Barton County democrat., 1914-12-25

without interest to the deserving
and trustworthy farmers to buy
COWS. 1t lent $4,000 in that way.
allowing the farmers to pay it'll
back from the production of the
cows. When the farmer who had
borrowed the money from the
company paid him for one-half
of it and applied the other half
on the debt. 1t wasn't long be-
fore the farmers of that commun-
ity had wiped out the debt.
Aid When Disease Struck Herd.
Then along came a state veter-
marian and tested the herds.
of the cattle had to be disposed
OF at a loss. The company sent
$4,000 to distribute among the
farmers who had. suffered the
greatest loss. That liberal policy
on its part won the hearts and
they began seeing a greater Eight"
They began buying registered,
tested. high grade HolSteins. They
organized a Southwest Kansas
Association with one of its pur-
poses to employ tester to assist
in eliminating the COWS that are
not producing a profit.
Buy all the cows you want" +"
the manager of the company told
the farmers. I'VE will take care
OF all the milk you produce and
will enlarge the plant from time
to time to take care of the in
crease"
The Old Cow A Lifesaver.
Il don't know what the people
would have done if the plant had
not been located here" George
Howard, one of the brothers in
Strumental in bringing the plant
there, said few days ago. 1--WE
were just living. That was about
all. | now am milking seven
cows that made me $10O cash in
r November. | have only one reg.
; iStered COW, but will add to my
herd from time to time. My bro.
; ther has thirty-five COWS in milk
We expect each grade COW to pro.
) duce S1OO a year, besides the cali
: and the fertilizer. The registered
COWS do better, of course. That
is the reason we are beginninI
to acquire registered COWS.
Farmers Buy Their Butter.
We find it far more profitable
to sell the whole milk than t.
: skim it and sell the cream to tn,
creamerieS, or make butter anC
: sell it to customers. We sell al
2 out milk and buy butter. We cal
sell our milk and buy creamery
e butter at even forty-five cents ;
l pound and save by it. Butter will
S have to advance above fifty cent.
a pound before we will make i
: here on The farm"
The company pays two cents
pound for the whole milk in De
cember, January and February
]. 1t drops down to S1.S0 a hundred
= pounds in March and April ant
then as low as S1.25 a hundred il
t the summer. The average pric,
: in the last four years has beer
S1.75 a hundred pounds. Tn,
. plant hasn't been closed a da,
since 1t was started. The farmer
pay ten cents a hundred pOund
to the transfer men who collec
the milk from farm to farm anC
deliver it to the condenSary dur
ing the winter. In the summer
they pay eight cents a hundred
They could haul their own mill
to market, of course, but they
say it is cheaper to pay a trans
fer company to haul it for them.
Use Milking Machines.
More than fifty cars of Hol
stein grade cows were shipped
to this district in the last two OF
three years. Prices ranged from
$50 to S125 for the grade cows
Registered cows bring 5000 up
Farmers who have more than fif.
teen cows have milking machines
which, they say, have given good
satisfaction. They have been or
trial there two years. Some use
more expensive machines thai
cost about 5000 for equipment
including the engine, to milk :
cows at time, while others use
a machine that cost $125, besides