Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-11-20

To the Farmers Of the Nimbres Val.
/. ley:
l am now trying to encourage a
dairy industry 70 that the farm crops
may be marketed probably and that
the farm lands which are greatly in
need Of humus may be supplied.
Great and successful businesses
generally start from small begin
nings. II appears to me that four
or five years will develop a great
and profitable industry in this dis
trict IL II il started right and care
fully managed. Ten or a dozen men
with seventy-6ve to eighty cows
starting out this winter would make
n safe and conservative start toward
a dairy industry. In the summer
more men could be encouraged TO
build silos and to prepare lands FOR
winter pasture, to put up dairy build
ings and to install such systems Of
farm management as shall produce
dairy prosperity at low cost. A
business started out ION that basis
will grow Of it's own merits rather
than from unnatural initiation. |
would most strongly urge that every
effort be made, at this time. to start
dairy here, but on a most con-
sentative basis. The time is ripe.
but enthusiasm should not be allowed
to overrun good Judgment.
With any industry market is
perhaps a prime consideration. There
has been some agitation toward the
establishment Of a creamery here.
Il seems to me that such action is
putting the cart before the horse.
Cows are essential to a creamery
and it is my opinion backed by OBJ
servation Of over one hundred 9TH
er creameries that successful
creamery cannot be started with less
than 800 cows within a radius of five
miles. Even should we start u cream
cry here at the present time, under
the most favorable conditions we
could not expect to get more than
twenty-five cents u pound for butter
fat the year around. Besides that.
il would mean an investment Of sew
eral hundred dollars in creamery
building and equipment and the ear
rying of a considerable expense ac-
count when the community is in no
financial condition to stand either
one. ] now have information which
will enable the prospective dairyman
to receive for one year at least.
1925 per gallon for cream testing
400 delivered at the railroad sta
ton at Deming. II the milk from
which this cream was made tested
three and one-half per cent, il would
men that at this price the farmer
would receive forty-one cents a
pound for his butter fat, being fif-
teen cents more per pound than he
would receive with a creamery the
year around.
II would require most favorable
conditions, to say nothing Of the
heavy investment and the burden Of
proper management to carry on a
successful creamery at the start.
The regulations and requirements
for producing a cream which will
bring $l.25 per gallon would be no
more strict than is required to pro-
duce a good class Of butter fat. As
the months passed on and those who
had made u success Of the dairy
business became more sure Of their
ground, herds would be increased.
News Of prosperity is not slow to
travel. Others would hear and within
three or four years creamery would
be natural outgrowth of the cream
shipments and could at that time
be built along lines which would be
absolutely safe and profitable to all
concerned.
II my suggestions along these lines
do not meet with your approval.
kindly advise me. ] am trying to
do everything possible to further the
agricultural interests of this county.
II is my desire to be effective but at
the same time conservative.
II appears to me that successful
dairy industry will be the greatest
boost that this district possibly can
get, as il will make frequent pay
ments and steady incomes. scientific
agriculture, intelligent people and
prosperous community.
Very respectfully
p. d. SOUTHwORTH
Agriculturist, Luna county
Agent U. 8. Department of