The Cecil Whig., 1881-08-27

THE i.METING ON MOI!DAY LAST


men, and others assembled al the / Ill, last
Monday afternoon, at > o clock, and although
the meeting was not Il large one in point of
numbers, the entire audience wa> made up
of men deeply interested IN til" enterprise.
Mr.. Adam Macraw made u motion, which
was carried, placing Rev. lanes Mclntire
in the chair: and pr. Ellis made a motion,
naming MIR. John Partridge as secretary.
The chairman made Il short address, claim
ing that the raising of cereals in this county
no longer paid the farmer, and that they
would shortly have TO turn their attention
to something else He then introduced the
speaker OF the day, Dr. Dick-, agricultural
editor of th" Bucks county Mtciiuen"cr. who
in a thorough and comprehensive manner
gave Il full and very plain and satisfactory
statement of the working of t.rrameries in
his county
br. DiCkie said that while traychn.
through the county on his way here, he had
at first been under the impression that our
section was not adapted for dairy PURPOSES
and that he saw very few cows here; but
later he had been compelled to admit that
his first opinion was ut fault. II is impoSsi-
BILE, he SAID, ior our small farmers to COM
pete with the great Western grain growers
and therefore they must, Of necessity. turn
heirattention To something more profitable:
his own county Bncksj was now full of
dairies, aud the first one was started just
two years ago. He gave an interesting de
Srri ptiou III the workings Of this establish
meni, Where the cream from twenty or
thirty different farms was rhurnel at once.
and where he tested and found all the rolls
of butter 10 he OF perfectly uniform qual-
ity, while the skim milk was converted into
an excellent quality Of cheese. Now at this
time, III his county, there are hirty-eght
different creamcrieS, and ali in full opera
tion. If there are enough COWS in this neigh
hurhood, then by ali means. he said, one at
least should he started 1T once. and the
profits will induce the farmers to try
/ them ali over the county. There certainly
should be nj least one in each district and
the farmer, wonld soon buy more cows
! The rule is, To take about two-thirds OF the
butter fat ont of the milk for butter and
leave the remaining one-third for Il first
quality OF cheese. The daily average pro-
ducts of the creameries III Bucks county is
something really astonishing, amounting to
$1,000 per day for butter and cheese, while
a large quantity Of milk and cream goes To
/ Philadelphia.
1t has taken away all The drnd gerry of the
home dairy, and while more profitable, is Il
! great saving of labor to the women, wives
and daughters Of farmers, many Of the tami-
: lies feeling really emaucipate,l, aud under
no circumstances would return to th,. old
way, and instead Of an innovations il has
been 4 revelation.
: The general quality of butter from cream
I cries is better than the ordinary dairy but
! ter, and brings Il better price. To SubStan-
! tiate this, the speaker referred to the daily
I prices current and quotations. Now the
reason of this is, that no two persons make
! butter of the same grade and therefore do
not often get the same price, while, as he
before said. all their butter is of entire uni
f0rmity.
. He claimed that the farmers, going into
d
farming auxiliary TO the dairy business: for
! instance, corn would be sown broadcast the
/ crop cut down while green, cured and hauled
off for food for COWS, while turnipS, pump
kins, etc, would also be largely grown for
| food.
/ In starting :; creamery, the first thing of
course TO consider, is Il location and one
which is best reached by the most people
FIRST, you must select a site which has the
best surface drainage the refuse. waShingS
etc, must be carried of, ST. that sweet and
pure air about the premises be assured for
/ successful prosecution of the business This
is all important. Then good water is indiS-
pensaplc, either from a good spring or well.
- In starting Il creamery the best mode is TO
distribute the shares Of stock as univ yersally
as possible among the farmers, ut the rate
of one share for each cow He advised, if
one is started, that it be one of 10 900 pounds
capacity, and gave the estimates for estab-
fishing such one as follows:
The best one in Bucks county Of this
capacity of the best material, 42X44
! feet, brick or store SubStructure,
with frame Superstructure (this is
, hest) Observation-Disclosures. 81, 800
Engine, etc, for heating. g.............. 500
Fixtures, watts, ttc. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 100
Furnishing g0o,i-. such rs butter tubs
cheese boxes, and cloths ........... 400
" ould take. say al acre of ground,
ice house, tanks, etc, say.......... 800
Total ...... Observation-Disclosures. S4,150