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THE LAMAR REGISTER
VOLUME XXV.
MAKING MONEY WITH
MILK AND BEEF
(The Breeder's Gazette.*
iuirieeii >vui» ago n. vv . neu-
ECll aUl UlUi u bUlUll liU Ui 111 L.ug
uu county, onto. u Ueu no uuuer
>uuk iliib vunuit ue uad ♦Uoo iu
cusli. Be atucaeu Uie larui wiui
lour plug aoise-b uuu eigul or leu
tfviuo i-UHb, guing iu debt alio,
gctuer Lo tae e.vteiu ol $y,l*UU. lue
laud wa» ruu uuwu uuu tile crop* *
were small. Some iieiUb were con
sidered "too poor lo sprout wane
beaub. ' Now be bab a laria ot uiu
acres of productive land, over 2uu
bead of well-bred dual-purpose cat
lie, Z'i borses, a lot oi liogt* and u
splendid woraiug equipment, cou
aialiug of three complete sets ol
farm uulldiuga aud a teuaut house,
three silos, a model modern con
crete mllkbouse aud a complete
stock of farm Implements, eveu to
xu automobile. The $6UU has
it row n. It grew upon the land, aud
the soil grew richer while the farm
aud its stock were expanding.
Funds kept on accumulating, and a
new barn and more aud better cat
tle are a part of the plan*. Follow
ing the start which has alread>
beeu made with pure-bred stock,
the grades will gradually all be re
placed. Evidently the farm has*
paid and is paying.
Appreciating the economical pro
ductive capacity of the dairy cow,
Mr. Henkert started at once to
make milk au important item in
the farm's salable surplus. He was
located near a thriving town which
afforded a market, but dairymen
with an established trade deposed
bla progress. They sold that he
would not long cumber their mar
ket, as they had the moat desir
able customers.. Undaunted by the
competition be devoted hla atten
tion to encouraging grocery stores
in selling milk. The milk he fur
nished them was so good that they
rapidly absorbed a large part of
the trade of the regular milk deal
ers. As the reputation of his pro
duct spread his trade increased as
fast as he could take care of it,
until gradually he bad taken over
most of the ateedy large milk out
lets In the town ot 9,000 people.
The retail trade was dropped as
soon as possible and the fluctuat
ing grocery trade was discarded as
fast as the larger steadier consum
ers were acquired. Now nearly all
the old ring of dalryraen.are out
of business and Mr. Renkert sup
plies practically all of the best ho
tels and restaurants, the Ice cream
makers and a railway dining car
service.
From an average of about So
cows in milk during the year the
average dally crop of milk is about
17B gallons. It brings 20 cents a
gallon, wholesale, so that the av
erage weekly bank deposit from
milk receipts Is about $230. Borne,
times In the fall the receipts fall
as low as $110 to $150 a week. In
midsummer they are largest, ow
ing to the effort to supply the Ice
cream aud railway trade. One
week in July the milk and cream
brought In $396. Cream bring*
65 cents per gallon for 20 per cent
Fluff r Hit
The big trade has been built up
on the quality of the milk and
cream. The watchword in atabk
and mllkbouse has been cleanli
ness. Water Is cheap and It Is
freely used. Utensils are thorough
ly washed and sterilized by steam
Ice In summer keeps the milk and
cream from souring, and its free
rom from filth adds to Its keeping
qualities. There Is never any re
laxation of vigilance. Steady care
ful work Is made a habit, and con
sequently a uniformly high qualltv
of product is always maintained.
OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF PROWERS COUNTY; DEVOTED TO OUR CIVIC AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT
LAMAK, PROWKItS COUNTY. COLORADO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1011.
i Utj uu.KUouat mu* uuiil ol con
crete bicoK-s, uccording to original
plans. Located ou sloping ground,
u maxes it possiuie io cairy the
mils iu ou me high side, so that
uo lilting is required to empty k
into the vote, from which it ruus
into bottles, cans or separator,
gravity lakes the milk where it is
I wanted. A double-walled Ice room,
holding a ton of Ice, la iu use
thorughout warm weather. Thor
ough cooling of the milk and the
cream Is considered one of the sec
rets of success lu maintaining the
standard of the products iu sum
mer. A lurge boiler in a separate
room furnishes abundant steam for
warming milk for the separator,
heating water, and sterilizing bot
tles aud cans in the steaming clos
et. A 16-horse power steam en
gine standing beside the boiler Is
used to drive the cream separator,
the big feed mill and the pump. Fo:
running the light machinery when
steam Is not on tap. a 2-horse pow
er gas engine Is used A windmill
standing above the well lifts water
cheaply whenever there Is a strong
breeze.
lu the «url) yeuis ol the busi
ut-Mi a trial wus made ol each breeu
ol dairy cattle uuder the auppoxllio.
that milk and « team could be most
hcuply produced by them. Results
iu the main were satisfactory from
the standpoint of dairy products
alone, but the discarded cowa and
calves returned an Inslgulfleant pit
tance. it seemed generally to
true that the dairy bred cows had
but a few years of usefulness in
the herd, so that the loss from
sacrificing a number each year as
cauuers was keenly felt. The choice
finally fell upon Red Polls as offer
ing the greatest combined income
from milk and beet. Gradually the
herd has beeu graded up by tbc
use of liigh-claas bulla, and the
purchase ol a few foundation fe
males ha* formed the basis foi
still further improvement The
cow* maintain a strong milk flow
throughout the lactation period,
which frequently does not allow
the desired six to eight week's real
before the next calving. Annual
records of 8,000 pounds of milk
from some of the best cows attest:
the dairy capacity or the cattle. It
lias been observed that the life of
usefulness as milkers is a few
years longer with the Red Polls
than with the dairy-bred cattle
formerly kept. And the t-alves are
made Into baby beef at a profit.
Every night in winter all of the
cattle are put under shelter The j
milch cows occupy wide, comfort- *
able stalls. Each is fed accord- !
lug to her milk flow and (wpaelty •
The usual winter allowance per day i
for heavy milkers Is 6 pounds of I
ground corn. 3 pounds each of bran I
and ground oats, 20 pounds of sil
age and all the clover or alfalfa
wanted. Very little purchased feed
is used except bran. Oilmeal and
cottonseed meal have not s* emed
to give such profitable reunite. The
past winter bran cost S2O per ton
and oilmeal S3B. Besides the dif
ference iu com. bran is liked be
cause the cows seem to stay on
feed better and produce to a great
er age when bran Ls used. Clover
and alfalfa hay are regarded as
indispensable, and of the two al
falfa ls preferred. It is grown on
the farm. Silage has been fed for j
three winters. It has materially In
creased the yields of milk and has
cheapened the cost. There are :: •
silos on the place. One Is made of ■
full length staves and two of large
rectangular concrete blocks locked
together with steel. When filling
the silos the cut corn Is allowed to
See Pages 4 and 7, “The Industrial Section”
fail lu the center of the silo to
piuk lightly there, aud the outside
lu tuorouglily, tramped As a re
sult the silagk? is good clear to the
wail.
ineie ore about 95 cows ou Lin
place. When they get unprofitable
lor any reason * they are fattened
.tud sold, nriugiug 4 or J cents pci
pound, wiieii discarded dairy cow.
would bring ball as much aud
.weigh less. The calves are raised
on skint milk after the first few
days, with grain added until they
ane weaned. Most of them come
iu the spring, iu the full they are
put ou graiu again, and as grass
fails they are giveu all they will
eat until sp>riug. The daily ration
per head this year iu March was
about 14 pounds of corn meat, 1.5
pounds of ground oats, 1.5 i»ouuds
of bran, 20 pounds ol silage, and
clover and alfalfa hay. It Is the
custom to sell a couple of carU>ads
in April at about 12 months old
and weighing about SOU pounds.
