Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-09


SunfIower State Butter Industry.
One Of the burning questions o.
the hour in Kansas IS butter
A reporter for the Capital called a
the Office OF the State Board OF Agrl
culture and obtained from Secretary
Coburn some valuable information
on the subject. The reporter asked
this question:
"What ground is there for the feal
expressed by some that the butter
and cheese business is III danger Of
being overdone in KansasW
"There is the came probability OF
producing too much high-class butter
and cheese that there is of our hsv-
ing too much No. l or No. 2 hard
wheat, too many fat hogs, too many
export steers or any other commodity
which the people all over the world
want and which those who have
money and good taste are consuming
three times day." Mr.. Coburn re-
Piled. "Prices of all commodities
fuctuate, but the best is not only al
ways in demand but likewise at best
prices. The bugaboo OF over'pro-
duction is real only to those who de-
votetheir time and milk to making
cow-grease."
"How much butter is Kansas pro-
duclng, and how does the produc-
ton compare with that of 2 and b
years ago."
"The assessors report that last
years output of butter was 372l2,-
900 pounds, an increase over the pro-
duct of two years before amounting
to 6,O57,754 pounds, or 10 per cent
The increase over the output of five
years before is 9,50650S pounds or
81 per cent. The more notable in
crease which has no doubt resulted
from the active discussion in Kansas
during the past year, of the COW and
her larger possibilities will, however,
not be apparent until next years fig
ures are compiled"
Show many creameries are there
in the state and in what part OF the
state do creameries thrive best?"
"There are probably $50 creamery
plants In Kansas, but OF course they
are not oil butter factories, two thirds
or more being auxiliaries, where mill
or cream is collected or separated
and forwarded to central factory
The increase of stations and factor
les during the past year has doubt
less been greater than in any two
previous years. The creamery idef
up to this time has its strongest seatl
IN Mcpherson, Dickinson, Harvey
Reno, Marion, johnson and Clay
counties, but the field is gradually
widening in every direction"
"Does there seem to be much pro
gress in dairying in this state a
presentW
Eyes, there is room for progress il
this as in all lines, but several trip
through the most successful dairI
sections of lowe, Minnesota and Wis
consin have made il clear to me tina
our Kansas butter-makers know thei
business as thoroughly as any lik'
number elsewhere. Indeed the Kan
sas factories are managed in SOM
respects better than most OF thosl
found elsewhere, and many OF tn,
socalled leading dsirymen in othe
states could do themselves a goot
service by making q tour Of observa
ton among the Creameries here. The!
could pick mp useful pointers"
"How much good would q dair!
school do at the State Agriculture
collegeG"
considering its prospects aud pos
BibiIl.ies as dairy state, Kansas Il
pitifull>' behind some Of the other
in the matter of dairy school, Ii
lowe, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois
and New York it 10 q leading feature
of their agricultural colleges, ant
none are more popular or profitable
The failure by the last Legislature
TO make provision for instruction ii
such lines is greatly to be regretted
We ought not TO have to send ava.
for experts to do the work our owl
young men could be trained to do a
we'll. We should have at Manhatts
school where Kansas boys can b