with an
array of convincing facts and figures, that
there is little doubt the solid farmers and
capitalists of this section will be liberal in
vestors."
Cutie a number of people from Elgin
and vicinity have recently acquired land
in Kern County. Mr.. Lavoie formerly
was prominently connected with the
famous Elgin watch factory, and was an
organizer of the successful Loan and
Homestead Association. He is well versed
in financial matters, and has the confidence
of all who know him. He is an enthusiast
in California affairs, particularly in Kern
County, and has an unbounded faith in its
resources and capabilities.
| If indications count for much the Elgin
Creamery Association will be one of the
biggest agents in the development of that
region of which Bakersfield is the capital.
Within a few weeks Elgin men will go
there to figure on the outfit for the plant,
which will be as complete and perfect as
money can buy, and what goes from the
noted Elgin dairy district, the prices of
whose products are quoted the entire coun-
try over, is sure to be all right.