Last year they were sold May 1,
in Buffalo at $7 per owt. A car
load of the smaller ones Is kept
back and sold In June
Prowers County’s Example
The people of Prowers county set
a good example the other day
when they united their efforts on
a date agreed upon to improve the
I county roads. The result of the
day's work was highly gratifying,
and probably not a man engaged
In it regrets tike action
So long as they remain solid and
smooth, ordinary dirt roads have
no superior. The objection to them
is that thqj- need almost constant
work to keep them In good condi
tion, and It is not always practic
able to provide this. But when t la
people nppre« late the value of good
highways It Is eiuder for thut rea
son to Induce them to give proper
attention to repairing the public
roads.
In this lies much of the good of
a movement like that In Prowers
county to pul the roads in good
condition. Every road improved by
this means becomes an object les
son and a stimulus to further ef.
fort along the same line. In a
county educated up to the good
roads standard it should be com
paratively easy to secure approval
for more umbltious project* In road
building; and one sbouid always
bear in mind that in public im
provements us in other matters,
the results of administrative effort
are Ln proportion to public stand
ards.
Prowers county has set an ex
ample which it would be well for
other counties in the state to fol
! low. Example in public matters
I ' ounts for a great deal, and If two
;or three counties adopt the Prow.
lers county plan, many more may be
counted on to take up similar work
, lator Denver Republican
Resolutions
Whereas, Death ha* again in
vaded the family of our own well
beloved neighbor, Jennie V. Iloag.
and taken away her dear little
daughter, Rachel, therefore be it
Resolved, That the members of
Lamar Circle No. 198, Women of
Woodcraft, extend to the bereaved
parents and little slater* their sin
cere sympathy in their hour of sor
row;
Resolved, That a copy of these
resolution* be sent to the sorrow
ing family and also that they be
spread on the records of our Circle, 1
and published in the papers.
* Mrs Mary E. McMililn.
Mrs. Melissa Cross,
Mrs. Sadie Steward,
Committee.
State Capital Notes
('radically oue hundred days
guu«; use wise one bundled auu
(uiiy tnousauu dollars auu iiotutuy
uuue.
the Bpeei people are gradually
gaiuiug, out uicy yet nave a lot
io overcome. A joint caucus agree
ment wrnen now uu* aa signatures
ptutulcs tot a cam us on piuciorin
plcugcs and Luiuu Buttes sc-nalur-
SUlp. Its eilect wlitui neid will be
lu tucrease tne number ot apet-i 1
votes to me number ot signatures
ou me agreement.
Representative LeJlwun ot Pueb- j
io signed LUe caucus ugieciueut auu
wnen pruaeure came burn dome
"renigged aud said lie dtUu l
know w bat tbe ettect of It would
be.
Tbe Speer people control all up.
propriauou committees uud arc 1
boiuing up tbe appoipriutlous lur
elate institutions, roads aud bridges
aud state departments trying lo
mice tbe interested members into j
their caucus.
The Jury iu the west side court 1
that heard the evidence iu the cos-;
ol Mrs. Margaret Miller, charged
with perjury lu her testimony be
fore the Wklllord Investigating
committee, found her guilty after
having beeu out ouly two and one- J
nail minutes. Judge Wkilford j
proved s oui pi etc* alibi so tar a»
hei testimony was concerned.
The Whilfurd Investigating com
mittee mad< three report* to the j
house. The first roport signed by i
Representative Ardourel recoin-,
mended that charges of impeach
ment be filed against Judge Whit
lord in the senate. The second
report riled by Representative Mc-
Intyre severely criticised him. The 1
third report, filed by Representa
tives Newton, Hollenbeck aud Bacon
found that he acted within the law.
but doubted If all the men sent
to Jail were guilty. The reports
mean nothing as the investigation
drugged along until It became In
volved in the general dealing that
always cornea at the end of the
seasiou for and against every prop
osition thut Is before tbe two
bouses.
Determined to force the election
of Speer, hie supporters In the
house and senate, who, by the way,
control all committees In tbe sen
ate, have announced that bo meas
ure will be enacted whose author
doe* not eventually vote for Mr. i
Speer. “Come through or your
bills will be killed” Is the Diaz •
edict that has gone forth. This ap- '
pile* to appropriations for state
institutions Just a much as to any :
other measures. The boys from
the t-ounties in w-hlch are located .
the state Institutions are feeling the
pressure in no uncertain manner.
