The Ordway new era., 1914-01-30
Cows are Source
Of Great Revenue
Milk Condensing Plant Ads
to Profits of Lamar Far
mers at Very Start

dairying even though many counties
that are after condensery fall TO get
one. Dairying bids fair to be one OF
the principal industries in this sec
tion Of the state and for that reason
the New Era will publish weekly
series OF articles on dalrying and
SLIDING. These articales will 10 some
Instances be interviews with those
who are familiar with the industry as
we'll as giving Information as to the
best milk producing cows and the
kinds Of silos best suited, and such
other information rs will be valuable.
Along this line 8. A. Crary Of La.
mar gives some Interesting state
ments about the new condensery at
that place. He says: "It was encour.
aging to US to know that on the first
day that the factory was open for re-
ceiving milk there was more milk de-
livered thanon the opening day at the
new Mulvane, Kans. condensery.
..Some Interesting incidents have
come 10 my notice that are worth
mentioning. For instance one party,
E. j. Wagner, on the first day, de-
livered e2s worth of milk to the fac
tory and has been keeping this up
every day since then. Mr.. Wagner Is
generally known to our community rs
the Sheep King He farms section
of land and feeds around q. 900 sheep
annually and also does = little at sugar
beet raising. cultivating about leo
acres Of vegetable sweets each year.
For him to add an income OF e28 day
from milk means something.
"Another instance 10 that Of w. T.
Winstead, who. With four COWS. sells
the factory a worth of milk daily.
Think what IL will mean when every
farmer who can take care Of four cows
adds gross income of sl2O u month
cash to his bank account.
Zone Of the first effects Of the start.
ing of the milk factory 10 our town."
continued Mr.. Crary, was the imme-
diate raise In the price Of milk to the
local copsumer. There was some ques.
tion as to whether the factory price
for milk would be high enough to war
rant the farmers milking for the fac
tory but this was soon dispelled. E. H.
Gregg, proprietor OF the Green Noun
tain dairy, discovered right away that
he could getmore per quart in bulk at
the factory than he was charging re-
tail and delivering IL a quart at a
time and that the difference was
enough to warrant raise Of 2 cen Is
per quart 10 the price,"
The above statements by Mr.. Crary
show conclusively that the hopes and
the expectations of the Lamar people
are going to be realized through the
milk condensery.
Another result of the coming of the
factory has been to spur up the alfalfa
milling people to make some expert.
ments regarding production of a
ration specially for dairy cows. In
their experimenting one ration has
been figured out that by actual test
has raised one ordinary COW from a
production Of "a pounds Of milk daily
to 40 pounds daily In q period Of two
weeks. All the Ingredients for this ra-
tion are produced In the valley and
arrangements are being made to
install the machinery for proper
preparation of this food at the Wiley
plant. This promises to increase the
industry materially and will meau
that the man who wishes to go into
the dairy business on q small piece Of
land can do so at a profit.
At the present time the importers Of
Holsteins are doing good business at
Lamar. The cows are going out at the
rate of three to five every day and
gradually the good animals are being
scattered over the whole country.
Regular train shipments are being
made to the factory from Wylie and
McClave every day so that 1t can be
seen that the farmers In these sections
are taking up dsirying also.
President Latter of the Helvetia
company, is expressing himself we'll
pleased with the results obtained SO
far and believes that the location Of
the factory at Lamar Is going to work
to the benefit Of his company and
that their newest and largest plant Is
going to be one of the most successful
of them all.
Several other communities 10 the
state are beginning to think Of trying
for milk factories and 10 this Lamar
is not jealous as the people of that
town realize that there is q broad mar