Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 November 1893 — DAIRYING. [ARTICLE]

DAIRYING.

To the patrons. of Rensselaer Creamery Co., greeting and the members of the Milk Church; I have been watching with great care and anxiety, and am glad to know that a good many of them have proved their faith by their works. Henry Fifer, Henry Eiglesbach, Jno.. Martindale, Ponsler & Strong, Wm. Lowman, Bruce Porter, Fritz Zard, Edward Parkison and others. I will say that no one need feel slighted by not having his name mentioned. I will also say that I think Bruce Porter stands head in the class. He has the best lot of twenty cows, taking their condition and size, that I ever saw. They are above the average flesh of the cattle killed by our butchers. He is “up to snuff” and has learned and practiced his knowledge that a cow is a machine to transform feed into milk. I am glad to state that we have the best creamery in the state. We took first premium at the world’s fair over all other exhibits of this state. The patrons have made more money than any other class of the farmers. The skim and butter-milk this season has been worth 40 cents per 100 pounds for pig feed, owing to the high price of swine, and as the Creamery Co., has paid SI.OO for Sept, that would equal $1.40, which is 20 per cent, more than the shippers to Chicago have realized. I hope every patron will increase the number of his cows, and that the milk church may have a revival that will astonish the natives. We live in a naturally adapted dairy country, and milk here is worth as much or more, than in dairy districts, where lands sell for SSO to $75 per acre, and by developing the dairy interestshere, irwilh iug price of our lands, and give every member of the milk church cash every 30 days, and make them independent, prosperous and happy people. The Boss Deacon.