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Show Milford Has Opportunity To Secure a Creamery Los Angeles Parties Ready to Install Creamery if Assured of Adequate Supply of Milk Farmers Nearly 100 Per Cent in Favor of : Dairy Business An opportunity was presented to Milford and Milford valley this week to secure a modern creamery, by Messrs. Mes-srs. R. H. Nelson and W. H. Zirbel, of Los Angeles. These gentlemen had spent several days looking over the valley and were enthusiastic over the prospect for the dairy business here. Mr. Nelson is a practical creamery man, having learned the business in Sweeden, and for many years has been in charge of some of the largest creameries on the Coast. Mr. Zirbel and his associates are looking for a location for a creamery where the question of feed and climatic condition condi-tion assures the success of such an industry. in-dustry. lAt the regular luncheon of. the Milford Mil-ford Lions club, Wednesday, both Mr. Nelson and Mr. Zirbel explained their positions and plans. A number of farmers had been invited to the meeting, meet-ing, and expressed their willingness to cooperate in having a creamery established es-tablished here. Mr. Zirbel explained that they had nothing to sell, but were primarily interested in-terested in securing a location where dairy feed was plentiful, and where farmers would supply them with milk. All that would be required was the assurance as-surance that there were sufficient cows in the territory to furnish them with at least 10,000 pounds of milk per day. With this assurance they were ready to begin operations immediately im-mediately on installing a creamery in Milford. In regard to high-producing cows, Mr. Zirbel said before coming to the valley he had made and arrangement with a Los Angeles man who will furnish tuberculosis free cows, tested to give 40 or more pounds of milk daily, at a price of $135 to $140 per head. These cows come with a guarantee guar-antee if they develop T. B. or fail in their tested production within sixty days, they will be replaced. The price of these cows are for delivery in Milford. Mil-ford. Arrangements were made further, whereby The State Bank of Milford will finance the entire cost of the dairy cows, for the farmer, and take payment for same in one-half of the creamery check from the product of the cows. , While no stipulation was made to compell the farmer to buy his cows from this Los Angeles herd, the majority ma-jority of the farmers considered it was an exceptional opportunity to secure good producing stock. j After making a survey of the number num-ber of cows in the Milford and Min-ersville Min-ersville section, it was estimated that it would require at least 200 additional addition-al cows to supply the amount of milk that would be required by the cream-' cry. To ascertain if this number of cows would be handled by the farmers, farm-ers, a meeting was called at the Community Com-munity House on the flat, which was represented by a majority of representee repre-sentee farmers. Dr. Parrish acted as chairman of the meeting. After explaining ex-plaining the proposition, those gathered gather-ed there were heartily in favor of a creamery and pledged their support to the extent of engaging in the dairy business on a more extensive scale and a tentative list was made up in which the farmers agreed to take from two to fifteen cows, each, making mak-ing a total of about 135 head. A number num-ber of other prominent farmers of the Hat, unable to attend the meeting, are prepared to buy additional cows. A similar meeting will be held at Minersville tonight at which time it is believe the demand for cows will more than supply the number required to operate the creamery at this place. The Lions club anil farmers of the community have the assurance of Messrs. Nelson and Zirbel that as soon as the cows are ordered preparation prepara-tion will start on the installation of the creamery in Milford, and that it should be in operation in thirty days thereafter. ' That Milford valley is one of the most ideal locations in the state for the dairy industry is conceeded by all j dairy men who have looked over the field. With an abundance of the finest fin-est alflafa that can be grown any- ' where, pure water and equitable climate, clim-ate, this section in a very short time could be developed into one of the j greatest dairy sections of the south- , west. |