The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-01-20
RICH LANDS,
STEERS, POOR LAND
Highest Priced Farms Stick to the
Milk Cow

Editor Press-You we're kind
enough to mention that | had been
in Wisconsin and Illinois, for the
holidays, and reported nothing but
milk in those sections of the country
that thought a factory for condens-
ing milk would be a profitable en-
ter prise IN the Dakota's. The milk
part of your item stands O. X. but
the recommendation as to a factory of
that kind isa mistake. | do not
think such a factory would be sue
cessful here for the reason that the
whole energy of the people and re-
sources of the land are required to
support such an industry.
However, the whole milk and milk
condensing business as developed in
northern illinois in particular, has
created an opportunity for the peo-
pie Of the Northwest. which the
more progressive towns and local
tiles should be quick to seize. | am
quite familiar with the dairy bust
ness and have advocated it for sew
eral years as a side line to general
farming. This plan has been adopt
ed by nearly all our farmers, and a
vast amount OF cream is delivered
at Miller, still the demand for cream
and butter grows more insistent
each year. Everywhere | visited. in
Minnesota. in the timbered hills and
hidden valleys Of Wisconsin. and the
fiat prairies of Illinois, the mich
COW Is the queen, and the milk can
the symbol Of prosperity, hut n
will look in vain for the creamery of
twenty years ago. In the famous
ElRin district, no longer does the
dairyraan haul a few cans of milk to
the cross road creamery. Gone is
the professional butter maker in the
Elsin country. although it is still
the official butter market of the
world. II one buys butter in that
section now, it will have been made
in some creamery IN Wisconsin.
Minnesota, or Iowa. -
McHenrv county, ILL.,. that boast
ed Of several hundred creameries a
few wears ago now has none. but
more cows than ever, the whole
milk shipments to the cities. and the
condensing factory is the answer
Huntly. which is a fair sample Of
the Illinois town, with a population
of 1000 has a territory Of about
eight miles in circumference has 3
Of these factories, n of which (the
Jenke company's plant | visited.
The building is about 100 x $50 feet,
three stories IN height, with ice
plant, r~efrigerators and automatic
machinery for all purposes. Two
seventy H. P. engines r required
to operate this plant, and still they
employ twenty men and in addition,
this company ships whole milk and
cream to the city and condenses any
surplus, handling around thirty
thousand pounds of milk per day. |
was told that the three factories had
received as much as 140 thousand
pounds Of milk per day, In condens-
ing. the milk is confined in a large
copper still. agitated violently, and
the water removed by vacuum sue
ton, then automatically canned and
sealed, and the little can may be
found everywhere. in the diamond
fields of South Africa, the gold mines
Of Alaska and all points between.
Now consider that the land. where
this milk il pre- iuced is valued at
two hundred dollars per acre, and
will cut three tons Of clover worth
fifteen dollars per ton. That the
farmer will coolly feed fifteen dollar
hay to a Holstien COW, seems foolish
when he might sell the hay, but they
all have big houses and barns. and
keep on selling the milk and buying
better. Who will make the butter
in the future? When this whole
/. milk industry has extended as it will
to Wisconsin. Minnesota, and Iowa.
, butter will not 60 out of style,
, Mohammed's third wife brought as
5 part Of her dowry a jar Of butter,
land occasionally we get some OF
0 that YETI ANYWAY we can fairl,
call the butter industry permanent
' " established.
The opportunity | mentioned a
! the beginning. is for the people o
Miller and surrounding territory