Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1911 — DAIRY BADLY NEEDED [ARTICLE]

DAIRY BADLY NEEDED

Rensselaer an Excellent Opening for Properly Conducted Modern Dairy. It is doubtful if there is any town in the state the size of Rensselaer that can not boast of at least some s\>rt of a dairy. Rensselaer, with a population of 2,500, has none of any kind. True there are several parties owning cows, who sell milk in small quantities to their neighbors, but there is no regularly conducted da: y nor anything approaching it. A dairy run on modern lines —clean, sanitary, and properly equipped—would, if run on a business-like basis, pay good dividends right from the start, it would seem. In a farmng community such as this, for many of the citizens to be compelled to use artificial milk, canned cow, etc., is the same thing as being marooned on an uninhabited island with a bunch of money in your clothes and a large appetite —you have the consolation of knowing when you get away from there temporarily you can live like other folks. Milk, at present, brings 61-4 cents; buttermilk is an unheard of relic of our boyhood’s happy days, and home-grown country butter, is also becoming scarce as the result of so many selling their cream, and good butter is generally higher here than in the larger cities. Anyone starting a first-class dairy in Rensselaer will earn and deserve a Carnegie medal and several per cent on his investment.