The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1888-06-01


Correspondent IN Rural New Torkef
IN every Instance whare tho creamery Il
within few hundred rnilesof large cities the
creamery run strictly upon the cooperative
plan IS best the patrons may as well pin
their faith securely to each other, and put
their trust "a good butter, and realize al The
the proceeds Of the cream, and share the
profits.
Where there are from ESQ to 500 cows
within q distance OF ten miles each way ~
good locality, creamery can be run success
fully. A good creamery can be put up ard
stocked With ali needed machinery for from
5000 TO 81 800, provided the patrons buy their
own cans, which viii cost from 50 cents 10 ~
per COW, each lot OF ten cows needing d can.
The stock is issued to the Amornt 81 tie
plant, and Is ueually PITT out 10 SO shares,
The building committee can get plan Of
the building from any well-known maupfaet \
turing firm " dairy supplies. The machinery
ia selected from list Of supplies. Oiilcera
must be selected TO run The affair, but need
only consist Oh an auditing committee and
salesman the latter may act as treasurer Of
tho concern.
II Is best to avoid perambulatory specnla-
tors. The farmers should cooperate only
among themselves 40 the best they know
how, sud they viii succeed as well as they
would do IN the company Of atfangers.
II is best for the patrons to.deeide upon q
uniform .system Of milk testing, BY buying
cams an ~ one make, and conform as nearly
Is possible 10 the rules for BY this plan only
can high grade Of butter be made Good
bltter-makers can be secured from almost
any Of the dairy dlstrlcts Qf The Northern
States, and AZ wages ranging from ss0 10 eiOo
per month,
The crean-gathers VIII he one tc about
each 9d0 4ineheaN Of cream collected. The
cream obtained of eaGh patron ID credited 10
him, AS the bulk OF the cream Is not saie
rule to go by as to the amount of butter II
will ehurn out, samples Of the cream are
taken each day and lltsI butter Yield deter
mined, and the exact per cent Of butter 10
each inch OF cream Is placed To the credit Of
the patron. This Is more Just to all.
Each week or ofteper, the salesman sends
| the butter to the hest market na can nnd,
consignlng 1t to No, commission house,
who will sell It on Us merits. When the re-
4 turns are made the coat Of making the butter
Ii deducted from the amount received, and
the balance ia divided pro rata among the
1 patrons Every three months the interest on
/ the capital stock Is deducted and paid TO tbs
| stockholders Persons not owning stock may
| be allowed to send cream, but tnalead oi
| sharing pro rata IN the expense, they usually
| pay four or 1--WE cents per pound for making
/ their butter, a tIiiie more per pound for max
| ing than the patrons pay
i It Is always best to send 70 one eamrlissipn
| house as long rs possible and establish rep
utation for The butter III the patrons VIII
'fhold together, and not get suspicious over
every little thing they fRil 70 understand at
| ilrst sight, aud helleVe that their salesman Il
/ doing his best, and finally make hutter IN the
winter when 1t Is 85 cents per pound, instead
Of In the summer when il 10 l2l&, there 10 no
reason why h section where there II plenty
/ Of cows, q good cooperative creamery Will
not succeed and Il will, IL any event. take
the burden OF butter-making from the daily
duties OF q hundred wives, and let one man
''make It Tor whole neighbOrhnod,n Fur
nish him with good cream, and then demand
good creamery butter IS his part Of the con
| tract.
Another element Of proltis secured BY CHI
plan The hutteTmllk and Washings OF the
creamery can be utilized for feeding pigs
Az samd distance from the creamery a hos
yard ID established, and enough hogs arc pur
chased to eat the slop, Grain Is purchased
or furnlshed by the patrons, and the hogs ARK
| fed and once In about forty 10 sixty daYl
/ they are sold and new ones put in, aud thu
profits % their growth ara divided up prf
rata. Where the butteEmilk is thinned sum
/ ciently with the Washlugs and otherwise, and
proper amount OF grain Is fed with 1t, 1t 4
| valuable a. food for hogs, but fed clear It L
| not suGeess as ration,