The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1922-06-08
The Darying Industry
In Ellis County, Kan.
One Of the Foremost Dairy Counties
IN the State
From Dairy Stand Point Ellis County
Has Great Future
Good Dairy Cows Means More Money
For the Farmer
R.
(By R. Kenneth Evans)

dairy herd as a means of making a
home is an essential factor that must
be considered by every resident of
Western Kansas and never should an
opportunity to improve the herd be
passed.
Ellis county has a great future,
from a dairy standpoint. Good water,
plenty of feed and good markets for
dairy products whether it be whole
milk, cheese, butter, ice cream or
condensed milk.
Plenty of good grain hay, native
hay, alfalfa, sweet clover, some oats
and silage crops can be grown, which
eliminates in ordinary years nay pos
sib.lity of feed shortage. Good perma-
nent pasture can be obtained, and
+ this goes far towards economical pro-
duction of dairy products.
Holstein breed predominates in
this county, and they are giving ex-
cellent results. A concerted effort is
being made by all interested in coun-
ty development including the farm
bureau to emphasize generally the
opportunities existing for dairy pro-
duction. There are approximately
100 pure bred COWS in the county and
the number is increasing year by year
as the opportunities and advantages
| are realized.
1Creameries and their representa-
tives are scattered throughout Ellis
county and this entire section of Kan
sas. The same progressive Organiza-
tions may prosper here that exist in
| the corn belt and everything is prac-
tically the same except that OppOrtun-
tiles are greater. The climate is well
adapted for dairying and there exists
a wonderful field, in the making, for
! those who are interested in the dairy
business. Due to the dry climate ex-
tensive and expensive barns are not
so necessary as in some other states.
Every transportation company
operating in Western Kansas is Civ
ing careful and special attention to
the dairy industry and assists farm
ers in every possible way to acquire
/ good dairy stock. They work
through all possible channels for its
! encouragement and make liberal pro
visions for hauling the products from
railroad stations to consumers in the
cities. The banks of Western Kan
sas are showing a disposition where
ever it is possible, to loan money to
| farmers who wish to buy dairy stock.
For these reasons the dairy business
appeals especially to the man of limit
ed capital.
Very fortunate indeed is that coun-
try that can name dairying as among
its chief industries. The history of
this and other nations shows that
dairy products form an important
function in maintaining permanent
! prosperity. As in the days of old
when patriarch counted his wealth
in the number of his cattle and his
sheep, so today a nation or state
can boast of its dependable wealth by
pointing 10 the good dairy cows with
in its borders.
''You harvest wheat and corn once
a year. But you milk cows twice q
day"
One of the richest states in the
Union had, according to a recent
census, nearly 5000 creameries and
cheese factories. With a silo fO1
every fourth farm, its farmers are
mentioned as the most generally well
to do in America. According to the
same count, Kansas has but few
creameries and no cheese factories
This is due to lack of general realiza-
|. tion of the possibilities which exists
for development of the dairy indus
J try. Investigations VIII show ths
most skeptical that with the building
of more silos, the raising of more