The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-07-06
FARM AND HONE.
Large Us. Small cre.merie,.

Within tho past ten years associate
dairying has been largely developed in
all the older dairy regions, aa1 has in.
vaded new territory where dairying
has become an Important industry:
AssociateGG jsirying, of course, implies
the II Manufacture in single creamery
of the milk produced in whole neigh
borhooi: Many of these establish
inentS handle llrg, quantities of milk
daily, but tho majority, perhaps, are
OF about 1o,00) pounds cap lcity, and
even then do not run all the time The
larger the establishment, ii it is run
to its cap lcity every day, and econom-
icaliy managed, the. smaller thu ex-
pense OF hGndling given quantity of
milk. One hundred pounds is gener-
ally taken as the unit in calcu latin g
the running expenses. A creamery or
cheese factory IN ling 10,0ol pounds
per day will do so at an expense of
about cents per unit. or un1er excep-
tionally favorable conditions Of 2 cents.
Eat the actual expense is near II
cents. This appears to be a low cost
Tor the work done, AMI it is, inasmuch
IS tho same amount of work on the
average dairy farm costs from three to
five tines that sum.
But a small neighborhoo1 or indi-
vidual creamery may be oper ated at
an expense nelrly as low as the larg-
err one. For instance, in a neighbor-
hood o. on farm where the milk of
from 100 to SD o. SD COWS can b.
brought to Il creamery, with moder-
ate expenditure Of time ana expense,
it may under some circum stances, be
manufa ,turel a. cost not to exceed
six Or seven o,nts per 100 pounds
Suppose a water power to be situated
in the iieighborh,ol 1t m be
utilizel to run u creamery as
easily and eff :iently as to drive any
other sort of mlnlfa eturtag machinery.
While such source OF power is
available it will be much cheaper than
boiler and engine. In many parts of
the country q wind engine or power
will do all the work required in oper-
ating a small cream cry a1d do it near
ly every day in the year. This sort of
power is cheaper than steam, but per-
haps requires more attention in pro-
portion TO the amount OF wo rk done.
With the employment of a Cooley or
Similar apparatus, Or the separa tor,
which does away with the necessity OF
holding the milk for Dreaming, or cans
Or watts in which to keep it, the in
vestment expense can be quits small,
and the operating expenses can be
kept within the limit OF six c5uts per
100 pounds Of milk handled, If the
mess averages sly 1000 to $500
pounds daily. In the small creamery
skim cheese making should not be
contemplated. The milk is worth
more to feed TO stock than, under
average circum stan ces, for making
hard or medium Skins.
This is a question that may b. stud:
led and discussed in many neighbor-
hoods where large associated cream 81
les have not been esta olishel. Half
dozen neighbors can combine their
issues and start a small creamery, AMI
by doing SO romove the dairy work
from the household, m Tx, better
average class of butter, and get more
money for it. The economical manage
ment OF large or even medium cream
cry is found to be matter of great
difficulty in most instances. The small
one, especially if it BE- personal proper
ty, is usually SO much b,tter managed
as in the end to be more profitable
Practical Farmer.