The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-08-29

-, az the last few years have blown
twn hings-creameries and irrigation-to
no state, both OF which combined are likely,
within a short period, to put the state
an an agricultural basis so solid that 1t can
,nmpete successfully with any state In the
,nIon. The decree that went forth In an
,s1v age of the world. in the sweat Of thy
row shalt thou eat bread ell the days OF
tbv lIfe,' is by no means a congenia! de-
roe in the end of the nineteenth century,
IN, when 1t is impossible to eat bread
,therwlse, men make up their minds to rise
boldly to the occasion and learn 10 disre-
gard the trickling sweat drops.
irrigation and creameries Involve con-
siderable work, contrasted with the early
dsys Of wheat farming exclusively, but the
way In which the money comes In by these
means. makes work light: The growth and
muItiDlication Of In South Da-
kota, In the last two years, Is phenomenal,
and has worked such a change for the bet
ter among farmers that, with the exception
II irrigation. nothing Is mere talked about
AZ the present time among the farming
cIass and all classes Of the community.
But much more than talking has been done.
Three years ago a very few creamerles were
built. Last year about thirty creamer!es
were erected In the state. and this year
slxty more were added TO the number,
making over 100 altogether. Immediately
outside Huron city a creamery building was
nut I'D In the early sos, but immense wheat
crops Of a series of succeeding years killed
the project, so that the building, till this
spring, remained unoccupied. Though HUI
rou, externally, bears almost no marks OF
depression, yet the pincn Of hard times last
winter was felt by many and resulted In a
revival Of the creamery scheme. Rev. A.
z McGOgney, the efficient and popular
minister OF the Presbyterian church. who
had been generously distributing Goals
among the more needy, saw the necessity
Of something being done. and in concert
with a few business men and farmers. set
to furnishing the creamery building. In a
few weeks Mr.. McGogney, who assumed
the responsibility OF raising the money,
effected the sale of $1,000 worth Of stock
10 So shares, and the creamery was ready
for operation In the beginning Of April.
Good Investment.
There was paid to farmers during April
s,7O0, in May S., 100, In June $500 and
10 July $500. 1t Is safe to say that con-
stderably less than half that sum would
have bttn realized by the old method OF
making the butter at home and selling 1t
to the merchants. The merchants, too.
are better pleased, because they are bet
ter paid for their goods In money, the
produce Of butter, than by butter itself.
though bought at half the price which
the creamery pays farmers. II was with
gr0wl that merchants took butter at all.
for many Of them did not know how TO
H3l4Ie II ana II was continually gong
wrong on their hands, and, at ) or . cents
4 pound even, often brought TO the mer-
chants a money loss. The Huron farm
ers, 10 the three months Of the creamery's
history, have netted about l5 cents Il
pound for their butter, which Is nearly
double tie prics they could otherwise real
lie, and the separator gives them at least
from 10 10 - per cent more butter than
they would have by ordinary churnins.
The creamery has been getting 10 cents
a pound for is butter In New York, be-
Ing half a cent or a cent a pound more
than In many OF the more Eastern states.
The Huron reamery Is worked very eco
nomiCally. Two men, a buttermaker and an
assistant do the whole work. The former
gets Si5 a month and the latter $50. The
butter Is made, shipped and put on the
Eastern market at q cost or 4 cents q
pound TO the farmer, and the creamery as
~soc'ation has now on hand as a sinking
fund a sum of 5000. The stockholders are
certain OF 10 per cent interest on the In
vestment. The townspeople at first fought
shy OF Is cents a pound for creamery but
ter, the sum which the creamery charges
them, but when the superiority Of the
quality became known, creamery butter.
BY the better off families, came into
general use. The farmers were at
nrst slow TO take hold Of the work. Prof.
Wheaton, OF the Brooklngs agricultural
college. was got TO lecture on dairying.
AV OAOuRuI WIN MIN al Ddpy SNlhihNNA
Ind gave practical demonstrations Of what
the separator co lid do. He then made a
round Of the farmers In the Immediate
vicinity OF town, showed them the points
OF a good dairy COW and made for them
the butter test sapartely on each or the
cows they possessed. He showed that BY
creamery nrocess each fairly good cow
would bring something like 1926 a month.
or between $40 and S45 a year In butter.
When this was made clear creamery en-
tnusiasm rose TO q high pitch, 40 much So
That though on the hrst day OF the open
ing Of the creamery only 800 pounds OF
milk were sent In, before the month was
done the quantity Of milk had risen to 49,
w pounds. Illustrative Of the fact that
some OF the more indolent farmers did not
ake kindly to the creamery business. Mr..
heGogney tells this story: He was rea-
sonlns with a man who was very poor,
VINO owned cows and yet refused to go
Into the scheme. He showed the man how,
oy milking his cows regularly every night
and morning and sending the milk to the
creamery he could make at least $40 a
year from each cow. But" said the
man, that would force me to be at home
every night and morning to milk my cows;
could never bind myself that way Mr..
McGogney said to him: "Well, don't you
ever come to me again In winter for an
order to get Goals" The man In question
Is now a, regular customer Of the cream
cry.
Some LRzy Farmers.
IL Is notable fact that, while there are
many splendid farmers In South Dakota,
tnere are also a great number, chiefly for
esners, who came out In the boom In the
nrst days of the state, who, IL they lived
IN the days Of Paul, would have been de-
barred by that apostle from eating, be-
cause they would not work. A drive across
any OF the half-dozen short-crop counties
Ia central South Dakota Just now reveals
uerR md fhnra a dasnrtad h1rsA nat vet
TAKEN possession Of by a new tenant. Look
around those houses and you will see no
traces OF a cow or anything else that would
involve every day labor. If pe:chance the