Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1914-05-08
coNDENsARY MEETING.
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head Of milk COWS are kept On the
place. the balance being young milk
ers coming on or stock cattle They
have two large dlOs on the place,
each Of 200 tons capacity.
Oua thing which struck MT. May
bach as particularly pleasing on their
visit to the Mulvane vicinity was the
spirit Of happiness and cOntentment
which seemed to prevail among all Of
the farmers, both land owners and
renters. Not a single complaint was
made by any Of them but all seemed
prosperous and thoroughly imbued
With the idea that the Die Of the
farmer was a pleasant and profitable
one and that it was not a condition
Of poverty and drudgery as in many
sections, and particularly sections
where grain farming has been carried
en- exclusively for a long time and
the soil has become so poor that it
will pay but poor returns on the in
vestment, and even the boys and
girls seem to prefer to stay on the
farm to going to town. DairyMg is
made a business with these people,
being part Of the days work, and but
one man was found on the trip who
had the old fashioned habit of milk
ing the COWS before daylight and af-
tar dark.
With the dairy business at MulVane
came the silo as a necessary adjunct
and the committee reported that on
their trip of Investigation in the VI
etnity, only about one farm out of
every six was without a silo, and on
many Of them where a number Of
COWS are kept they have two large
stlos. and are making preparations fOq
building a third. A close study Of th'
different kinds Of silos was made by
the gentlemen, and they wer unani-
nous in their opinion that for sta
biiity and permanency the solid con-
crete silO IS the best. The wooden
staVe and the cement block silOs are
also used to a great extent but It
was the idea OF Mr.. Maybach, who
spoke ON this subject more than any
Of the other members OF the commit
tee. that the farmers, when they
build thir sdIos, should so construct
them that they viii last forever, emo
the solid concrete and cement sic
will come closer to permanency thar
any other kind.
Possibly no farmer in the COUNTY
has made a closer study Of farm con
ddtiOns than has Mr.. Maybach, amt
In his talk he strongly urged tina
his brother farmers shoatld do aua,
with the one crop idea and get init
the diversified tanning il they want
ed to- preserve and upbuih thei
farms. He recited the history o
Sumner county, once the banne
F.; wheat county OF the state, and tolC
how Barton county was now trying t,
retain this questionable honor. Witt
grain farming alone, the land natur
ally becomes poorer instead of richer
and It is only a question of time I'm
I'll dairv'rg and stock farming vii
have to be taken up by the paopb
here, and it win be a great deal BET
ter for the country II the movemen
is. started before the land is entirer
robbed Of It's fertility. It is a who'll
lot better to go into the stock bus
ness and be making money at tn
same time that you ane building u,
your farm than it is to buy hig
priced commercial fertilizer for tn
land, and one or the other is event
ually going to have 10 be done i
this county if the one crop idea
continued. He urged the men VIII
swn large farms to divide them u
inao smaller tracts, put them 1
charge Of good tenants, see to it tina
a certain amount Of stock is handle
on each farm, and thus assist in Dol