La Junta tribune., 1916-08-19
MILK CONDENSARY PROSPECT.
Libby. Mcneil 4 Libby May Locate
MIX Condcnsary in La Junta
With Conditions Favorable.

F. B, Childs, of Chicago. repre-
senting Libby. Mcneil & Libby, one
of the largest manufacturers of con-
densed milk in the United States.
was a La Junta visitor for several
days this week making thorough
investigation of local conditions
with view to establishing a milk
| condensary in this city. This firm
has nine condensed milk factories in
various parts of the United States,
the investment in each ranging from
$4,000 to s250,000. and the COM
pany is now investigating various To-
cations in Colorado with the inten-
tion OF establishing n plant in this
state. The community that offers
the best inducements, and the in
| ducements in this instance are the
required number of cows to furnish
the necessary raw material, will Sc
cure the location of the factory.
On Wednesday Mr.. Childs. ac-
| ''hAf"h''A 'f "a phl VI lpfdl DDpsl-
ers which included c. X. Buckley,
George +. McCauley, c. +, Helm. T.
C. Coltman and NJ. F.. Miller, made a
tour of the surrounding agricultur-
al territory, going through the Fair
mount country and as far as two
miles west of Rocky Ford. in the
morning, and after taking dinner at
Rocky Ford, making a tour of the
Holbrook country In the afternoon.
Mr.. Childs was very much Impress
ed by what he saw. He found the
farmers everywhere very enthusias-
tic over the milk condensary PROPOSE
ton. and was assured by them In ev-
cry instance that they were willing
to go the limit to s<eHss the location
OF a milk condenssry In L. JuntS
and provide and maintain all thS
cows that were necessary. One far
mer In the Holbrook country guar
anteed that hts section would fur
I nish from -i,so0, to 1000 cows inaide
OF two years MIR. Childs says that
the number OF cows that will be
necessary to secure the location OF
the factory will not be less than L.
500. and that 5000 Will have to be
guaranteed within a period OF three
years.
Libby. Mcneil & Libby will prob
ably erect milk condensary some
where In Colorado during the next
year, and II Is up to the people Of
La Junta to enlist In a campaign to
secure its location in this city. Con
ditions may not be Just right at the
present time. but with a very little
effort they can be made what they
should be TO secure this new indus
try for La Junta. Cows and more
cows. and silos innumerable will
bring about the conditions that are
necessary to maintain a milk CON
dcnsary in this section, and now Is
the time to go after IT.
Libby. Mcneil 4 Libby do not con
fine their attention exclusively to
the manufacture of condensed milk
that are manufactured In conjunc-
tion with condensary enterprise.
These include a packing plant. can
ming factory. pickle factory. and var
ious other enterprises OF this char
acter. Where conditions are favor
able they are operated In conjunc-
tion. Mr.. Childs was much impress
cd with the extent and character OF
our vine crops. especially the cucum.
ber crop. and thought that a pickle
factory would be n paying proposi.
tion from the start. A combined
plant OF this character In La Junta
would be the greatest asset that this
community could acquire. and there
is not n question but that II would
be n paying enterprise and n revenue
producer In more ways than one.
On Thursday Mr.. Chiids spent the
entire day In town interviewing 10,
cal dealers as to the price OF coal
lumber. brick. Ice. electric power
character and temperature OF our
water supply. and was furnished with
all the information OF this character
that he asked for. and this he will
utilize In making n report to hi
company. He would not give ou
any Information as to the character
OF his report. whether Il would -
favorable or otherwise. but that h
was very fayorably impressed wi.i
some OF the Information that he ac
auired was very evident 10 thos'
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