The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1882-12-28

being employed At night The mon havo
worked by the light Of several electric burnera
THE CREAMERY BUSINESS.
An Expert Tells OF the Financial Sue
cess Thereof IN Southern Mime
sofa.
B. +. Farmer. CASH or Of tho Bank Of Spring
Valley, has for some time been much interested
in the dairy and creamery business III South
ern Minnesota, and to q reporter told the fol-
lowing matters Of interest connected there
with: "Fil!more county is the banner county
in the creamery business, as it was once the
bsnner-wheat growing county. The county has
Ok creamerios. Tits less than two years since
tho hrst Srsan1,ry was built, and that WAS at
Spring Valley. It is the old Glory of wheat
raising, which has history from Ne7 York
State to Minnesota; "wheSt played out. - aud that
suggested to some OF tho business men to con-
slider what was best to be done in the interest
Of the farmers. A meeting was called aud on
due elaboration, tho meeting appointed COL
other Safes to learn the best and mos. feasible
plan OF changing wheat raising to other ana,
more profitable producing interest for the
fa*mers. Col. Edwards visited several places
in Iowa. Tho places That showed the hest class
OF farmers We're Manchester, West FnloD, Dc.
corah and Favctte. Each OF these towns had s
creamery. The cclouol, being practical
farmer. says it Is the creamery business which
makes the farmers thrifty and keeps theis
buildings in good shape and repair Wheat
cannot make all Of these improvements
The coouel p, called on Mr.: Whitney
of the Fayette County Savings bank,
OF West U,lion, Iowa, and asked him ~ tell
IA Il a til ,j?1 nj
costly buildings and make good improvements
Mr.. Whitney said it was
BECAUSE OF THE CREAMERY BUSINESS
He said that when The farmers depended on
wheat raising most Of their property was mort
gagged to pay for farm machinery. He claimed
three years Of tho creamery style Of farming
the farmers had become loanara instead Of
borrowers in many Cases: Col. Edwards came
home and reported the above facts, and We
said If the creamery business was good for the
farmers of West Uaion. Iowa, it must be for
a stock company with capital Of $4,000,
aud within ten days we were building tho finest
creamery in the West ut cost Of So. 600
(Let mo say that creamery can be built for
less money! We procured the best machine. y
that could be had, and tho 1st of June, 1881;
we made our first butter Ben Holmes having
Charge of the creamery. which we shipped to
Mcbride e. Co. OF New York with no expecta-
tons as to quality or price. We made only about
$50 lbs per day for the first two weeks, but
when we got returns from our butter we were
surprised and more able to pay ~ cents per
to mako pound Of butter), which was about
conts moro per pound for cream than
TIE BEST DAIRY BUTTER
was selling for, AID we had no trouble in get.
ting the farmers to take our watts and cans and
t.y the new style of butter making, and it was
not long before we were making from 500 to
1000 pounds Of bnttor per day. which sold ia
New York for 8 to cents per pound more than
tho celebrated Orange county butter. was
telling Col. Daniels of Washington, D. g., Of
this fact H. said he had made grasses q study
for the last fifteen years, and found that North
sweetest grasses in the United States for but
ter. IT the Orange county farmers can make
money in the buttor business With laud worth
5000 par acre. surely Minnesota farmers with
land at $40 to $50 per acre and butter 8 to S
cents moro per. pound should make money
also. This year we have made double the
amount We did last year, making as high az
$3.50 pounds per day. The price has no,
been quite as good az last year: We have paid
for cream from 20 to 20 cents per inch
During this year; which will close Dec.
81, We have paid $S1 900 for cream
W. employ two men in the creamery, and most
of the year thirteen men with teams gathering
for the farmers. We feed from sixty to 100
hogs on tho buttermiIk and car, in warm
weather, fatten hogs pretty cheaply. The
question will arise how are the farmers bene-
fitted.
Flrst-The wife and daughter have = large
amount of work taken from them.
Second-The farmer has all OF the milk.
which is sweet when the cream 10 taken by the
skinner, and this has all the iugre clients for
making bone and muscle in calves and pigs
This is profit to the farmers. which few cal
cu!ate upon.
Third This mode Of farming is improving to
the land while wheat raising draws very heavily
on the quail y of the soil.
Fourth-You have diversity of crops It
is less than two years SINCE the creamerics
started; and know that they have added
largely to the income Of the farmers. Novem-
Der, 1880, n. Elliott paid for stock At this
place $2,4A3: November, 1882. Elliott i
Reidle paid for stock here $40, 921, and tho
average will hold good during all tho mouths
Of the year. Figures are facts; Fillmore
county has six creamers,-say the average is
$5O, 200 each, which makes $500. 900 paid for
cream III Fillmore county, which would spread
butter on many IN acre Of wheat
It is now claimed that Ole Peters on Of
Albert Lea who was found dead in his cellar,
and his body in an advanced state D! decom-
position, some time last fall, did not die a
natural death, but was murdered. His son.
Peter Olson, offers reward If 81, 600 for the
discovery and arrest Of the guilty parties.
Afarmer named Dodd had some difficulty
with another farmer named O'Day, both
living in the vicinity of Alden, Freeborn
county. From words the affair grew serious.
The latter shot at the farmer with a re-
volver the powder burning his face while
the bullet passed over his head Dodd then
fell to, and gave O'Day such beating
that he is not able to appear in court to
answer charge of attempt at manslanahter
The annual report Of Adjutant Genera
Hawley will recommend some changes in
the militia OF the state that will be of interest
to all concerned. Owing to the double ex-
pense O. maintaining the two cavalry conf
panies it will be suggested that they reorgan-
lze as companies of infantry, and the whole
militia force OF the state be consolidated in
two regiments of eight compani, Of infa:trv
each. The Eulmet light artillery will rem ain
as new organized. The organizatio as thus
proposed would compose smaller military
force than that OF any state of equal area er
like population. A number OfmInor details
will be treated in the full report o! the adju-
tant general.
0. E: Shewy, of Shakopee. has been sen.
fenced to Jail for three months for receiving
stolen goods; and Tim Lacy to state prison
for murderous assault
Articles of incorporation have been filed
with the secretary OF state of the Norwegian
Lutheran Trinity congregation Of Moorhead.
The trustees signing the articles are L. Gil
hang, O. Martinson and 0. Christianson.T
List OF Failures Increasing.
Bradstreet's Journal furnishes the follow
ing: There were 236 failures in the United
States. reported to Bradstreet's during the
past week, six more than the preceding
week and ninety-one more than the CORE
spending week of last year, compared with
the previous week. Among the important
failures were the City bank of Rochester;
William c. Moore, banker, Victor, New
York: ]. NJ. White & Co, wholesale teas,
New York city; the Second National bank
of Jefferson. Ohio; the Lawcowsic Wooden
company Of Hsmpden, Mass, and Dawson.