The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1899-03-02
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THE CREAMERY PROJECT
Writes Very Interesting Lc,ter In Re.
view OF the pairying situation In
Clatsop County.

View OF the pArying situation IN
Clatsop County,
CLATSoP, Feb * 1879. --EAi,tor As.
torian; As my communication To YOU q
couple of weeks ago stirred up quite a
busEing, please allow mo to explain, and
at the Same time TO reply to some Of
/ the arguments OF thrcc responses TO Il IN
your paper
/ First, | am not opposed to cooperative
dairying, but on ths oontrary, state as
/ l did In my former article that | have
/ been Sssoctated with my peighhOgs IN
dairytng for the last twenty years much
7 VI the time on the cooperative plan. tt
has been succ>SS | have repeatedly
advised the people ~ Lewis and Clarke
and Noung's river 10 do tho same, Hut
I am not yet converted 10 thu pan 4
one IN Astoria, My principal objection IS
the trouble and cost ot transportation
one % our almost lifelong patrons said
10 me tina, IL he had to milk his COWS,
separate the milk, cool and haul the
cream to the station in time Tor the
morning train Il would take him al,
night
/ In answer TO the writer % tuc hrSt
reply t. my artic,c as IN the freight
! from Ti,lamoOk compared with tha; from
I Clatsop. | will state that the average
freight from Clatsop on dairy products,
Z including hogs and veal is s. Il ten by
I tho railroad l have understood ,hlt 1t
was the same from rn,amook by steam
er, MIX made into cheese We pay
freight on 0ne-tCnth nj the milk; IN but
ter. one twenty-hfth part OF O., In the
form os cram It would De about one.
NTH Of the milk ! think the above
statements make Il sufficiently plain
that We mus, condensc the product .,
excluding the worthless water ot which
Astoria has plenty, 10 the extent of ~
per cent II made into cheese. 30 per cent
II made in,o butter. or the high trcights
will eat up more tnan all The pratits.
( TlIamo0k Is gridironcd with good grav-
e,ed roads, so that b, costs the tarme,
no more TO deliver his milk TO the cream
cry or cheese factory than II would the
clats0p farmer 20 haul his milk or cream
10 the railroad station. or thoss u the
Lewis and Clarke or Youns's river % a
boat. In short we would bs SO handi-
capped by paying a proh.N;ory trcign,
on our ''wa,ered stock that Va would
NOT be IN the race.
The same writer takes SeneN 10 task
because ne does not hang up 20 all the
learned professors told us at the
farmers congress was instructed. en-
tertained and amused. and was honestly
very grateful to the Push club for their
generosity. and was rising - propose
vote Of thanks when the meeting ad-
journed. Ny critic seems 10 think |
should take what the learned profes-
sors" told US In about the same mood
as Whittier tells Of hts "O.d Man Nor
rison."
II went 20 church the other day
I To hear the preacher preach and pray;
7 / thought he said What he ought o have
I said
And l coined away"
I Now. while that might be a very pleas.
ant. placid and pious method Of taking
. instruction, think 1t Is hardly up TO
date IN business Let me tell my critic
little OF my experience with the
/ learned professors" Three or foug
years ago had occasion to grind some
ten tons OF bones for fertillEing my land
and proposed to make a portion Of the
meal into superphosphate. had some
data from Chambers Encyclopaedia and
the manufacturer Of my bone mill bu,
wanting TO be up TO date wrote the
professor OF chemistry at the experiment
station Of the Oregon Agricultural COL
lege. asking the number Of pounds OF
sulphuric acid that was Necessary 20
reduce 100 pounds OF bone meal His r..
ply agreed with my other authorities
but he advised me that had better not
undertake TO make phosphate, that the
acid was very dangerous stun 20 handle
evolved an intense heat when mixed with
the bone meal. In his advice he told me
! would have to use an iron tank. which
would be quite expensive. He advised
me 10 bury my bones in a manure pHe
I didn't go according to the learned
professors" advice but made eight or
ten patches OF superphosphate In an or.
dinary water tank, made OF fir plank
The tank has been doing good service
ever since, and | did not get cTemated
by the intense heat anu reduced tr
superphosphate before his appointed
time. Perhaps I had used pounds Of
sulphuric acid In making milk tests e
the Learned professors" homeopathic
doses in his laboratory. | have 60 ton,
Of lime from the burning ship that dis.
charged II at Astoria. | have been con.
suitinR authorities as 70 the proper
amount to put on an acre Of land A
learned professor" OF the Rhode Island
experiment station recommends two tons
10 the acre, and directs 10 put the lime
in piles from % 10 80 pounds on every
two feet square and says in parenthesii
that 40 pounds on two feet square is twC
tons to the acre II anyone will take thu
trouble 10 figure II out he viii find tina
40 pounds on two feet square will b.
% lis tons to the acre, an amount tha
would convert any land into a state o.
fertility equal to the alkali plains Of tn
Great American Desert. Any old hay
seed that has ever hauled manure an,
has half way horse sense could guess
forty times closer suppose tn,
Learned professor" was writing from
formula and got his figures mixed.
Again. Superintendent Lyman arrange,
with President Bloss Of the Oregon Agri
cultural College 10 hold a farmers in
stutute at Gearhart Park four or hv,
years ago. n proved n first class ar
fair, and was well worth the time anC
attention Of any farmer. taken as q
whole. Professor French, reasoning
from the fact that there are two vaHe
ties Of wild vetches growing in this TO-
cality, advised us to raise yetches fol
our cows He told US that Col. Corneliui
in Washington county had raised sever
tons of cured vetch hay to the acre
We'll, as his reasoning was good and th'
statement agreed with my observation
there, 1t seemed conclusive that our sol
and climate were all that could be de
sired for the production Of that legume
50 myself and neishbOrs Invested SOM
S2j in vetch seed and sOwed on abou
IS acres Of our best land, and raised jus
little more vetch hay than would III
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