Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1913-08-15
SAYS THIS COUNTY
SHOULD BECOME A
BIG DAIRY SECTION
Markets Unlimited, for State Uses
Six Times as Much as it
Produces.
ALSO SPECIALLY ADAPTED.
Climate, Proximity to Markets,
All Conditions Favor This
Industry.

Only one-sixth of the butter con-
sumed in the state of Washington is
produced within its borders.
Do you get the full force of that
statement? Let's repeat it so you will:
only one sirth of the butter consumed
in the state of Washington is produced
Within its borders.
Thurston county is admirably locat-
ed to become a thriving dairy section.
Climate, proximity to markets, every
thing is in its favor.
Who made those statements? F. R.
Klumb, proprietor, Of the Capital City
Creamery. Its the best thing this
county can do" he said. 1.-THE dairy
business has grown considerably here
the last few years, but it can grow a
whole lot more. l can sell six times
as much butter as I'm making now and
sell 1t without any trouble at all, and
I'm making 1000 pounds day"
There you have it in a nutshell:
only sixth of the market filled and
peculiarly adaptable conditions for the
business.
How about the dairy business in
Thurston county-is 1t growing any?
Some. But 1t can grow until 1t is six
times as big as 1t is now and still find
q ready and an excellent market for its
product. Some farmers are selling off
cattle but others are increasing their
herds, and in the last three years the
increase has more than Offset the de-
crease.
The point is, however. that the Thur
.ston county rancher has not developed
the dairy business to as great point
as he might. A climate in which there
are no extremes and which affords
grazing practically the year round
these, together with the close markets,
make the prospects for successful
,dairying here particularly good.
But the farmer has got to adopt the
;silo, in Mr.. Klumb's opinion. Through
out the Eastern, Central and Middle
Western states they are as common as
the house the farmer lives in; here
there are about two in the county. Why
use the silo? To Offset the dry spell
of this period of the year, when the
grass Is short and there Is no green
feed for cows. Green feed-there's IS
the secret-for green feed means a
steady flow Of milk, instead Of the
slackened flow resulting often In no
flow at all at this time Of the year.
Furthermore. the silo adds 20 per
cent. to the feed, according to Mr.
Klumb. It's great advantage, howev'
'er, lies in the fact that green feed can
be afforded during the summer dry
spell, meaning green feed the year
round for the cows. Glover, vetch
oats, any green grain or cover crop
can be used to stock 1t, and, as Mr.
Klumb declares, "the farmers have got
to come to it-they need It,"
Butts there any money in the dairy
business? "A mighty good living,
says Mr. Klumb, "and pretty sum to
lay by every year." Figures obtained
from one source or another say COW
will net 800 a year. Mr.. Klumb re
ferred to the experience of South Bay
rancher, George Stearns, whom he call
ed scientific and up-to date and who
last year netted $64.55 off of each OF
six cows which he figured cost him
$54 each. And that $64.55 was abso
lutely net, after Mr.. Stearns had made
a fit allowance for his labor, time
cost Of feed, ETC., and for his Opn liz
ing
Take the price Of butter fat and yor
will get fairly good idea of possible
profits. This year it will average bet
ter than ever before, Mr.. Klumb says
Last years average was "a cents This
years will be at least 36 or 81 cents
as the price has not dropped below 81
cents and has run up to 43 and "A
What is more. it is going up all thu
time. Ihere Is another indication o
the condition of the market
The growth of the Capital City
Creamery shows what can be done
with the dairy industry in this county
Two years ago last April, when 1t start
cd only 20 farmers shipped their mill
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