Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08
The PROFITS OF TIE CREAMERY
VERSUS TIE DAIRY.
BY JOHN STEWART.

V6hbU I'M UA4hx.
BY JOHN STEWART.
Gentlemen Of the Mississippi Valle,
Dairy AMI Creamery A>suciuIiuu:-
X g'ctli.g my Inability I" tie pr. sen
,uur first meeting, | will conIripu,,
81 few ih"ngl,ts upon the subject assign
q me by Your secretary, amt vii cUu
dense my ill rs in Us few words u pos
sinle. The cUlccmtraliOu of capital ant
associate effort, has long beer recogni-
Ed as necessary in the accomplish.
m'nt of large enterprises. With
oui the concentration uf capital We
wouid have liz telegraph, railroads.
cailals, :,or bridges; and the list nigh!
be continued until yun would get tired
OF heati.,g it: What Is true of III st
large enterprises is true Ut smaller ill.,
du-:ries. ii is i'll the recollection Of
niuny ot is, wIlemro ur clothing was
ma 10 at home. The wool was cartied
by hand, then spun BY the old spinning
Wheel. and there were few houses, es-
= pscia!lv iH.lis cnurtry, Where YOU would
not tim,i the old tO0nt. Who would think
now that is it the part of ec.i,Oin!!
tn make our own clothing by hantt 1
Now this dairy question is not all ex-
c%eltion to this .uie. One of the att
va'iiagrs otthis creamery system OF but
ter making is, that it is furnishing u
finer article Of butter than was ever
produced by the private dairy. This
is admitted by ali who are coi,versant
with the traiie. The fact that it rel 5
for twice Is much a the average of the
private dairy, leaves 10 room for ex-
U"ueI u'sa"'tI'O .u's po.u W.
sa""aa LII ~ ,h "o s.o. v ~. VI ..e
aeaso"s why '"e Ileaile's, VI eo-ops..
1--WE SYSTEM, shoulu . setetaiiv
$1,000 ~ sne "es'
Mnele tne s.ea.e, nu'ueI y. .ne la.'n-
=: ooniuiu"l,ie nave ~. 'ie nleals ="
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= "i VIZ uAc.t 'or u',sinS'
n"e . .c'a oo"'i''ie't "ith'Hucn da'ii
"1"'. ase'ase ao 'ut "..e naiA PouiiG
''cf'o ioo pouiid'o VI mix III tavol
=, LIN eleaiicI! systeii' suppose tiieSe
.T ia""'use a''"' P'ui'os ~ ou'-
III .% '"Ts e.s,eah wou u pro-
a"9- o.''-' pnu"us. Oinereace 49,
q, - ee..s per pouho, Wo.it oe 81
au'. LAY hve cents per pound, ainerencc
ptioe' an. we nave St'zoc 20, OF
III ten years s+..5o2 ao. we will nexi
co.lilale t,e expense OF manufacture.
ptlva'e uairx OF 'o cows VIII req"l;e
que s'f' ezra aeip, at "a! " per Week
d sly. % pei "eeA' G'tai s-oo pei
II. I'M, W"u'a make Tor the ~
uai' ! M" et'ooo per aiihu.n: "A cream
cry Win oo9 COWS VIII require say,one
superintendent Sooo, one assistant SUI
pef!h.eh1ieht sto', one iight heip $500,
one slrt help 500: 'ial'i'g milk 8! per
GOV iof se.-o', Si'2o', total, S2,slS.
D'H'frich IN iavof OF creamery per
a''i'a'n si,ol2 Ill ten Years. Ibis suli.
up for the twenty d ,irymen al the END
vi ten years are us follows: Gain 10.
creamery "ver private dairy in invest
mehi sioo9o, gain lii Weld S25.3l2 ~.
. all III price vi butter Si2.S 81, gain
IN expense of t~na!.ntasture slo ,32o,
Ill ,eii years sso,79o, or about
$o:oJo io: each dairy.
Nav | Will compare briefly the aver
age dairy, lis rh y are run here III the
west. The $40 COWS i'll al average dairy
which at 10 cents would bring IS 900.