Barton County democrat., 1914-03-06
rArkEp coNpENsARv.
Business Men and Farmers Talk Over
Cow and condensary Question.

A eoodly number Of the business
men and citizens OF the city and
number of the interested farmers
farmers met in the Commercial Club
rooms Monday to talk over the milk
cOndnsary proposition and hear the
report Of tine committee which had
bean appointed at a former meeting
10 investigate the matter.
wal Hammond, E. C. Davis and
Tom Kesgan composed the commdtbee
and their report showed that they
had been busy getting data on the
subject, and from all their reports
! the establishment Of a. cOndensary
at this place would be a. big thing
for every farmer and business. man
IN tina community. \
Mr.. KeegaR said that his inRest-
CATIONS into the matter had led to
the belief that the first step toward
securing condensary was that the
product Of certain number Of COWS
be pledged towards Its maintenance:
However, investigation. had revealed
the fact that there would be no troub-
Be on that score here for the farmers
Of the community are ready to guar
Sntee that they will keep a suffi-'
cjent number of cows. to keep the
plant going. The company which. re-
GENTLY. established the plant at La
mar, Colo, required that 800 COWS be
kept by the patrons the first year,
and an additional number the second
and also the third and fourth years.
The guarantee had to be backed up
by a. $4,000 bond, furnished by these
who desired the condensay establish
cd, and this bond held until after the
. fourth year. After four years trial
at selling milk to the cOndensary tine
promoters are satisfied that none Of
thA patrons will quit and they do
not longer require.a guarantee.
Mr.. Davis had written to the Hell
Netia and other milk condenSdng com
panis, asking what the chances for
securing plant at this place would
be- but had been unable to secure
any encouragement as yet. as. thHy
said that at the present time they
were not building amy new plants but
that if they did decide. in the future
to do so they would take up the prop
Oation with the Great Bend people.
WIFI Hammond had written to an
old friend at MarysviTe, Ohio, and
had asked him for any information hf
could give ON the subject as a con
demsary has been established at thai
place for about three years. The re
ply he received was most favorable
The writer said that all Of the pat
rons Of the condeQsary were highl
pleased with the prices they ha..
been getting for their milk and tina
It seemed TO be a paying proposition
from the fact that land IN that VI
cinty was now selling for from so
to $50 per acre mOre than it wa
previous to the starting Of the con
denSary. II the establishment OF
plant will thus increase the price Q
land back in those etateS where it j
already much higher than in o thi
western country, the chances ar
that itJEould be a still bigger .boOe
>. for land values in Kansas.
..,. o.
Auumber of farmers gene in attenf
ance at the meeting, and all Of dther
had had experience in milking cow
for the creamery, and all expresse
themselves as in favor of a condel
Sary and offered to CONTRACT to kee
a good number Of cows If one wa
established here end thought that a
Of their neighbors would do Hkewis
The letter to Mr.. hammond ais
stated that the plant at Marys
willie drew milk from a radius Of
miles and that the plant paid TO Il
J.. patrons of that section at least S17'
900 annually. The average butt