Cañon City record., 1902-04-03
HOW CANON PEOPLE
GET THEIR MILK

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profitable industry. There is a great
deal of early rising and hard work
about operating dairy but if proper
care and attention is paid to it the
income thus derived is ample to pay
for the labor spent in supplying GUS
toners with milk and cream. There
are several small dealers who supply
from two dozen families with the
lacteal fluid but there are ABOUT a
half dozen men or firms who make a
business of selling milk Those who
engage in the dairy business extern
sively around Canon City are the
following: L. Harry, A. H. DeBord,
Adams & Wilson, Mr.. Sartor, N. H.
Endsley & Son. Mr.. McShane and Wit
lock. They have on an average of
about seventy five customers each.
Mr. Harvey's dairy is located in South
Canon on Fairier street. He has a
herd of 26 milch cows mostly jerseys.
The jersey COW is noted for giving the
richest milk but when combined with
other kinds makes an ideal milk for
dairy use. The trouble with pure
jersey milk is that the hot days when
it is hauled around over the city in
cans it churns easily thereby causing
little balls of butter to form. OF
course these butter balls take the
pure cream and when the milk is
placed on the table after having been
delivered it is apt to have the appear
ance of SKINNED milk. By mixing
the jersey and any other kind it does
not churn and there is always rich
cream on the crock of milk il allowed
to stand several hours. Mr.. Harvey
furnishes the Strathmore hotel with
milk and cream. This hotel uses
more than any other institution in
the CITY, the amount flucuates how
ever according to the number of
guests. Cream is sold at 30to 80 cents
per pint. About ten gallons Of milk are
required to get one gallon of the kind
of cream that is sold for so cents per
pint.
A. II. DeBord and Adams &
Wilson also have large dairies and
keep large number of COWS. They
supply private customers and make
two trips over town day. All the
other dairymen have all the business
they care to handle. n II. Endsly
& Son have recently started IN busi-
ness and are fast getting cusio TONER'S.
Here in Canon the man who IS wide
awake can work up fine lot of Gus
toners Every day new families
move to this city and the first milk
man who calls on then gets them for
a regular subscriber. Several years
ago milk man never thought of leay-
ing his wagon to deliver milk. He would
carry bell with him with which to
call out his customers. One man
started carrying it in to the houses and
all the rest had to follow salt. Now
the milk man win carry the milk in
to the kitchen and hunt up vessel
for the reception Of the milk If neces-
sary.
Most of the dairyusen feed al
falfa hay and bran. Chop feed is
good for milk COWS but is not fed
very much on account of the high
price of corn Most Of the dairymen
handle butter milk and in the sum
mer time mach Of this is sold. But
ter milk on ice il handled in thirst
cure places and is fayorite drink
Of many people.
An article in q Denver paper
recently called attention to the
fact that great amount of
milk used in that city was adulter
ated lime being used to give the milk
a rich color. The milkmen Of Canon
City are all honest and would not
stoop to adulterate any milk which
they deliver to their customers.
A COW that will give FIVE gallons of
milk per day is good one and the kind
which a dairyman likes to own. Milk