Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1888-03-31
What the Bell Buckle Creamery is
Doing for this Community.
Bell Buckle STIR.

money and build a creamery at Bell
Buckle, 1t was a new business and the
experiment met with much opposi-
ton. Our citizens were slow to in
vest in the enterprise. We finally
secured enough money to build the
house and buy the machinery, for
which we paid too much. We then
commenced business without any
capital, and had to make engage
nents for butter, cheese, milk, all Of
which had to be sold on thirty days
time. The farmers were slow to
bring in their milk, being afraid the
thing would be a failure, and they
had never paid any attention to milk
stock or to milking, for raising beef
had been the specially, They didn't
know how to take care of their cows,
nor how to feed them for milk. In
fact the general impression was, that
milking cows and selling milk was
z little business. Sothe result is that
we never have been able to run the
creamery at more than half Its capaci-
ty. But fortunately we secured the
services of a competent man, Mr..
Muxen, and through all the trials he
moved right straight along, encour-
aged the patrons and did his duty
faithfully, and the products of the
creamery have always sold at the
highest prices. A few plucky farm
ers.stuck to it determined to make it
success; and now the general YER
dict is, the creamery is one of Bell
Buckles greatest blessings. The
farmers are learning how to take care
of their cows, how to feed and milk
them, and are building new stalls,
well floored and make them good
beds. They keep them well cleaned
and are Learning the difference be.
tween a good COW and a poor one, and
they are also breeding for milk. II
is worth trip to Bob Bingham's to
see his cows all battered in a row
eating their feed and standing quietly
I to be MIXED. Then it is a treat t.
, see Is or 20 fat, sleek, grade Holsteir
; calves. lf 4W mod, o. 81 areinl
Bob says that the creamery bust
ness pays better than anything he hal
tried, and he has been a success as {
farmer and stock raiser. One thing
the farmers like about the business il
the certainty of the money for thu
milk coming once a month. Their
= is no haphazard about it. 1t enable
them to pay their accounts monthly
: brings money into the town and put
1t in circulation. Then the farmer
i, are planning to take care of their feet
;, and you hear them talking about how
to economize and save all straw ant
corn fodder. I think there will b
silos built this year. The manure j
a valuable item. This is looked afte
= and the farms are growing richer.
: learn from Mr.. Muxen that from
October LIST to March LIST there wa
! brughtto the creamery 3O4,7A pound
Of milk, for which he paid $685.
The amount of butter made 11,7s
pounds; milk shipped, 1000 pounds
:, cheese, 13,3OS pounds. Now I don
give these figures because it is a bi
= business. 1t ought to be three time
that on a good year. This winter 70
lowing last years drought has been
If trying one on the cows. Still it is
s. good business and / don't know whs
d its patrons would have done withor
il it. One farmer says the creamer
le paid him 81 300 on a few COWS an
n that amount would have been throw
away if there had been no creamer.
Another says that it paid him out ,
debt and set him up all right; anotl
~ er says that If it hadn't been for I'll
- creamery he would not have bee
% able to send the children to scho
and to pay for the family supple
So, taking a fair view Of the situate
re we think it fortunate for Bell Buck
e. that she has creamery. The outloC
a. is promising, it is we'll managed ar
N all we need is more and richer mill
e. Get good cows, feed them well, gi,
them comfortable stalls, breed f
milk and butter, save all your fee
~ hay, corn fodder, straw and ever
~ thing and your cows will convert
IL into milk and manure. The mi
W brings the money and the manu-
III makes the farm rich. And the resi-
" will be more money and richer farm
IS His Blunder.