Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1884-04-26
The Creamery System.

Cor. Spirit of the Farm.
1t is astonishing what wealth and
independence this system Of manu-
featuring has brought to the farmers
of Illinois, Ohio, Missouri, and other
Western States. In these States near
ly every county has three or four
creameries, and every farmer from
fifteen to seventy-five cows, according
to the size of his farm. The milk is
sent to the nearest creamery, and is
there manufactured into butter and
cheese. Most creameries pay $l.05
for 100 pounds milk. The cream is
separated from the milk and made
into butter, and the skinned milk
into cheese. This cheese is of poor
quality, but brings about seven cents
pound. Most of this cheese is sold
in the South and abroad. 1t keeps
better than full cream cheese, and for
this reason the demand for it is very
great, and at remunerative prices to
the producer. Each creamery is
owned by a stock company, whose
patrons are the stockholders. In this
way the farmers make both edges cut
he gets Sl.05 for 100 pounds of milk
and then gets the profit on the butter
and cheese. In this way his milk
nets him $l.20 delivered at the facto-
ry.
Iexplain the operation of this sys-
to show what the brains and energy
of people can do, and to try to
arouse our farmers to the importance
of encouraging this system in Ten
nessee.
Farmers should keep all their heif-
er calves, and buy every young COW
that can be had, for in my opinion
good cows will be in good demand in
the near future.
For this reason, as soon as the
creamery system is in operation, and
farmers have an opportunity of sell
ing their milk at the cowhouse, they
will soon discover the advantage OF
putting their lands in grass and graz
ing cows for milk.
This business can be carried on in
connection with any other mode OF
farming, except cotton raising.
q. The Western farmers claim the
following advantages for dairy farm.
ing:
1. They get more for their farm
products by feeding them to cows,
for good cow will produce from ST.
to 500 worth of milk per year.
2. 1t requires less cultivation.
8. They are paid for their milk al
thNend of each month, giving them
IuOIllllly lHCOlne.
4. 1t keeps up the fertility of the
soil, enabling them to produce the
same crops with more certainty each
succeeding year.
S. Their cows will double theil
number every three years.
6. 1t is a pleasant and Legitimate
business, and one that the years in
come can be calculated upon with alb
solute certainty.
Now, with these facts and figures
before you, you cannot faiFto see how
this system will work to the advan
tage of the farmer. To my mind i
will revOlutionize our mode of farm
g,'and literally make our land "floV
with milk and honey" Cor rathel
money!.
Now, some farmer will say, Why
can't we make our butter at home
So you can, but if you can sell YOU
milk everyImorning at the cow-hous,
for more money than you can get fOi
your butter, why not dot? Country
butter is worth Gas published in las
weeks market report from eight t.
twenty cents, showing that no two
farmers make the same quality O
butter, and dealers rarely get enough
of one quality to ship, and wher
there is an over production, all ex
cept the best quality goes as grease tt
the soap factory.
This is an evident waste of the raw
material. 1t took no less than g
pounds of milk to make this ont