The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-11-21
|eosT DAIRY INDUSTRY
INVESTIGATING BUT
hSp 4 rc r. INTERESTS
,..lob, Agent j. 3. sFooks ne
lrfs t'es' esoent Investigations
r. Mac Tsde in the North

travelling freight agent
J. 8 s s'Onio and Arkansas Pass ran.
SEQ A y ,bs city Tuesday from
ISvs s Mr.. Brooks has recently , ne
lsi'nio' A a,tended trip through III,
nom , ~ where he went unaer
n M' from the general freight agent ,ho
'rtion' LII !, his road to investigate the
N'riih' y tbey pertain TO the dairy
' % interests in mat sestiJn' how
4 !, his visit were to aseei, -,.nare q
n q ~ !. conducted there where u
,uansS ,.osd 10 the highest state oil
N. and further to ie .na ors.test
Filon ..,'ch have brought the greatest
10 49, va me view of fostering ana en-
Is v'. .a,s development in the terri,
\ ~ ~ State through which MS roau
,,.-v,sv with a representative OIL
Y ,n Ne Brooks said "rhe officials OF
f0l' y. pass road realize the impor-
{ l, !, s,,sr.Ised farming and have been
q Anne convinced that Ineir I,,,, ~ a.
foas s,snesntIble Of high developineu' ~, in
NJ ana creamery 1ne anu .u9N 80, [,
Hli .!,,on az such enterprises Woulu t i.iH,,
o ,Ius improve the financial eoKul.loil
HiiilL .n.r, or, md incidentally pc OF grent
Y y, me road. Since my VISIT we NY
a .onylpccd than ever tnaI .nesy
wsbs farmers can do IN the otate
W. which will be altogctner u9te
M N them than to engage lnIelll'
av IA earnestly In the dairy business
90 90 already two creamerles IN opera
!. onr line. one at Lockhart anu lne
W cuero. and. considering the ek
5conth from which the country SUI
4 wv season when these two plants
= ssisbnshed, they have done remarka
4 In and are considered permanent III
4sans beyond question.
mv opinion, Texas can become on
\. loading dairy States OF the Union
& h,ye here many advantages over I'M
In N me North. East and West. SOM
n, advantages come from our salubriou
- enabling US TO maintain our herd
N, cost and at the same time gettini
Igss,sr Weld OF butter fat per hundred
I'M az milk End that In the district
'atsd four and half pounds OF butte
In hundred pounds Of milk was cor
,Irsa 4 good yield, while at the TeXa
'Ansdes mentioned above, the ayerag
N h Ave and half pounds.
"a visited a number Of Cre0merles, Dol
IL owned hy individuals and thos
8rsted by the farmers themselves on IN
sSoe1tive plan. This latter plan wa
4Hsntly the most popular and prohtabl
Il tae farmers; in fact, the tendenc
1,pughout the entire section visited was {
"A cooperative factory. On every han
cahOns Of great prosperity in the neigl
Mod OF these creameries was eYlden
IA homes Of the farmers were well az
ahied and the outbuildings were con
'|dlous and well constructed. Lands
4 stonsln IN the last twelve years hay
saneed In value from So aud S15 pt
ia 10 $50 and SO, and the owners ascrlt
Oh entirely to the creamery business.
IA DO farmers who received less than $,
n year for the milk from each Gov
Nae the milk was sent to the crtamer
~ some received as high as $50 per yG.I
Near as mentioned generally means Il
tnths, as they try to give their cows
~ nth or two Of rest each twelve mont
- milking. The farmers / saw al
|Nhtl WILL many ~ Mnbiu wv lltA oAO'
. The creamerles, would not consider Il
q Of their stock at any reasonable tigu
~ this Is not strange. In view Of the IA
IA plants costing 5000 and $1,000 are no
Nfita nearly twice that sum with lar
Npns and paying a dividend Of " p
III per annum.
2tThere are. am told. many counties
N section visited with n dozen or mo
rctsstul cooperative creameries. and
81 county, that Of Kane, Ia Illinois, I 8
&nued there are about forty. IN {
.Bte Of Wisconsin there are over q
&imeries and cheese factories. ! motto
III the business of building new plaI
81 progressing constantly and rapidly.
knnd new plants being established eve
x Of seven miles apart. They are oft
~ III away from the railroads. 7 droYe I
.#m Eau Claire, Wis, and saw q n
PIT making Its first days run and local
~ corner Of q man farm al n Gro
pa where there was no other public bul
Hg anywhere. This was a combined b
~ and cheese factory without arti6S
i1sfatlng machinery and cost the fal
IA lou may write me down as n most
tltlastic friend Of the creamery businC
1otlleye that II can and will do for TIE
5nat Il has already done for Illinois, v
3isln' Iowa, Kansas and many OF
Northern States"