Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 29, Number 241, Decatur, Adams County, 12 October 1931 — Page 16

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FROM OXEN TO DAIRY HERDS I -» I ' 'L I I I j i ■ -^ /z j4’°^ z-z | The Growth of a Great | , iu/?>_ Adams County Industry • e • ! # I i rip HE first milk cow to arrive in However, it was not until comparaI Adams County trailed a co\er- lively’ recent years that magnificent I ed wa S° n > Ruard ed by rifle dairy herds ()e( , an to d#t the n)Un(y ! Z oxen. In those days cattle served X Ai ■ r ... . .. on the aspects of business. The busi1 1 nvar OQT their major purpose m furnishing UluVuliuul r • r j . n ?ss grew. Today Decatur is the oxen for pioneer farming and meat I Flairv for the table - Thcre were milk COWS ’ cente ’- o f a *'«“ dairy I Uaifj Os course, of a scrubby kind provid- industry, reaching into every nook ' ing a scant supply for the family’s an( l corner of the county and beyond U3V needs. for its raw’ products and furnishing employment to thousands. » Later, as woods were cleared and < Wednesday pasture lands established, the milk The business is fundamental and October 14th C ° W f are d ’ ,e^er ar| d the Adams therefore goes on whether prices are county farmer occasionally had a low or high; in good times and in bad. I surplus of cream which he churned The industry contributes in large and sold the product to the grocer. measure to Decatur’s stability and Some farmers had their own town progress and to the prosperity of the customers whom they served “fresh entire county. So here’s success to < country butter,” bringing it in by “Cloverleaf Dairy Day” and may horse and buggy every Saturday everyone cooperate to make it afternoon. Thus began the dairy worthy of the great industry it industry. • symbolizes. 1 I — _ Decatur Daily Democrat I “Your Home Paper Since 1857” | DECATUR, INDIANA

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1931.