Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1911-02-16
NEW PROJ ECT
Steps Taken Towards the Estab-
Iishment Of a Condensed Milk
Factory in Mineral Point.
AN IMPORTANT MOVE
Visit OF the Vice President Of the
Pacific Milk Condensing Co.
and Officials of c.. NJ.
d st. =. Railway.

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L. r. Hardenberg, vice president Of
the Pacific Coast Milk Condensing com
pany, was here on Saturday for the pur-
pose Of making investigations in re-
gard to the establishment Of milk
condensing factory at this place. He was
accompanied here by w. d. Carrick,
general baggage master Of the c., M.
& st. P. railway, A. A. Wilson, divis-
ion freight agent, and G. A. Van Dyke,
superintendent.
An informal meeting was held in the
rooms Of the Commercial Club, where
d number Of representative citizens and
farmers met Mr. Hardenberg and the
representatives of the railway company.
After brief conference, it was agreed
that a view Of the country and the
dairy farms in and around Mineral
Point be taken, that an idea might be
obtained as to the number of cows that
are kept and the number that might be
cOntributary to a milk condensing fac
tory.
Trips were accordingly taken to va
rious points, the visitors expressing
themselves as generally pleased with the
conditions which they found.
On their return to the Club rooms they
found gathered there a large number
of farmers, who were anxious to gain
information on the condensed milk sub
ject and the feasibility of establishing
a condensary here.
Mr. Hardenberg was asked a number
Of questions, to all Of which he cheer
fully responded, imparting much infor
nation upon the matter under cOnsid-
Grafton Being a farmer and dairyman
himself, he spoke from experience, and
his words were attentively listened to
by the large number Of people present.
Mr.. Hardenberg will report to his
company his findings in regard to con
ditions here, for the company's future
action.
From the number of farmers present
at the meeting, the part they took in it,
and their many inquiries then and since
that time, there can be no doubt but
that they are deeply interested in the
project Of establishing a milk condens
ing factory in Mineral Point. They
hold-and rightly, we think-that in
stead Of destroying dairy plants which
are already established, a condensed
milk factory would supplement these
plants, and thereby aid in advancing
the interests of this whole dairy section.
Notwithstanding the fact that in point
of time many Of the counties of the
state were in advance of Iowa county
in establishing cheese factories this
this county has become great producer
Of cheese.
According to the report Of Dairy and
Food Commissioner J. Q. Emery, dur
ing the year ending June 30, 1910, there
were produced in the factories in Wis
consin 145, III ,235 pounds of cheese,
of the value of 500, 0,106, ,749 90.
During the same period the factories in
Iowa county produced Z, ,412, 1856 pounds
of cheese, of the value Of 81 ,03S, $50 90.
Thus it will be seen that the entire
cheese product of Wisconsin during the
year last past was not twenty times
greater that the cheese product of Iowa
county.
These figures for Iowa county are
taken from Mr. Emery's report
Number Of cheese factories 1873; cows
contributing 24,274; pounds of cheese
produced 7,412,2S6; amount received
for cheese 81 OBS, $50 90.
Number of .creameries 6; COWS con-
tributing 3,135; pounds of butter pro-
duced 513, ,577: amount received for
butter $142, ,051.00
Although the matter Of a milk con-
densing factory for Mineral Point comes
up at a season of the year very unfa-
vorable for the proper investigation of
the extent and the conditions of this
section of the Wisconsin blue grass re-
gion, still it is we'll that the project is
being considered as our claim of being
great dairy country will bear the
closest scrutiny