The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-08-12

As steps have been taken 70 establish n first,
class creamery, on a large scale, in Tallahassee,
We will devote small space to the considera.
ton of the enterprise. The first obstacle to Be
met and overcome is the price that must prevail
for milk in order that the creamery NAV be a
financial success and thus encourage the estab-
lishment Of other creameries.
Nine cents gallon is mentioned as the prob
able price. This figure will strike our dairymen
as being very low. Well. let's figure on this
price. A very ordinary COW will average two
gallons of milk day. This would be 10 cents
day per cow, S. 40 month, and $64 80 year.
more than any mule in Leon county makes for
its owner, and any farmer who now runs five
mules could run so cows with less trouble. at
smaller expense. and with net profits far 10 ex.
cess of the mule system of farming.
Five cows would give a revenue of 1924; 10
cows, $64s; Is cows, $972 20 cows 81, 1896 40
cows g. 92. Besides, there il the annual in.
crease in stock and the value Of the manure from
the CATTLE which would 60 long way towards
paying the expense of careing for the cows, hand
ling milk, &c, making the receipts for milk al
most clear profit.
which would enable the milk men to pay cash
for everything they bought and thus make
large annual saving in their necessary expenses
In Tallahassee there are a number of persons
who keep two three and even tour good mich
cows Every day they have milk that cannot he
consumed for ordinary use in their families
With creamery in operation they could readily
dispose of their surplus milk. The production
of this milk would entail no additional expense
upon the owners of cows, and the money realized
from sales of milk would be clear gain A per.
son who could spare one gallon day, al nine
cents per gallon, would, at the end of year, have
received $32. 40; two gallons day for a year
would yield $64S0; three gallons $97 30; a
sum sufficient to afford the family many uxuries
they could not otherwise enjoy
With creameries established in different por
tions of the county, " King Cotton" would dis
appear from our beautiful and fertile section the
business OF the county would soon be firmly
established on cash basis, and our farmers re
lieved of the unsatisfactory and improbable ten
ant system that now prcvails-they would be
independent OF those who now dictate in great
measure upon what terms their lands shall he
titled
Shall we see this era of prosperity and indie
pendence inangurated in our charming, fertile
hill country? Yea we trust So verify This is
an age of progress and reform. In other sec
tons old methods are being discarded for new
and better methods, followed by development of
resources and general prosperity among the peo-
pie. The methods now IN vogue here have pre-
vailed for years, and we see no general prosper
ity among the people. Our county is capable
of being made one Of the most progressive and
prosperous in the Union. This we all desire to
see. In order to bring this about we must aban-
don those methods which have failed to bring
prosperity to the masses Reform in methods is
what is needed. Let this reform be inaugurated
at once by giving the effort to establish cream
cry at Tallahassee your hearty support, and other
creameries will spring into existence and opera
ton throughout the county, and the era of pros
perty and independence will dawn upon our
county almost before we are aware of il. We
pine for this reform, and its accompanying pros
perity and independence for the good people of
our fair and favored land.