The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-01-15

total Of twenty-eight cars FOR the year. This
state is eninently better adapted for butter
and cheese Industry than California, hav-
ing as we do more nutritious grasses, an
abundant and never-falling supply OF pure
water cooler climate. and on the western
slope almost perpetual green grasses. am
firm believer IN cooperative creameries.
and. II | may be allowed 10 digress. ] wish
10 impress every delegate from the coun-
try sections with this one idea Of coop sra-
ton. II the entire state could take II up
and get boom on ike the shingle mill
business on Puget sound did a few years
ago. ! am sure the results would be q thou
sandfOld more remunerative- / nave IRE
quently thought that II a stock company
could be formed. something on the line OF
q building association. or even better with
a paid up capital OF $4,000 10 develop Shis
dairy industry. II would do more for the
general welfare OF the state than all the
big schemes talked Of. even though some OF
them should mater.alize. We frequently
hear OF large sums OF money being raised
by localities 70 induce some large enter
nrise 20 locate receiving immense suhsi-
dies for the same. Now. II you could have
a company and the stock subscribed 10 from
all sections Of the state with a capital as
above mentioned. with the sole object IN
view OF increasing the dairy Industry and
for instance. IN a locality where there Were
800 70 90 COWS: say 10 the citizens OF that
section. we will put YOU up a plant com
piete costing 5000: they 20 take oue-haH
the stock and the parent company the
other half, ana operate Il on the co-oPera-
tive plan feeding the skim milk 70 hogs
that might be allotted 20 each stockhoid~r
PRO rata (which would be a very great
source OF revenue 90 the creamery; then
give the local stockholders the option 20
purchase the stock held by the parent COM
panv In. say two years. ut a small bonus
"a - IA ~ n
encourase ana open Up this industry very
randy. would be a paying investment fo-
the parent company and At the same tine
rr-ake racupv for the local stockholders.
putting them on solid foundation. and
they certainly would become prosperous.
I believe the state by such action. would
every year become richer hy 30" ~ OF
perhaus more. or course, this is merely
suggestion IN 1851 and is6S I lived IN the
northeastern part or the state Of Iowa.
which was at that time essentially wheat
rar,,luclnE country. Wheat sold nc from
81 g 20 81 - per bushel. and SIN Che farm
srs we're Ill poor. They had sod houses with
OCCASIONALLY small frame house their
harms consisted largely OF straw stables.
The families were very poor. and many Or
.Narn 1fi not have the uecessaTies - life.
Wheat kept on going down The condition
cf the farmer kept getting poorer untN me
,,,air+snanea Of the families dav0lv0d on
q
made A iittIe ruttsr fwhlch ordinarily Nas
- n very POOR Qu8Hty1 and by - doing
,hav barely Kept body and so2l together
aNout this tiuc q 1--we Yankee came "Ht
fr,,,, Nraesa ,huset's ana started small
,.-sanlerv IN Jones coGuty. Il vas a very
ha~4 matter Tor BIN 70 make the farmers
,,-,s..~starf they could bring their u1slk -
re creamery ana set money enough out ~
4, o., nav them hut they were 50 sore
,~-ssse4 they finally. one a. a f1ie. heSan
r. deliver their mix IN ne year iNss IN
-. .,,,,.tv produced 4-E-N pounds ~
h,,tte~ ard co.. so pounds ~ cheese N-iisa
80 f,r So $50 - /; 50 happened that "a
1>ssl visited tbs same strton OF rae co4a-
80, ~ ,he srSt time since leaving t1s-e-
T-ha change was sosneSh.1s mo- Fe.'.'s'
--,e ,rnsar fields were gore bat IN thetr
~teeas were tel3s 81 luXuFio-s grass ai'@
-. - -ac-s a -rea merry az every cross
r,aa Iu Ihe phase ~ me o'4 SIS -
49,, -ss.7rrees The straw stable h31
gwen way to immense nAFas- ns
49,. Ns4 sewing ma chimes aui az tae aeN
DEVICES For keeping ho.'se- A"e -A - 4-1
50 ..sr.s and organs Tie foG2s lnf2
Ras Hrs ts.cEles ana i-sst n9i~'@- ~
- were veil fgrnishet. t1e h..ltea
i ...,,- I. s,s.sstfl az schools ard collie stS
80 (. .-sr.s~sl air 20 culture au1 A1o".s-lSe
e. "a ,ne entire section To sum Ia.
- r,g become = cultured. intai-Eeas
t.'f - ,,..,nle Al th.s change as cue e
e.Ns $500 a COW \ fcw figures ana !
~, ,-.,-s ,hss geatle animal which. i2
-. $3.50 has nc-oase Az arti--e =
s ,.-+ 10 recognized a. che noa-fst asi--
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