La Junta tribune., 1917-03-08
CHEESE DAY AT CHERAW
Cheese FActOry-Talks, Music
and Free Dinner

Manzanola her cherry pie day, Sugar
City her sugar day and now comes
Cheraw with her cheese day" Last
Saturday the little village Of Cheraw
so soon to leave her swaddling
clothes and take up all the responsi-
bilities and dignity of city-held
a grand celebration In honor OF the
opening of the cheese factory. II be-
gan in the morning and lasted all
day. A free dinner was served at
noon-and IT was good one, too
and then music was rendered by the
Cheraw band. There were cigars for
the gentlemen and chewing gum for
the ladies'.
After dinner there was speaking
in Orchestra Hall. Prof. l. W. Will
son. OF Rocky Ford, was the first
speaker. and gave talk on dairying
Several important points were
brought out. He advocated silos as
one OF the essential points OF the
dairy business. He also favored silo-
ing beet tops for the reason that
II they got wet. they would mold
and were liable to poison the COWS.
II they got too dry. they would not
be thoroughly chewed and were liza
BILE to choke the cows to death. The
only way he could see to avoid this
was the silo. Prof. Wilson also ad-
yoeates unity among the dairymen OF
the Holbrook Valley. First, uniform
cleanliness, so that all milk delivered
to the cheese factory would be free
from dirt and disease germs. and the
factory's products would be strictly
first-class. Secondly. uniform feed
ing and milking; this for the bene-
III OF the COW, for he believes that
the COW that was fed and MIXED
regularly had better chance to
make a mark in the world than the
COW that was treated vice versa
IL that expression Is allowed as good
great family journal English. He
then advocated every farmer having
the same breed of cows. the advan-
tages OF which practice are too nu-
merous to record here. but which will
be treated and have been commented
on In the department labeled as the
Arkansas Valley Farmer.
w. 4. Edmunds. the head OF the
concern operating the cheese factory.
followed. He spoke on Marketing
Dairy Products" and after telling
OF the policies OF his company toward
those who deliver their milk to them
he proposed n bran new scheme for
the benefit OF the ladies. This was
the formation OF an egg club. Briefly.
the idea was this: The company fur
nishes one dozen egg cartons.
which bear the name OF the individ-
ual filling IL with eggs stamped
thereupon. These egg cartons are to
be filled with eggs: said eggs TO be
strictly fresh, pure white. spotiessly
clean and OF uniform size. These
eggs are to be sent to the company
every morning-when the old man
delivers the milk-and then shipped
direct to New York City for the
benefit OF the citizens OF that world
metropolis. who like good eggs and
also have the price to pay for them.
The speakers advice to the ladies'
WAS: II you have any undersized
eggs. any brown eggs. any dirty eggs.
or any rotten egEs-cat them your
self.
The ladies' present al promised
to Jon the egg club. receiving for
their extra trouble for the care taken
to have strictly uniform first-cisss
eggs. extra emolument above the
price that can be paid by the local
merchants who have to take any and
all egss-sood. bad. indifferent and
sometimes worse.
After the speeches the crowd WIS.,
ited the new cheese factory and had
the mysteries Of cheese making thor
oushly explained. The cheese made
Ia second grade. being made from
skim milk. The cream vii be shipped
to Kansas City for the Ice cream
trade during the summer.
Prof. House. Of the State Asricui-
tursl College. who was to have given
an address on Drainage" was un-
Abic TO b. present but will be In
Cheraw ncxt Saturday and give .
talk on that subject.
Jsdge MrDaatrl Lectures at Chernw