The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1895-02-22
DAlRYING!
Prof. wheaton Tells of tho Neces.
sity tor Moro Work In this
Line. and Explains How
TO Make 1t Success.

The important subject OF dairying
was what Prot. Wheaton presented be-
fore the agriculturists Wednesday and
Thursday at what might be termed the
adjournd session of the institute, and at
the different meetings most interesting
and profitable presentation OF matters
connected with dairy work was made,
the Prof. having his cream separator and
testing apparatus with him for practical
illustration.
The speaker introduced the subject by
stating that he had been all winter en-
gagged in institute work and great inter
est was exhibited wherever he had been
He wished to place dairying in South
Dakota on trial, with the audience as the
court. empowered to ask any and all
questions-and thus find out all facts in
the case. How easily can it be handled,
how much profit if any there is IN it, The
state has gone through the wheat rails
ing craze, and has had the same expert
ence as Wisconsin and other states in
their early days with wheat raising.
The speaker gave short history Of the
rise dairying and how it came to be q
great industry, stating that in 1858 the
first cooperative dairy was established
by one Jessie Williams, in Herkimer
county, N. Y, who had secured a re :
putation for making cheese, getting for
his product 2 cents per pound more than
his neighbors got for their product, and
the latter finally brought him their milk
for manufacture, and the continued ex-
celence Of the product secured for it an
established market and price as Herki
mer couty cheese, and that became a
standard brand. Similarly Orange coun-
| ty in the same state became famous for
it's butter, and Orange county butter be-
came brand that included the finest
| quality OF the article whether made in
| New York state or further west The
banner for superiority gradually went
westward and the further westward
dalrying was carried on the better the
quality
| Theprofessor referred to the fact Of the
organization OF the Wisconsin state dairy
association, when quantity Of the pro
duct sent by the association to be sold
on it's merits brought 2 cents q pound
more than the celebrated New York
brands, and Wisconsin afterwards prov
ed her superiority at the centennial fair
although, but shortly before that time
her dairy products we're an unlmportan
factor. The badge Of superiority con
tinued en- its western march until 1t reach
ed Iowa, and the product Of one OF the
South Dakota creameres which wal
sold on its merits brought 2 cents ID
above tho Elgin market price. The
cause for the superiority of this western
butter is found IN the purer air and
more nutritious grasses OF the state.
Prof. Wheaton gave the reason why
the many creameries which were located
through the state few years ago, tailed
utterly to accompl sh any good, some OF
them never making pound OF butter
! after they were built. The creameries
we're put in about the time that the new
separator process began to be used, by
the machine companies who were bound
TO get rid of their old machines before
the new process utterly destroyed their
value, and they got all the way from
5000 to $4,000 for plant not worth
$4,000, and which Dever paid expenses
| BY the separator process and conducted
on the cooperative plan the business
needs but reasonable good business
management to make it complete sue
cess. There are now 800 of these cream
cries operating successfully IN Mime
sofa and some 10 or 20 in this state
South Dakota should be the banner dair.
state. In the settlement of the states
further east, the same condition Of af
fairs at one time conf onted the farmers
as now confron,s us, and Morrison conn
ty, H., was cited as an example .
changed conditions worked out by diver
sified farming. Dairying is the founda
,ion OF diversified farming, as the dairy
man Of necessary becomes grower Q
fodder. snd feeder Ut stock. Man,
who came to Dakota believed the boon
circular, stating that we had an inexhaus
tible soil tor wheat raising. Their
is 40 such thing as an nexhausiible soil
and we must transfer to the sell agair
} some OF the elements which we hav
taken from il. We should aim 10 SCI