The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-08
IT WILL STAY HERE
Beatrice Creamery Co. Has No
Thought of Leaving.
L. A. BOrman Sets at Rest
Recent RumOr.

T. A Borman Of Chicago and To-
peka, one of the best known farm
writer's of the country, has been in
Topeka for the past few days. He
left this morning to visit his parents
at Hope, Kan. According to Mr.. Bor-
man, any report that the Beatrice
Creamery company will move its
churning plant from Topeka to an
other city is untrue.
Mr.. Borman was editor of the Kan
saS Farmer for many years and still
owns a half interest in the publication
He still contributes frequently to it's
columns. For more than a year he
has been in charge of the sales de-
partment of the creamery company at
Chicago. Borman was at one time
president of the Commercial club and
during his residence here, and even
at the present time, has been active
in civic affairs.
In an interview today Mr.. Borman,
in speaking of the creamery COM
pany, said:
I'VE cannot imagine why a report
should be current to the effect that
the Beatrice Creamery company will
discontinue churching butter in To-
peka. Such report is absolutely fool
ish. Our business here has been so
long established and is SO centrally To-
Gated for the patronage of Kansas
farmers. that no other plant we have
could be made to take its place. More
than this, Topeka is an ideal location
from the standpoint of transportation
facilities, both for incoming and out
going business. and the labor condi-
tons are so satisfactory and the peo-
pie of Topeka have been so kind to
the Beatrice Creamery company, that
these become additional reasons why
a thought, even of the removal of our
business from this city, would not be
entertained.
Plenty of Cream This Season.
I'VE have just held a two-days
meeting of our superintendent of
cream territory throughout Kansas
and Oklahoma. In addition to the
presence of these travellers, Pay Nc
Greer, manager at Oklahoma City, J.
T. McGreer. manager at Lincoln, Ne
braska, and A. E. Wilkinson, general
manager from Chicago, were here.
The report of the travellers and man
ayers is that the outlook for the pro-
duct1on of cream the coming season,
is excellent. While the wheat pasture
this year is not as abundant as it was
last year at this time, nevertheless
there is an abundance of excellent
roughage. and with the available
grain for feeding, farmers are not
short on feed for milk cows.
THE building of silos in Kansas
during the last three or four years has
increased winter dairying to an extent
that it is noticeable, and when the
silo comes into general use it is to be
expected that Kansas will rapidly
forge to the front N the production
of cream during the winter season
THE butter product of the Topeka
plant has a most excellent reputation
in the East and the demand or the
need for larger volume of cream from
this state, is rapidly increasing. There
is no danger of OVERRIDING the dairy
business in Kansas. The farmers of
the state will always find a demand
for good butter produced from their
cream. The population of this coun-
try has been increasing more rapidly
than has the production of creamery
butter, and this is a condition which
is likely to continue until farmers
generally become real dairymen rath-
er than mixers of COWS during the
most favorable season Of tho year.