The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-02-19

Investigated the cOnditlonS assert
we do. Today Wisconsin stands
first in dairy products. with New
place. and Illinois third. All the
Iced used in milk production can
be grown cheaper here than in any
Of these states. Take Wisconsin,
hay yields l to " tons, silo corn
8 to 10 tons. barley 25 to so
bushels. Colorado 3M to tons
of hay. silo corn 10 to 10 tons.
barley 80 to 100 bushels. Then. Ow-
ing to our milder climate, buildings
are not necessarily SO expensive
and cows require less feed. Take the
market conditions. Wisconsin and
even New York ship hundreds OF
cars of dairy products every year
to west coast cities. The writer
has often noticed New York daily
express cars in trains going
through Greeley billed to these
coast cities. The last government
expert who was here a short time
ago. said every steamship leaving
a wester port oarries dairy products
for the round trip" We are 1000
miles nearer these markets than
Wisconsin and ]. 500 to 1000 miles
nearer than New York. Dairymen
assert that our cooler nights favor
keeping milk or cream. One of the
largest dealers In dairy products
In the union in an article not
long ago said New York has lost
In the last ten years her place as
first in dairy products owing to
the tremendous growth and de-
mand for milk and sweet cream in
coast cities that pay SO much more
for these products that 1t has clos
ed creameries and cheese factories
In sections close to through rail-
road lines. This trade has now
reached south as far as Richmond
and in winter months, to Charles
ton, 8. C. The Southern railroad
has promised the shipper, with the
advent OF hot weather, a special
iced refrigerator line out of New
York every night as far south as
Richmond. Also the dairy bust
ness is moving west year by year
owing to cheaper feed, caused by
richer land and larger yields" He
winds up with this prediction.
Owing to the fertility of soil and
climatic conditions the inter-moun-
tain irrigated district is destined
at no distant day to cut am i'm
pOrtant figure in future dairy pro-
ducts" This Is from a man who
has been for rs years handling
dairy products and is thoroughly
posted In that business in all sec
tions OF the union. The last gov
ernment dairy expert who was here
and who has been travelling over
the union investigating dairy con-
ditions the last eight years as
government special agent. after
reading several of these articles
said, "You need have no fear Of
making your point too strong. You
cannot over state 1t, as conditions
here are absolutely ideal" The
Germans. the Swiss and the Danes
in Colorado realize the situation.
and are taking up dairying all over
the state. In December. going to
Rocky Ford, met a Dane on the
cars who was milking nine cows.
and several Of his neighbors, all
Danes. were aiming soon to start a
creamery. He had been in Colo
RADIO ten years, and last year went
home on a visit. He said. "My
visit impressed upon me the WON
derful resources Of dairying here,
and 1 got some Of my neighbors to
90 In with me and purchase some
cows, and to start q creamery as
soon as we have increased enough"
With such reliable testimony from
such disinterested sources, 1t
would seem worth while for every
farmer who wants to benefit his
condition to throw aside his pre-
11udices end Investigate this sub