Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1883-03-10
NORRIS.
A CREAMERY
One to be Established at Once.
Some of the advantages to
be derived from it.


derstood and the farmers and business
men of Stevens county have learned
by bitter experience the glaring evils
of the policy of the farmers devoting
their whole attention to grain raising
wheat. Under the wheat
raising plan, when fall comes the pro-
ceeds of the entire crop are at once
in paying for "help," seeder,
pillow, harrows, harvester, threshing
and the accounts which
have been growing ut the stores dur
ing the entire season. The farmer Is
then left without money to continue
the struggle for another years exist
ence and the paying of Expenses"
If, as often occurs, there is an entire
or even partial failure of crops, collec-
tiops are impossible and merchants
are left 10 fail or get along as best they
can, willie the farmer nast endure an
untold amount of hard work and EN-
force upon himself and family the most
rigid economy until the loss can be
Diversifying farming does
much to remedy these evils. The es-
tablisAmept Of q creamery is the par
ticular kind Of departure from the
wheat raising policy SO long followed
here, which is now being considered.
This will add to the prosperity of this
in many ways. Farmers will
no longer have gangs of men at har-
vest and threshing time TO pay and
will no longer be under the Necessity
of working their wives to death cook
ing for them. There will be no more
waiting until ate" harvest to pay, or
running large accounts at the stores.
The average farmer can then sell his
cream for more than he can get for his
butter now, and will save his wife and
family the labor of making it. Cream
will be paid for in checks on bank, or
store, once a month, or oftener If
necessary; the farmer will have ready
cash all the time, and in the fall can
use the money he will receive for the
hogs he has fattened upon the "skim
milk and the animals he. can sell for
beef, in paying up the mortgage on
the farm or in making substantial
The most satisfactory is the gath
cred cream SYSTEM" the n'odus ope-
randi of which is as follows: The
after he has established
procures a supply OF cans
which he furnishes to the farmers who
are his patrons, in which the milk is
placed until his "cream gatherers'
call daily for it, and skins it. He
divides them off into routes, and as
signs "cream gatherer" to each route,
and the gatherer drives over each
route once day, collecting the cream,
and leaving the farmer his skim milk
for his calves, pigs, etc. The farmer
is paid in cash every thirty days for
his cream and more too than he can
get for it after he has himself made it
INTO butter. The cans american
standard size are so constructed that
IN inch in cream represents, and con-
aims in fact, just one pound of butter.
The lava creameries paid, during the
,ast year, the average price of Is cents
Der inch of cream making pound of
,utter. At present they pay proba-
,ly % to 30 cents per inch. The rea-
on they can pay such prices is, that |
lnder this improved system they make |
better article of butter. and can get |
more for it, than four-fifths of the
arm butter makers. The farmer must
lot forget that it is always his duty to
eep the cans clean, and the milk in a
roper place and temperature-that
ouch he must do and if he is not too
azy he will not object.
An effort is now being made to es-
ablish creamery at Morris which
7ill be operated on this gathered
ream plan" Messrs. A. Dekay and
}. w. Watson were delegated by the
lorris Board of Trade, tG attend the
Meeting of the Northwestern Dairy
lan's Association, with instructions
} use their influence to induce some
tactical creamery man to come to
Iorris and establish creamery. AS
result of their work, Mr.. George
lawrence, of Waukeshaw, Wis, is
ere. Heis a practical creamery man,
aving had six years of successful eX-
erience in Wisconsin. Mr.. Law
,nce's plan is to organize stock
,mpany, who will erect and operate
creamery here. A meeting of the
GARD of Trade was called on Wednes-
ny evening to meet Mr.. Lawrence
nd hear his proposition, but nothing I
as done, except to appoint commit
e to look into the matter and report
a meeting of the citizens of the
,unty which was called to meet at
erkin's Hall, yesterday afternoon.
t that meeting Mr.. Lawrence made ]
lie following proposition: .
o the citizens of SteUe,1s county:
GENTLEMEN For the considera- ,
on of ($2,75O) two thousand seven ,
undred and fifty dollars in cash and
j ,250) twelve hundred and fifty dol
rs in stock, /, George Lawrence, Jr.)
ill erect, equip and start (plan No. q I
creamery for the purpose of manu-
curing butter. Will manage and ,,
,eFate the same from April 1st, 1888,
Nov. lst, 1888, for the sum of $1,000 s
he hundred dollars per month. The {
eresaid sum ($2,756) two thousand
wen hundred and fifty dollars to be
nd to the said George Lawrence, Jr. :
hen said creamery building is COM .
eted, the same to be ready for opera !.
on May 1st, 1883.