Home folks say "Bring home a
good appropriation but don’t vote
for Speer.” Those Ln control say,
"vote for Speer or you don’t take
home any appropriation ”
Circular to Growers
The following letter has been
sent out to all the growers for |
the American Beet Sugar Co. in
the Lamar factory district, and
shows the interest taken In the j
farmers by the company:
DEAR SIR:—Owing to the fact I
that quite a number of beet grow-1
ers this spring are parties who have
never grown beets before we think
It proper to make a few suggestions
at this time In regard to the prop
er handling of their land.
Selection of Land—It Is needless <
NUMBER 44.
to ouy thut tbe best laud ou the
I'urin sbouid be selected for the
beet field. If no alfalfa laud Is
ul hand, and manure cannot be
secured for the old land we muat
lake the next best, good grain
laud. Sod laud la not recommend
ed because the tonnage ls never
very satisfactory; on tho other
hand the sugar content is general
ly high, somewhat offsetting the
lower tonnage, especially If they
ire grown on the sliding scale con
tract.
t towing iUc excellent cornli
aiwi ui cue *oa tor plowing uud
.laiwiauun oi me seed oeU suoutu
oe cukcu advantage oi by ail beet
growers in getting a good start for
a • uumper crop. Flow immediate
ly and plow ueep, but do not go
aiuie tiuui two incites deeper than
| ide land was previously stirred.
Harrow each noou what you plow
ed in the forenoon and again in
the evening wbul you plowed iu
Lite afternoon.
ITepuruig the Beed Bed —Let
the laud thus plowed lay until it ls
ready Lo plant. if weeds have
slatted disc lightly, harrow and lev
! el, in us packiug the soil, leaving
a flue mulch on the surface, and
>y ou will Uave a tine garden like
seed bed. Do not spare auy pains
in making a good seed bed as ibis
will very largely determine your
stand, and a good stand is neces
sary to secure a good tonnage.
I‘lantlng - Riant as soon as the
ground is iu u condition to germi
! note tbe seed aud bring up the
! plants. Get your crop in between
| April lUlh aud May 20lh. i’lani
at least a part of your crop early
111 you bave a considerable acreage.
| Plant not less than 20 pounds of
i sot u pei acre, as a full stand is
1 necessary to a good yield aud high
| »ugar content.
Beed is now ready for dlstribu
j tion aud can be hud by caliiug at
tbe factory oinoe or sending a
written order for It.
iue agriculturists are always
ready lo give any information when
called upon. Do not be backward
in (ailing upon mem, as general in
struction will not fit all cases. If
you are unable to see the agricul
tural* notily the laclory orilce by
phone or otherwise and the agri
culturist* will be notified lo call
upon you.
Yours truly,
E. H. GEKECKU,
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Notes From Lamar Register of
April 11, 1891
. The city election resulted lu
, tbe cUoice of L‘. 11. VauOrsdale for
mayor, aud B. H. Coxnead. \V. J.
Johnston and J. T. Lawless for
| trustees.
1. 11. Myers, J. B. Hasty, J. G.
Lloyd and E. t\ Seeberger are or
ganizing a colony to lurin under
the Bellamy plan. The only hitch
is tuat each oue wants the Job of
.-owing tbe wild oats for the col
ony If a satisfactory division of
this crop can be arranged the col
| ony will be a go.
| Mis. M. A. Metcalf sold the
■ good will and subscription list of
the Sparks to Attorney G. W. But
ler this week. The outfit she took
with her to Texas. Mr. Butler has
| purchased the outfit of the late
j limes.lrrigator at Granadu and will
ontinue the Sparks as a democrat
ic paper.
Born—April 3rd, to Mr. and
j Mrs. J. K. Doughty, a son; weight
9 pounds.
The court house has been accept
ed by the commissioners and the
deed made.
Platt Rogers was elected mayor
of Denver.