The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-10-25
future. We commend him to the good
people Of that city and wish him album
iant prosperity In his new home.
THE CREAMERY.
Fearing COnplstisn-Fhs KashiasEy On Hand and
Being Placed in Ordss.

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Fearing Complstisn-Fhs kashizsTy On Hand and
Being Placed in Ordss.
A visit TO the creamery establish
ment yesterday found the building
nearing completion. Nearly all the
machinery and paraphernalia are on
hand and are being put into shape.
The machinery includes ten-horse
power engine and.ea fourteen-horss
power boiler, watts, caEs, etc. in
abundance. The whole establishment
is expected to be in running
order by December LIST. It viii have q
capacity to convert 10000 pounds of
milk into butter and cheese daily. To
gether with the best appliances for
these purposes the company has in
course of construction a cold storage
room 16x1S, q refrigerator room 1895.
These latter will assist the company to
handle the product in the best manner
possible. 1t is understood that the
profits, after protecting the stock will
go to those who supply the milk that
is the company viii pay the highest
price possible to make the institution
self-sustaining.
It is necessary that a supply of 10000
pounds Of milk be furnished per day,
to enable the company to operate the
factory on self-shstaining basis and
pay the prices for milk shown in the
following schedule:
From October to April an average OF
e5 cents per 100 pounds; April to Octo-
Der, an average Of IS cents per 100
pounds, making an average of 80 cents
per 100 pounds for the, year. 1t is the
experience of other factories that 100
pounds of milk will make four to four
and half pounds Of butter in spring
and summer months, and five to five
and half pounds in fall and winter.
One hundred pounds Of milk will
make eight pounds Of cheese. The fol-
lowing estimates will do for the cow
owners to figure on as to profits: The
company gives twenty pounds of milk
per day for each cow as the basis, and
six months as the milking season of
the COW, which is certainly below the
average. Also twenty-six days per
month-noG surprising it to be desira-
BILE to run the factory on Sundays.
On the above estimate from October
to April one cow will yield $40 pounds
of milk per month or $3.50 pounds for
the milking season. The average
price beng 95 cents per 100 pounds
would be 4.94 per month or $29.64 for
the six winter months. The six spring
he ,k 70
/ 100 pounds would be 1888 per month,
or $20.2S for the milking season. This
estimate is made on the lowest possible
basis for any lot of say ten cows any
where in this county. With ordinary
care and attention they would yield at
least 20 per cent more than this esti-
mate. The selling of milk will not
prevent or interfere with raising the
calf for the farmer can take the skim
ed milk home with him and feed the
calves. and raise just as good ones as
though he had let them run with the
COW and had nothing but the COW and
calf. If he sells the milk in the sum-
mer he adds s2O.2s to, say a $50 COW and
81 or IS calf, or in winter months he
adds s29.64, which fully doubles the
value of the COW,
OF course the trouble of milking and
delivering must be taken into consider
alton and the profit will be lowered &C
cordingly. The plant is centrally 10
Gated, most of the stockholders ara
farmers and there is no reason why the
establishment should not pay.
From the above it will be seen that
it will require 500 COWS at 20 pounds
per day to furnish the desired bulk Of
milk for the com pany's use.