Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1885-07-30
A New ENTERPRISE,

Rocky Ridge will soon be in possession of
a new enterprise which if properly apprrcla-
ted by our farmers will 90 far towards chan
ging our present system Of farming. Mrssrs.
Bg-s T. Barrick as advertised in another
column of tins paper will on Monday, Aug.
Bird, open for business their new Creamery.
These gentlemen have just completed their
factory which is situated near the depot at
Rocky Ridge, so that patrons furnishing
milk can avail themselves of the W. Nj.
trains.
The process Of manufacturing creamery
butter is no longer a matter of speculation,
but has been reduced to an exact science
Every wheel and joint being constructed
upon scientific principles and specially
adapted to the purpose for which it was in
tended. The cream is separated instantly
from the milk by centrifugal! force the Dan,
ish Weston machine being used. All the
machinery is of The latest and most improved
designs and has a capacity of two hundred
gallons per hour. That the growing of crrc-
Il
matter that every farmer can judge for him
self tina, farming as now conducted is labor
ious and scarcely profitable is fact that our
farmers will no, dispute year after year the
bulk of wheat and corn raised and pushed ON
the market has weighed down the prices un-
ill crops cannot he raised that will pay for
the cost of producing. This condition of
things calls impcrativcly Tor change Of our
system of farming. The enterprise of these
gentlemen point out the change to be made,
less attention to wheat and corn, more atttn-
ton to our stock. The new firm claims that
a trial Of this new system Of farming will
convince the most sceptical farmers that
they are living in Il new era and under new
dispcnsation; that by their improved marhin-
dairy produce than they can realize by any
other method.
Fifteen years ago the w. Md. II. II. pushed
its tracks through our valley opening up n
new country to the markets of the world;
with it came new yigor and enterprise, our
farmers uwoke from their lcthargy, land I'M
proved, crops increased and produce found II
ready market in our great commercial cen
tres, but in the impetus thus given TO this
grain producing industry, it cannot be denied
that our farmers lost sight of their stock and
better than when the whistle Of the locomo-
tive first awakened by its shrill blast the
dormant energies of our people. The result
is undoubtedly the present condition of
things. An ovcrcroWdcd market, granaries
bursting with rich clops the producing cost
of which exceeds the market value and she
only hope for remedy seems to he that the
tccmn, earth may for season withhold its
bounty.
But this enterprise opens up new mar
kct, if putron;zod it will divert the farmer
from grain producing and turn his attention
to latent wealth that has been lying neglect
cd in their stock.
Washington once said that farming was
the hcalthicst and noblcst occupation to
WHICH lllaH COuIu ShC HIS t'ttH'iol' Il"uh-
lin and Jefferson when they looked upon our
great cities forcsaw that in them corrupting
influences and disintegratiny forces would
continually be at work and increase its pow
or as the struggle for existence became keen
er. Bnt they looked out upon the farm lands
and predicted that from the tceming country
would come the wealth, energy and purity
which would ever be the foundation of our
country's happiness, liberty and greatness
While this is true it IS also true that sys-
TEN of farming which looks to the develop.
mcnt of but one class Of producer to the ne
glcct of others must ever result in over
crowded markets, starving prices and stag
nation of all energy.
Hence we think that the energy Of our
friends cntitle them to be regarded in the
light of public benctactors and their new en-
tClprse worthy OF our farmers patronage.