The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-02-02
aud Poultry

milk from month 10 muhth' VA"
pound for butter lat. or per h''huieu'
weight for milk. and was usually an
swered that they had forgotten "
they believed q was so and So OF 'no
other. leaving the impression that l'
was their bulincss to see that theii
cows were doing all that Il was posi-
bic IN the quantity and quality OF aiiA,
and the prlcc8 or returns would ue a'
right when the time came TO ura"
their pay: In other words, Il was MOI
question OF price 20 much as what they
could make the cows do per month or
year in weight OF milk or butter sola'
Kansas has some superior advantages
for dairylng. We can manufacture as
hne n butter. or at least Il sells Tor as
much per pound, as any sister state
can boast: we have ready market TOT
ali and more than We can supply OF hne
goods: there have been large quanu-
ties of poor butter made IN crcamerioa
as well as on farms-ton much entirety
Il costs more 20 make a poor article
than n good one. and u brings less
than half as much money. aud have
not seen the day In the nino years ihat
/ have been engaged In the manuiae-
ture OF butter By me separator process
that had not sale for more than haa
to oicr This cannot be said OF farm
made butter. Il Is, on the other hand
a continual drug ON the markets OF the
world, selling at less than cost Why
not take the same raw material. sell u
20 a good and well-rcgulatcd creamery,
and get twice the money for Il. and
have ready sale? Now. why all THIS
difference? We say there are numer-
Gus causes. the principal one being lach
OF facilities for the making OF butter
on the average Kansas farm, and the
large percentage OF foreign matter tha'
Is In milk that cannot be- strained out
all OF which Is removed by the scparat'
or. The creamery makes a uniform
grade: raises the standard OF quality
very materially; has an output tha
will enable Il to establish ,rado thai
will stay by Il II the goods are kept ~
In grade. and at a price very much
above farm or ladle butter. There 4
not a farmer Ia Kansas. or elsewhere
II he knows what could be done with
, good COW. but what would be n dairy
man. There Is not more honorable
way OF making a comfortable living
Show me a farmer who has insisted ol
raising grain Tor the past six or sever
years exclusively. keeping very MAJ
dairy stock. II any. who has made anl
money. and kept his grocery bills an,
incidental expenses paid up wlthou
going In debt, and / viii show you i've
who. with ten Of hfteon COWS. have
aside from raising a wheat crop. raise,
enough OF corn. oats and other fee,
crops and fed them TO cows that pail
on mortgages on their homes. paid liv
ing expenses on half the acreage. wer
happy. and had money In the bank
We have here In central Kansas. with
In a radius OF seyenty-nye miles. som
: thirty ereamerles. paying TO the farm
A ers monthly from $4,000 to $4,000
the number Of red barns. paintei
houses. smiling faces and happy FAM
lies is growing monthly In proportion
TO the increase In amount paid Out
Ten years ago the same community re
eelved less than $1,000 per month fron
the same source. Other branches O
farming have lost pace; we need q
remedy this by a different system. "
}. have come to the place and stage wher
We must DO Il II We would keep abrcas
n with our ncighbors; the dairy and ,h
n COW must figure conspiouously at mi
stage. she will do Il n We give he
n half a chance. and Il Is for those 10 "a
who are striving TO own pleasant home
and have comfortable surrounding
a whether or not she can have rccognl
I. ton In our midst