Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1899-06-15
NEW CREAMERY NEAR CENTRALIA.
Wood County Making Strides Toward tn

WOOu COuHty MAKING 0UlOeS toward the
Front as Dairy Province.
The passing of the lumber Industry
in Wood county has by no means
limited its resources to agriculture.
There are those among the goOdly tide
of intelligent. worthy class of new
settlers constantly swelling the popu-
lation of this county that find in the
improved farms and large clearing
evident elements for profitable dairy
farming. AS Ex-Governor Hoard has
truthfully said, Wood county is won
derfully adapted for dairying and
stock raising.
A thousand hand books furnishing
general information and counsel TO
the homeseeker and drawing the at
tentiOn of citizens of our own and
other states to the agricultural advan-
tageS of Wood and adjoining counties
were recently issued from this office
for the John Arpin Lumber company.
From that handbook we quote:
DAIRYING THE LEADING INDUSTRY.
clarifying will some day be the great
industry Of this region, if the people
only bend their energies in that direc-
tiOn and carry on the business with
the intelligence necessary to success.
The requisites for successful dairying
are cool waters, abundance of fine
tame pastures, a liberal supply of
winter forage in considerable variety.
All the counties we are considering
are abundantly supplied in lakes,
brooks springs and wells, with the
coolest and pureSt of waters. Wher-
ever the lands are cleared, they are at
q of
nutritious grasses for summer pasture
Blue grass and white clover are as
common here as in the heart of the
limestone district Of Kentucky. For
winter forage the farmer can secure
an abundance of timothy and clover
hay, corn. fodder. oats, peas. barley
and roots. The soil, climate and water
facilities Of this region make it pre-
eminently dairy country"
Rapid advances in this industry
have been made during the last two
or three years, a healthy forerunner
of what the Arpin Lumber Co. pre-
dict. One Of the enthusiastic new
corners in this branch is Chas. Otto of
Vesper, and he shows his faith by his
works. Mr.. Otto is successfully Oper-
ating large creamery at Vesper he
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one at Rudolph, and last week COM
pleted s., 500 plant about two miles
west Of Centralia. at the turn of the
road just d few rods south of Chas A.
Bender's stone quarry. This new
creamery is model of it's kind and
| the largest in Wood county, size 26X50,
with engine room 14x26. The machin-
cry is new throughout and the latest
patents, including a De Laval cream
and milk separator of 1000 revolutions
per minute; a 400 gallon Quits noise
| less improved channel bottom milk
vat and a similar vat of 200 gallon
capacity for cream; a Victor com
bined churn and butter worker, double
revolution, the only one Of its kind in
the county. This churn is feet in.
in diameter and reyolveS 120 times per
minute. A fifteen horse power engine
supplies the motive force.
Elrey Baldwin and son did the car
penter work on the new building,
Elias Raymond the mason work. The
plant started running Tuesday, June
6, and dance was given for the
| pleasure of those in the neighbOrhOOd
the Saturday before.
The Otto creamery can use $1,000
pounds of milk per day and manu-
facture $50 pounds of butter. There
are at present 800 COWS in the vicinity
that supply milk, but this number
will doubtless be increased materially
in a short while, now that another
market has sprung up to encourage
this branch Of dairying in our county.