Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-05-08
coNDENsARY MEETING.
There Was A Good Attendance Aai
Much Interest Shown.

The messing Of the farmers anDr'
BUSINESS men which was he'd IN he
Commercial Club rooms Monday
evening for the purpose OF further.
discussing the condensary proposition
and hearing the report of the con-
mittee which had gone to Mulvano
to personally investigate conditioaR
there, was one which was very Arge>
ly attended by both the business mea
and the farmers and a gueat deal Il.
interest was manifested IN he iepn.t q
Of the members of the committee sla
the proposition as a whole
ThOs. Keegan and E. C. Dasts w1S
the representatives from the city vAo
went to Mulvane TO investigate, and
Henry Maybach, of the south side.
accompanied them and looked over
the field from the standpoint ot the
real farmer, or one Of the men who
would be expected to help ke D IN
the condensary' II 1t should be eaah>
lished tn this city or immediate VI
cinity. The reports Of these gentle .
men were very interesting, and
the fact was made clear to everyone
present that the dairy industry b q
most profitable one in all ways and
that the people Of Barton county are
losing a great deal In the agricNltur.
al line by not engaging more n d.
versified farming.
Mr.. Magbach paid especial attsa.
ton to the comparison Of the so,k n
the vicinity of Mulvane as comparea
with those of Barton county, and he
returned well satisfied that In ell ne
spects this vicinity is much superior
to the country around Mulvaae, e
we have much better soil, better wa
ter and in more abundance and can
raise more feed here and a "a Il
deal cheaper than can the farmepa
Of Sumner county. He reviewed tAa
history Of Sumner county, showtng
| how they had raised wheat In tha
county for the last forty years, and
how, at Siae time. they were The ben.
! ner wheat county of the state, but
on account Of continual cropping "a
the one thing the soil had become 40
impoverished that they could N
longer raise wheat profitably and bed
been forced during the past few yesn
10 go into some other BUSINESS whera
they could make a Living and at the
same time build up Their worn oft
farms, and they bad found that they
could do both of these things at the
same time most successfully m the
dairy business. The mat er Of the
securing Of the cOndsOsary at Mud.
Vane is an interesting bit of hds
story About three years ago. a gen.
Ileman by the name Of Wheeler who
! lived close to 'Mulyane, went ta,k n
MS old home at Highland. H.. for a
VISIT and was agreeably surprised At
rne many evidences Of prosp rity N
ms old home community, and uron in
] curry found that the credit for 'ths
general condition Of the country was
gwen to the condensary whkh Aad
I Oeen located at Highlsnd during the
5 gentleman's absence. He immed,a. .
e ly made up his mind that II a On
{ aenSary was a profitable fnst.tufon
D Tor the farmers Of the high ur,ces
lands Of Illinois, 1t should be sin
more so out in Kansas where the
land was much cheaper and an ab,yn
dance Of good feed Of all ksnds couh
easily be raised or purchased AMI he
called on the management OF The
Highland Institution and urged thaf
as they were going to buh another
factory anyway, they ccme out to Mul
Vane and investigate condIt,uns
which they shortly did, ard a ulaDt
costing close to 100000 was bGh a
niue over three yeaus ago.
Upon their arrival at Mulvane the.
committee went to the farm Of e1.
Governor Stubbs. near that city. To
investigate systems and conditions m
tnat place. Mr. Stubs A., farm As a
nall section, about 70 acres of which
Is M alfalfa. The place is in charge
Oh gentleman who receives a share
o. everything raised on the phce.
Ih is one of the best places in that
! part Of the country, being mostly
bottom land which has been heavily
manured for several years, and IS
{ very fertile. On this place 100 head
: Of cattle, besides horses and other
y stock, are kept the year around. But
. Little wheat is raised. the most Of the
20 Farm land being planted to corn and