The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-07-02
NESSLY BOOSTS
FOR CONDENSARY
NEWSPAPER MAN SEES NORTH
ERN LATAH COUNTY IDEAL
DAIRY DISTRICT
Boise, Idaho

Boise, Idaho.
Editor, Star-Mirror-
/ was glad to note the movement
to secure a condensary for Palouse
and the interest that Latah county
citizens are taking in the movement.
You are right in saying that three
out of four COWS that will supply
milk to the condensary will be owned
and kept in Latah county, for the nor
thern part of that county, along Pa
1ouSe river and its branches is an idael
dairy district. Twenty-Five years
ago this summer 1 took a party of
Oklahoma homeseekers into the
country along the Pa1ouse river as
far east as Princeton, and tried to
get them to locate there. 1 felt then,
and L have felt ever since, that the
upper Palouse river section has ideal
conditions for profitable dairying.
Now that we know alfalfa, especially
Grimm alfalfa, will grow in such soil
and under such climatic conditions as
are found along the Palouse river in
Latah county, there can be no doubt
of its adaptability to dairying. The
parties l tried to locate there in 1898
opposed the location because of lack
of transportation, but now that the
w /. q M. railroad has been built
into that district and the electric rail
road has been built to Palouse, and
are more common than
horse conveyances, the transporta-
tion problem as far as that district
is concerned, has been solved.
Stivers Saw Future
In May, 1913, [ shipped a carload
of Jersey cattle to Palouse and sold
them there, believing that the country
about Palouse should engage extern
sively in dairying. The late George
Stivers, minister, auctioneer, and a
man of foresight, was employed to
sell the cattle and he made the state
ment then that: Some day, we hope
it will be in the near future, the
great country lying east of Palouse,
be found to be a profitable industry
there
Dairying is doing wonders for SOU
thern Idaho. Every county that is ex-
tensively engaged in dairying is pros
porous. Twin Falls county now has
more than twice as many cows as were
on the tax rolls a year ago. 1t is
significant that the county has four
times as many hogs as were found in
he county by the assessors working
IN 1922. More dairy COWS always
means more hogs, and more hogs
means more corn and more cash
several times a year Canyon county
Is the richest agricultural county in
he state, the most prosperous and it
has more dairy COWS than any other
There is a big condensary,
he second largest in the United
States, at Nampa, and it is now pay
ng out an average of $2,5O0 per day
,or milk. There are two big cream
cries in Nampa, each doing a thriving
business. Last year the condensary
and two creameries paid out more
than $1,500,000 for milk and cream
This year the total is expected to ex-
ceed $2,000,000 There is big
creamery at Caldwell, nine miles from
in the same county, and it
ships butter by the carload to San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
COndensary Would Help County
/ feel certain that the opening of
a big condensary at Palouse would
help not only that town, but Whit
man county. Washington, and Latah
Idaho The citizens of Mos
COW and Latah county are acting
wisely in putting forth efforts to help
Pa1ouse secure this big industry,
which will help Moscow, Colfax, Pull
man, and Garfield.
The condensary at Nampa helps
Boise, Caldwell, Meridian, and all
towns within radius of 20 miles
(and there are a number of towns in
that radius) for milk is hauled by
rucks from this radius and the
money paid to the owners of COWS is
spent in the town nearest to the fafm
Or home of those owners. Trucks
rom Nampa come almost to the city
limits of Boise and get milk and they
20 far beyond Caldwell TO Notus and
Parma. The country surrounding all
Of these towns is rapidly being de-
veloped into rich dairy section.
Dairying means great diversity of
products from the farms. Tt means
more hogs. poultry and more cash,
or the poultry and the cows bring
ash every time their products are
marketed and hogs can be turned in
o cash anv time in the year. To
AIRY on dairying successfully requires
more than one crop and it is admitted
hat the &c one-crop system is the
,urse of the Palouse country. Dairy
ng can be successfully carried on in
connection with wheat farming. 1T is
n MANY sections of Idaho 1t should
,e in the PalouSe country.
Sincerely yours.
T. F. NESSLY-