The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-05-10
The Creamery Question.

An adjourned meeting of the farmers interested
in creamery was held at the Grand Jury room in
the Court House, Belfast, Tuesday afternoon, to
hear the report of the canvassins committee APP
pointed two weeks ago J. &. Harding, of Waldo,
called to the chair.
Mr.. $ 7. Edgecomb, Belfast, said he canvassed
his section, covering an area of four miles each
way, and had secured the promise of seventy cows
and four shares of stock. His idea was that the
shares should he made small, not to exceed $25.
Mr.. Edgecomb will put 800 into the enterprise
and several cows. He said that much interest was
manifested.
Lewis +. Pitcher, Northport, said the farmers in
the seven miles of territory he canvassed were
much interested. lie did not attempt to get stock
taken. but found seventy cows available. All the
farmers said they would do something
}. G. Harding, Waldo, had looked over the
ground in his vicinity, from Clements Corner to
Waldo Station, but did not solicit stock. Waldo
has miikmen who supply milk to Belfast, but
and some think 300 cows can be had Waldo peo-
pie were caught once i'll stock for cheese factory,
upon i'll his locality The farmers, however, were
anxious to have butter factory and would like to
cream gatherer come any day.
+. w. Shepherd Belfast, said he had canvassed
in the neighborhood of Rowes, Wales Millers,
Poor's Mills and smith Mills and found sixty
cows Tn, farmers all talked favorably and would
put iii their cream if they could do better than in
any other way. lie found four who would take
stock.
\ l1 N
f. GosS, who sell creamery apparatus, was present,
and WAS calle! upon to state what the cost Of
creamery would Ice, and also the outlay for each
patron. He said he had fitted up the celebrated
Turner factory and nearly every other butter fac
tory in Maine. Mr. Rickforl said he would not
ATTEMPT To tell the farmers that they needed
factory for he presumed they understood that
matter themselves, but he would answer any ques-
lion i'll regard To the cost He believed, however,
that enterprise that cost three times as much
would make better returns than a butter factory.
\ corn factory goes well with creamery. In
Vermont you can pick out the dairy farmer you
drive along the road. No hay or grain is sold
from the farm, but all is fed out. The farmers
in the family. The cost of butter factory such
he thought would be needed in this vicinity
would be Sl10o. The necessary apparatus, eXclu-
sive of the building, would be about $500. This
The patron needs a refrigerator and cans He
thought the Cooley can the best. Each can holds
four gallons, and he estimated one necessary
to a COW. II costs about So for refrigerator tank
ami sixteen cans for sixteen cows. A four can re-
tIigcrator tank would cost $2l. A single can will
cost -. The Cooley can is a submerged can. 1t
is regarded as the hest ventilated can in the
hct- the Napor conlenses at the top of the can
and runs into the water. He had known milk
tainted with vegetable odor to be entirely purified
by the use of the Cooley can. Mr.. Bickford said
the Turner factory started with less than 200 cows.
II 800 COWS he had here he thought the outlook
most promising. The buttermilk from factory is
sold To some person for month more.
The meeting appointed the following committee
To for stock, consider the subject of location
and such other matters as may come before them :
+. W she lhcrd :. L. Ed~ecomh, Howard Murphy,
Il W Ellis ami Iorctto Hay Word, of Belfast Ma
thaniel Gurney and g. 4 Levenseller, of Waldo
and l.. T.. Pitcher, of Northport
The committee will meet at the Court House. in
Belfast, saturday May 26, ut , o'clock r. NJ. All
are invited to he present