Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-08-02
DAIRY FARM S
OPENING DRAWS
MANY VISITORS
Hundreds Visit "Sweet Brier
Dairy" Tuesday Night To
Inspect "Model Dairy
Farm of the Valley"

II the size Of the crowd that attend
ed the opening Of the Sweet Brier
Dairy" in the III .Iar,lin community
Monday night may be deemed criteri-
on. the people al III Jardin and Browns
Vile districts are greatly interested III
dairying. Hundreds of people from the
city and country districts were present
last night To inspect what has been
termed ''the model dairy farm of the
Valley" aud their expressions Il ap-
proval i:.d, ated that others would en-
ulaie the example If W. :. Aldrich
manager of the new dairy.
Owing to train delays. the dairy cows
purchased from the Lasatcr herd AT
Falfurrias, which were expected To ar
rive In brownsville Sunday morning did
not arrive until Monday noon. They
had been in transport several days AMI
Mr.. Aldrich stated they were not IN
condition to be displayed. This was
the only disappointment of the evening.
hut as Mr.. Aldrich explained. there will
he plenty If opportunities Tor examina-
tion of the cattle in the future when
they will not show the effects of long
confiI emcnt in stock cars.
The dairy barn If the "Sweet Bricr
Dairy was something of surprise to
Valley people, many of whom had new
cr before seen dairy barn constructed
upon modern lines. Lighted with white
glol,ed electric lights. with every inch
&c floor space crnentrd. well painted
walls and arhor entrances on two sides.
Il looked more like public hall than
IL L.
Its the only barn ever entered where
] slnntivcly took off my hat at the
door" The barn is arranged to acrom
modate 20 cows. is equipped with pat
cnt stanchioHs and running water, and
is patterned after some Of the most
successful dairy cstablishme, IS in the
north. Mr.. Allrich explained that il
~-rs m"r"lv the first unit of the Sweet
Bricr Dairy" and that four similar
barns would bc constructed ~ the neal
frfr-". ""d over a hundred cows kept
on the farm.
Addresses were made by County
Judge Danry. County Agent Louis AIS
meyer aud Mr.. Aldrich Judge Daury
rmphnsizcd The necessity of dairy .x-
tension in the Valley as y balance wheel
"a stabilize Valley prosperity. and po..i-
ell out the n""'i of similar enterprises
o. properly utilize the natural resources
of the beet county in the State of Tex
a." lie called attention 10 fact thar
the Valley has been selling cabbage ~
81 n ton and shipping in canned sauer
kraut at $40 n ton; that We are shin-
ping In canned milk from Wise n sin
and Illinois while thousands "f tons of
good feed go 20 waste in the Valley
every year: that We huy our string
heans. Tomatoes and other vegetables IN
cans shipped from Baltimore or Cali
forria and our own vegetables either
rot in the fields while waiting for
chance to get refrigerator ears or are
shipped out at n lass Ia the grower.
Trucking is gamble. with the farmer
generally holding the losing end" Mr..
paury stated. what We need il Somc
thing that will stabilize our agricultural
& dnstry. rf the farmer has n ~"oA
herd ~ dairy COWS he eau then afford
to gamble IN truck. if hc desires. he
canes he knows he will have something
{" fall back on when the truck market
goes against him.
County Agent Alsmcver COMMUNICATED
Mr.. ALlrch unon his Thoroughly un-t"
date dairy establishment. and prc.!irtcl
that many similar daiIieS would rvcn'r-
n'Iv hr c-ecietl in thc Valley. He also
enn"u, red the dairy schools to be held
tho iatfer rart of the month. aud urged
every fnrmer IN the III Jariin section
20 attend
Following the snraking. refreshments
were served a. n large number cninyc"
drn~ing. the music for III" orcasion be-
Ing furnished Nv the Queen Orchestra
IF Brownsville.
The Unanimous orinion EXPRESSED ~
TIE h,r s'reis who i,isperied the farm
was fhsr u would he the foundation fo-
nm extensive industry IN the southern
pnrt of the county. II was conceded iv
.~"--ss -" h"i h."n c~aE"i in the
dairy Industry IN the nor,h''a he tho
hai cv~r i-srr; .tr,lw NvoJRunf :-DWW
most c~mpl-te. u"-to-dafe dairy they
Ind over sus~e. tel. and tn" neat. con
v-nic, Z srrsrrrmen: brought forth spe-
cia, cornrnendati"n.
On the roaf ~f the barn Mr.. Allrich
has pla-ei huge electrically displayed
tien. hearing the nama Of the dairy,
lie stated the name had been DOWNRIGHT
e,i anf cve-v pound cf hn.ie- sold
would bear the siamn of he dairy. as
snring rrr~hasers they were -ecnring
the praduct of a dairy that !. sanifary
In every respect. The dli-F wi, pnr
chase cream from smrrc und'ng farms.
cnmplrse creamery equipment being in
stalled for fhe purpose Of handling IL
ss well as tho products of the Sweet
Erier Dairy