The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1897-02-11
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND

Is the Number Of Dollars Paid ia
Reno County Farmers by the
Hutchinson Creamery, which
Wants to Pay More.
Hutchinson Daily News.
At the meeting of the Farmers In
stitute Friday night at the court
house the subject of the dairy was
discussed by H. J. Lawson, Zeno
Tharp and Mr.. Taylor.
The principal speech of the even
ing. however, was made by F. A.
Huxtable, the manager of the Hutch
inson creamery. Mr.. Huxtable is
not only an entertaining speaker, but
the fact that he knows more, per-
haps, about the creamery business
than any man in the country. made
his address to the farmers and citi-
zens who we're present last night, one
of tho deepest interest.
He impressed upon tho Kansas
farmers the benefits of the long neg
lected dairy business, and pointed
out to them the profit to be found
therein. Iowa, he said, sold 49,
600, 900 worth of butter last year.
Kansas could beat that, if Kansas
farmers would only 60 into the bust
ness to extent that Iowa farmers have
followed it.
Kansas is the best state on earth
for the dairy business, on account of
the buffalo and prairie grass, and
this fact was fully emphasized by Mr..
Thomas Parker, the veteran creamery
man of this city.
Mr.. Parker now has the third lar
gest creamery in the world, although
he has only had his system perfected
here in the last eighteen months.
The Hutchinson creamery now pays
to the farmers of Reno county more
than 5000. 900 per year, and yet Mr..
Parker cannot get enough milk to
supply the demand for his butter.
Mr.. Huxtable paid particular at
tention to the separator system as
used in the Hutchinson creamery.
showing the great advantage of such
a system over the old raising sys-
tenn"
Mr.. Parker, said Manager Huxta-
bic, will compete against the butter
of the world at the national creamery
convention, and in his opinion will
win the first prize.
After Mr.. Huxtable's address Mr..
Parker was called out and made q
talk along the same line. He en-
phasized tie superior qualities of
Kansas, and especially this part of
Kansas, for the dairy business and
as proof of this, he said that the
product of his creamery sold in the
eastern market two cents higher
than the butter of the east or the
north.
He dwelt upon the separator sys
tenn now used in his creamery and
explained to the farmers it's advan-
tages. The separator he said, sepa-
rates all the impurities from the
cream, and consequently they got
nothing but the pure butter. On
this account, the separator butter
will not spoil SO quickly as the other,
but will retain its purity and sweet
ness.
Then Mr.. Parker went into the
subject from the standpoint of the
profit to the farmer and expressed
his surprise that the farmers of Kan
sas had been 80 slow to see it. When
a Reno county farmer sells a car load
of corn he makes 800 on the trans
action. When he sells car load of
butter he makes $4,000 on the trans
action, and the butter in Kansas, is
always sure crop, while the farmer
must run the risk of drouth and hot
winds to raise crop of corn.
Altogether the meeting last night
was one of the utmost importance
and is bound to result in the greatest
benefit to the Reno county farmers.