Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-11
How to Run 8 Dairy.

Second Annual Meeting of the State
 Dairymen's sAssociatIon-ALa Large Atten-
 dance.
 Over 300 of the 30, 900 farmers of the State assembled at the capitol Hartford, Tuesday morning at the second annual meeting of the Connecticut Dairymen's association. President W. NJ. Wadsworth of Pennington, presided. On calling the meeting to order he congratulated the members of the associa- ton on the large attendance, and also on the fact that although false butter is made by the ton and thousands of tons, still honest butter is sought for and finds a ready mar ket. Nearly all other branches are now clos ed to the New England farmers. Sheep raising is almost entirely shut out, and tobac- co is under a cloud. If the public sentiment were not so much in favor of dogs, sheep raising would be possible, and SO there is nothing which the farmers can now turn their hands to proftably except dairying.
 Secretary Nathan Hart, of West Cornwall, read his annual report, in which was review ed the course of the association and it's suc- eessful progress during the past year. Mir. Hart also submitted the treasurers report, which showed the expenses for the year to have been $9.38. Owing to an error in talk ing names at the last meeting, there were no receipts.
 The questions for discussion were then taken up, and Nathan Hart responded to that of "How to run creamery" The speaker said that the organization of a creamery de- bends greatly upon what is to be manufac- tured, butter or cheese. His own creamery combines both, and is furnished with com- plete fixtures. The cooperative creameries were made up by number of persons who furnish the money and supply the milk, talk ing the dividends in proportion to the milk furnished. Capitalists also build creameries and send their teams around daily to the oY71 0ntrirbt lao xiney the farmer to dispose of the skim milk as best he can. Nowadays, having seen the success of the creamery system, the farmers are becoming more and more ready to CO., operate and there is no better way to organ ize creamery than to have the farmers pecuniarily interested. And, another thing, you must not each wish the creamery at his own door, but you must meet together like business men and decide upon the location upon the same standpoint. When I started the Cherry Valley creamery was in the milk commission business in New York city. In order to get pure milk I built small dairy in West Cornwall, and from that beginning l began to furnish milk to other dealers. Offers for supplying milk kept increasing until have had to double the size of my building
 A year ago last December started creamery at Newtown and made an agreement to pay the farmers one, half cent below the New York market price in summer and one quar- Ter or a cent DelOW the N0W 4OrR pf1cO 1n winter. The affair has been successful.
 Edward Neston, secretary of the Farming ton and Elmwood creameries, said that when the former was contemplated he made 8 trip to Orange county, New York, and investigated the dairy system there. He found them suc- cessful and learned that if dairy could be kept going for year the farmers wives would
 not allow them to fail. The plan of running the dairies which seemed to succeed the best was that in which individuals controlled the establishments. In 1870 the Pennington creamery was started with capital of $4, 4,- 900, in shares of $25 each. There were twenty-four stockholders in all. The dairy has been managed by board of directors, which meets once month and determines what shall be divided among the patrons. In the first year the creamery had the milk of seventy five COWS now it has the milk of over 700, and is deemed an indispensable necessity. The creamery buildings cost in all about $4,e0O. We have an ice house, which will hold about 175 tons. and this cost $35O. A cottage cost $500. The first year we were in business we made butter for five months in the year, and now make it the en- tire year. We also sell cream.
 MT. Cornwall, of the Granby creamery, said that that institution was started in Feb ruary, 1882, as a cooperative company, no person being allowed to hold over four shares. The capital is $4 ,50O. This creamery is the only one in the State which uses cream only, and collectors are sent around each day to collect it. The cream is purchased by the inch, standard cans, provided with measur- ing glasses, being used. The creamery started with about 800 COWS and produced in the first six months of it's existence over 50, 900 pounds of butter. ''An inch of cream IS calculated to make about pound of butter, and the circumference of the can is deter mined with that object in view The patrons of the creamery are all well satisfied, and some of them received as high as three cents @ quart for their milk in September last. The reason for the adoption of this plan was in order to leave the skim milk on the farms.
 MT. Hart, of the Durham creamery, ex- plained the system in use there, which is creamery. The milk of about 25O COWS is used, and last year 879, ,298 pounds of milk was made into 25,O0O pounds of butter. About +, ,O00 quarts of cream were also sold. The skim milk was disposed of at one cent pound in summer and two cents in winter. The reason why associated dairying pays better than farm dairying is that more even quality of butter is acquired, better appl- ances are used, and the maker of butter is | enabled to give his entire attention to the | process. In over two years the Durham | has had but twenty pounds of poor | butter. The skim milk is disposed of to | peddlers. The average price paid for milk l for the last year was 16 2-3 mills per pound. |
 William B. Lincoln of Warren, Mass, gave