The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-07-11
40 CreamepieS
in One County.
What has Made Freeborn
Co., Minn., One of the
richest in the state.
90 Townships, 40 Creameries
Making the Farmers AS
sured of a Handsome
Yearly Income.
90 Townships, 40 Creameries
Door of Opportunity for
Mclean County.

In line with the Leaders remarks
a week or so ago concerning the
value of creameries and the import
ance of establishing them in Nc
Lean county, is the following per-
sonal letter to Mr.. Satterlund, the
editor of the Leader, from Mr..
Charles B. Augur, who is extern
sively interested i'll lands IN this
section, and who has watched the
growth of the creamery industry
in Minnesota. Mr.. Augur was one
of the promoters of the first cream
cries in his section Of Minnesota.
and has seen the business grow
until it has brought wealth and
prosperity with it. His letter is
worth the careful attention OF every
farmer in Mclean county
II regret that time prevented us
from enjoying a fuller discussion
of the c1eamery, and since leaving
your beautiful city, l have felt i'm
PEELED to continue the subject Oh
paper. The handling Of lands on
the Missouri slope has enabled me
to quite closely study the condl-
tions surrounding the settler
in Mclean, Mercer, Morton and
Oliver counties, and the more one
comes in touch with all the varied
and rich resources of that region,
the more prominently stands forth
this great and increasing Door OF
opportunity now open to the resi-
dent farmer.
Minnesota, asyou know, is a state
of many rich resources and a care
full estimate Of them all, places the
dairy interests in the first rank.
She may in a large measure be an
important part Of the Bread Bas-
ket" of the world. but along with
that and Of paramount Importance
in the wealth producing resources,
is not only her ability to raise the
bread, but also to produce the but
ter with which it is spread.
With alarm the east has watched
the inroads which western cream
ery butter has made in the market:
but steadily has the western prai-
RE product gained way, until not
only the market price is paid for
our butter, but it is eagerly sought
at prices above the market.
Let me illustrate from my OBJ
servations: Thirteen years ago.
coming from the east, and in touch
with New York dairy interests. [
earnestly advocated the establish
ment Of a creamery i'll an enter.
prising community in southern
Minnesota. My al ,uments We're
met with complaisant smiles, ETC.,
but today the one thing those very
farmers are most interested in, the
one thing which has helped them
most in improving their method Of
farming, and the IL thing which
brings them the surest and best in
come, is the very thing they at first
ridiculed-the CREAMERY. And
further, the bankers in the county
seat adjacent to this community,
say that three years after the
creameries were established, the
very men who had been owing them
money under the old methods of
farming had become %depositors.
Again, the city of my home, AL
bert Lea, is an exceptionally pros
porous town; failures are very rare.
The county of Freeborn, Of which
Albert Lea is the capitol, is known
! all over the state because Of it's
wealth and fine farms, But this
county is small. There are only 20
townships in it, but the money paid
to the farmers Of these twenty town
sips each year amounts to nearly
One Million Dollars! We who live
in the midsto o 40 creameries know.
But to return to North Dakota.
Our lands, you know, are not far
from your own town Of Washburn,
west Of the river, most Of our driv-