The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1901-12-28
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Professor q. r, Nichols. President of
the Kansas Agricultural college. says:i
We have expended $25. 900 for an az
rienltural building, $4,000 for dairy
apparatus and $1,000 for q dairy herd
and shelter. giving Kansas one Of the
best equipped dairy schools In tho
United States. Kansas offers ideal
conditions for profitable dairying--
mild climate, short winters. fertile.
soils. cheap feeds and good markets
The mild winters necessitate cheap
shelter only. Kansas butter can be de-
livered in good condition to our best
eastern markets for n and one
fourth cents per pound lower rate
than that paid by many eastern farm
r situated within 100 miles Of these
markets. Kansas butter can be deliv-
cred to Rocky mountain markets for
two cents per pound and to English
markets for less than two cents par
pound. A good market Is opening In
China and Japan. Dairying offers to
Kansas farmers the advantages OF
monthly cash returns the year round.
profitable employment for the entire
year and a good home market for the
farmers crops on the farm where they.
are produced. Butter brings more per
pound than any other farm product,
and Kansas farmers, many Of whom
live distant from the railroads. can
condense tons Of cheap, rough feed
into pounds Of high-priced, easily mar
keted butter.
There are nearly 500 creameriea.
skimming stations and cheese factories
in Kansas. The more milk each OF
these plants receives the less will bo
the cost Of operation per 1000 pounds
Of milk received. and the higher can
be the price per pound paid for butter
fat. To be most profitable to the farm
ers Of the state. these plants must .
ceive ten times their present supply
of milk. The greater the production
Of milk and butter-fat in the state tho
greater will be the profits to all con-
nected with the dairy interests. Kan
sas is we'll equipped with dairy manu-
featuring establishments, but the milk
supply Is much too small to mak6
dairying most profitable. For these
reasons the chief work of the Kansas
dairy school will be to give instruction.
to farmers in milk production, in-4
Guiding the selection of the COW. ham
ding and feeding her, the care Of her
milk and calf and the feeding Of skim
milk, buttermilk and whey to secure
greatest profit.
Kansas cows have been bred chiefly,
for beef. Secretary Coburn reports
the average yearly value Of the product
Of the Kansas dairy COW to be 1856
Several creameries report that the av-
erage receipts per COW per year for,
their patrons is $40. This college se-
cured, in 1898, an average per COW OF
1875 for butter-fat at creamery prices
from a scrub herd that In quality were
much below the average cows Of the
state; and one scrub cow. for which
paid $50, returned 360.sS for butter
fat, and gave q net profit above cost
of feed of $40.37. These records show
that, with the cows they now own.
Kansas dairymen can, with proper
feed and care, double and treble the
present milk yield and make an even
greater increase in their net profits.
We want farmers and farmers boys
from every township in Kansas to at
tend, our dairy school and learn to
feed and handle cows 30 as to secure
these results. (