La Junta tribune., 1915-10-02
NUMBER 40
HOME OF DAIRY INDUSTRY.

Rise Of the Dairy Business IN Wiscon.
sin-Now Yields Revenue Of Ono
Hundred Million Per Annum.
One Of the interesting papers read
at the last meeting OF the La JuntA
Industrial Association was that Of
Frederick p. Austin. entitled. ..The
Rise Of the Dairy Industry In Wis
consin." II shows that this industry
has been developed In Wisconsin from
nothing to q revenue producer Of
800. .o00,0 900 per annum In little
over forty years. This experience ID
possible In Colorado. in less than
half the time and under conditions
that are more favorable In every way.
II is worth trying and will repay any
effort that is made along that line.
Read the history OF Wisconsin's ex-
perience and profit by IT, The ad-
dress follows:
The handspring Of successful dai-
rying In Wisconsin has been. and Is,
organization. BY this Is meant not
a lifeless. formal. euphoniously nam
ed machine. but society. or socie-
ties. composed Of members. some
ther publication. II goes from the
primary purifier to the final purifi-
er.
This final purifier 10 like the pri-
mary. except the trays are filled with
oxide. This oxide Is made by sprink-
ling wood shavings with iron filings
and wetting them with weak solu-
tion Of lime water. The lime water
causes the iron To rust and saturatss
the shavings with the rust which II
called iron oxide. The gas passing
through the oxide causes q chemical
action that removes all the sulphur
and napthelene. The gas Is now
ready for use and passes from the H.
nal prifisr to the holder.
The holder Ii huge tank floaaing
In water. just like you would invsrt
tin cup In = pan Of water. A. The
gas flows into the pan Il raises ~
1.-The volume Of gas increases and
maintains . constant pressure ON the
matsA from where the eas 49, seoa
from the holder. The holder at the
plant here has q capacity Of thirty
thousand cubic feet. which insures
\ constant. steady supply.
So that IL the way they make gas.
After the; had allowed the oil and
steam to flow for about twenty min
utes on the hot brick they get 40
cool that they have TO be heated
again from the bottom. As soon as
they are again heated the operation
Of making gas can be resumed.
by this time We were ready 10 20.
so Mr.. Updike asked II We dared to
go to swink and Rocky Ford. As
We had been from the office long
enough 10 feel careless We said we
would do anything once.
On the way out Of the plant We
saw two big comprcssors pumping
gas 10 Swink and Rocky Ford. These
comprcssors force the gas through
the line NJ u very high pressure.
Customers along the line arc sup.
piled through governors that cut the
pressure down 10 about three ounces.
that being the pressure that all the
ranges are adjusted for.
A. the gate Of the plant yard Mr..
Updike's tin Packard VAS waiting
and u would have broken Gus Wien.
ske's heart 10 have ssen ~ speeding.
In NO time st all ws were at swink.
No. We did not even stop. We vent
up one street snd down the other and
everywhere ~e were told that thsrs
II gas In this street. There II one
thiss that we all have 70 give the
company lots Of credit for. they have
looked 10 the future and have pipsd
every piscs where any one 10 likely
To ever want gas. They are also fig
uring on extensions 10 the Mennonits
Saaitartum and the more closely sss-
tied districts siong shsir llne betwssa
here and Rocky Ford.
whea We got almost 70 PourtesseA
street In Rocky Ford We saw swo W.
sanks. each ten feet II diameter aad
thisty.six feet long. Thsss are ~
storage tanks for Rocky rord anl
have . capacity Of ss.eee euble feee
oe ga. Thls issurss . suss suOely
Tor eur slstse sowa.
TIE two cemDrsssers we Nv q ~
Dlsae In II Juata were DsGDlag ~
gas late tAe saaks q noGky M,
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