Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1890-04-01
TURNER CREAMERY.

on. ~ the hutier factories which has
prnyeSi succe.. from th. start " the
Turner CREAMERY located at Turner Cen
trr. II 1. located In = rich valley .ur-
roundei hy splendid Hill aud valley
fsrm., conducted by Intelligent, viics'
waek farmers. 4 cheese factory vas lo-
cairsl iher, .srlv Ia the yrat. 81 the In.
tro,iur,.on ~ the assorisis'i svsiem oi
dslrying Into Msine. This form ofdslfv-
Ing was .ucc~.sful, aud the product turn
81 cut q, the Turner Centre ch"... fsCiorN
hai a reputation Gar AMI w'ie In New
England. later IN. creamery system ~
huttrr.msking ws. introduced Into Nsins
ani the Turner farmers took hold ~ this,
.tIll rr,sInlng the ch--s~ factory, which
was worked portion ~ the season.
4. the .i,- on which the chc-.e factory
"a. err,ts,i fsyor,sl. the hsssmrni wa'
fitte,l up ani IN. buttrr-msking sppsrs-
tu. placcsi therein. which va. occupied
In tha, capacity tIll two war. ago. \.
the exccllsnc- 10 the product turnei oui
st this creamery h~cams known, the
b., market. sought II. goods At the high
ct prices.
Prosperity AZ that end ~ the bushes.
had H.. Influence Ia attracting M. atien'
tion of the farmers AMI private dairvmrn
Who, after Investigating th" merit. ~
the system, gradually abandoned the
.als ~ milk aud private butter dalrying,
snd turned their cream Into the butter
factory.
After running the cheese factory In
connection With the creamery numb-r
of wears. u was fnslly found n~cc..ary
o. have morr room io cary on the butter
making business. Aud /. before ~
marked. two wears ago the manufacture
con,.nlsnc. ~ chc~.e was abandoned
altogether, aud the buililng rcmoielc'l
aud rsfitiei Into a fr.t-clsss creamery. u
m. nov all the facilities ~ room, uien-
sils, machinery. Ice storage aud rcfrig'
erstor, to carry on \ large business.
The appointment. about this factory
ar- the i.r-i Ne have ever secn. The.T
include several tempcring vat. of ~
gallons capacity, With two lJ-gallon
churn.. with fln- little engine 10 supply
power aud heat.
The daily capacity ~ the factory '.
about .Do pounds. some da,s u over
run. ,hi. amount. Monday. l,0iD pounds
were churncd aud Que DAY last week
some over l,lno pounds. Nbou, halt
the proiuct Z. stamped ani divided Into
hall. f.pound print. aud supplied on order.
from home trade. The r-mslnder y.
packe,l solh In small. siycitu Tventv-
.lx cents per pound I. received for u this
winter. Prices rangcd somewhat lower
In the summer.
The neat little sum ~ sGs, s,0O va. dls-
tributsi Last year among the farmer. aud
patron. who.e interest. ccn,r. at this
factory.
n may be profitable Ia consider for a
moment the factors which have figured
prominently la the succc.s of this cream
sry.
In the first place. sni perhaps least 81
all, was the prr.tlg. of excellence 81 the
cheese product turned out by the Turner
cheese factory, l0ln.d with that In the
adjoining n.ighborhood 81 North Turner,
both of which when they run have EN-
ioyei q fir.t-clsss reputation because
making fir-i-clsss goods.
Another prominent factor va. th'
possession among pliron. of the factory
of fir.t-cla.. dairy stock. and the at ol
feeding to produce flr.,-class butter by
private manufacture. a. practlced by
the farmers. joined with good pasture.
Ia furnish summer feed.
II goe- without saying that the moral
tone IL Turner farmea., a. a class, IL al
the highest order. II follows as a nat
ural sequence that In an enterprise ~.
aulrlng for ~. succe.s the highest idea
In prac,ic. of the virtue. ~ cleanllnes'
aud care In the production aud handling
81 the raw material, these farmers should
collectively conduct their bu.lne.. or
thI. plan. TIL. they have done.
Another and potent factor q. relates
to their success. !. the skill IL the efficient
butter maker, Mr.. bradford, Who ha.
brought good sense, Inventive .kill and
adsp,i,. ability to the work. and Ia hi'
credit should b. placed a large share al
the honor of the success. of this creamery
And In thi. connection the executive
ability of the officer. of the association
should receive due recognition q. anothei
important factor relative to the success
of the enierpri.e.-I.e~i.ton Journal.