The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1891-10-24
suTfER AND CHEESE.

der the direction of the board of agri-
culture, spent two weeks, beginning
August 10, visiting Missouri dairy
plants to determine the reason for the
very moderate degree of success which
has attended the dairy business in this
state, has made his report Says Mr.
Sawyer:
In summing up the two weeks work in
Missouri, must say that as a general thing
the natura facilities can not be exceled In
| nearly every part Of the state. find some
| creameries or cheese factories that are be-
Ing operated very successfully. where they
have proved failure. 1t was almost invari-
| ably caused by bad management, first, in
paying too much for the plant second, in
paying too much for the milk; third, in
many cases hiring incompetent butter and
cheese makers The state board of ayricul.
tnre by co-operat ny with the State Dairy
| mans association can be OF great service to
parties contemplating entering this bhsi-
ness. The dairymen of Missouri need TO
| learn how to produce milk chcaply and to
successfully raise their calves ON skim milk,
and 1 consider the farmers Institute Il
means of conveying this Information.
Among the numerous factories visit
ed by MIR. Sawyer were the following.
by H. F. Prussner. Butter and cheese; cost,
$3.50 for entire plant; capacity, 1900 lbs.
milk daily; now receiving Zoo to $500 lbs.
milk per day: 1850 lbs. per day in winter;
full cream cheese twice u week; balance of
time butter. Pays SIC per 100 for July and
August milk. markets butter and cheese at
local towns, getting Ice to I7e in summer, and
3ic to 2Sc in winter for butter; &C for cheese.
The butter maker Is not an expert, hence.
gets little helnw rkst
Patrons do not care for their milk In n salts
factory manner, hence the business is un-
satisfactory to both patron and creamery
man. Milk tested from Ia per cent. fat to
per cent. showing water OF skimminy by
patron; butter tested 10 per cent fat show
Ing lack of skill In creamery.
CHAMoIs. Usage COUNTY.-A. A. Speer,
secretary and manager. Butter and cheese
combined; cost, $500 for entire plant; ca
pacIty. l5.00Olbs. milk per day. This factory
was started in the fall of 1889, run 60 days,
had to borrow s.2S to pay debts contracted
In this time and shut down May /, 1880. Was
leased to the butter maker for one year;
June / sold at auction for l,2el, being
bought by four of the stockholders, who ex-
pect to start 1t up again about September
1; Will pay 15c per 100 for milk ut that
time. Country fairly well watered; plenty
Of tame grass pasture; have received 1000
lbs. milk per day, showing there were cows
enough; think with proper management it
can he made a success.
TIPToN, MONITEAU COUNTY.
G. c. Maclay, 5. Cohn and wm. Redmon !;
gathered cream; cost, s., 500 for entire plant; /;
capacity, 400 II 5. butter per day. This
creamery was run for four years as a stock
company, doing a fair business, the third
year netting 800 profit. The fourth year
they held their butter and bought and
packed large quantities of country butter,
paving l2c to 49, per lib. for same. Much Of
this was sold grease at Sc per lD., balance
at 6.sc and lie per lb This broke up ihe
company, and the plant WIS bought by the
above firm and leased to the butter maker,
vino ran 1t for four years. doing fair busi-
ness, but not making much money. Has
been idle this season. While 1t has not been
a financial success to the stockholders, it
has brought thousands of dollars to the
farmers every year 1t has run. Greatest
draw back, no one to devote his entire ut.
tentiOn to the business
APPLETON CITY, ST. CLAIR CoUSTY.-O. S.
Beach, proprietor; cheese alone cost, $500
for entire plant; capacity, 9.y0Olb-. milk per
day; now getting 2.6JO to 2.1nOibs. pr day, it
taking l0i1lbs. milk to make lib. cheese dur
ing the summer months; less in fall and
winter; markets his cheese in southwest
Missouri and Kansas, getting from Sig to &c
per lb for Ii during the summer; more in
winter. Mr. B. makes it up on the dividend
plan, charging &c per ID. for making
cheese Last year the patrons concluded to
hold their cheese, putting in Kansas City
cold storage, but lost heavily by so DOING
the cheese selling from to 3. per ID. Fac
tory been running for II years quite sat- s.
factorily TO all concerned.
HALE, CARROLL CoUSTY.-IIaIe Creamery
Co, B. NJ CampL ell, secretary and manager
Butter and cheese combined: cost. $500;
capacity. 1000 lbs. milk per day This fac.
tory had large run, as high as l2,O0D lbs.
milk per day while being operated as II stock
company, but owing to poor management
and the making of an inferior article of but
ter and cheese ran 5000 i'm debt. February
81, II was sold to few of the Stockholders
for N.7O1, the manager being one OF them.
Are now receiving 35OI lbs. milk per day,
paying for same according to its butter
value; tests being made with a Babcock test
every day. now paying ISc per H. of butter
fat; average yield, IS lbs. fat per 100 lbs
milk. They also gather cream, paying IIc
per lib. for the butter; cost OF gathering, Sc
perlb. Markets butter largely in Chicago
and Philadelphia Butter netted them last
year 2Ollc per ID. Many Of the patrons have
their cows fresh In the fall of the year, which
kept up their winter yield Poor cows and
bad dairymen are greatest draw backs
WINDSOR, HENRY YCoUNTY.-Thos. Lewellyn
proprietor. Gathered cream; cost. IS. 500 for
entire plant: capacity, 1000 lbs. butter per
day last year made 5000 lbs. are making
1907 lbs. per week now pays lie for cream
now; paid an average Of l2i4c last year. pays
sl7c per lib butter for collecting the cream;
has four collectors making from s2s to s5s
per month; markets butter in southwest
Missouri and Texas, getting from l6 to lsc in
summer. and Is to 2sc in winter; supplies 800
lbs per week to asylum ut l9c by the year; is
very anxious to have an institute held at
Windsor this winter. will furnish hail and
board institute while there; been running
several years. doing well tor himself, AMI
patrons seem to be satisfied with creamery
SUMNER CHARLTON COUSTY.-Butter and
cheese company; cost, $500, capacity, IJ,-
600 lbs; are now receiving about 0DO lbs per
day, all OF which Is made into butter. This
factory was run for little over year as a
stock company, and then (May l5) was leased
by Lewis 4 Kaye, since which time it has
been run by them; are now paying SIC per
100 lbs; butter marketed in Hannibal and
Chicago; bringing about 1sc I'm summer, and
2sc in winter. The mouth disease has caused
a falling of In the milk supply; many of the
farms are large, and too much attention
given to steers and hogs are serious draw
backs. The factory showed lack OF cleanli-
ness. necessary to the successful operation
of any creamery. Want institute badly.
sTASBERRY. GENTRY CoUSTr.-stanberry
Butter and Cheese Co.: T. J. Golden, pro-
prietor. Cost about 5000; capacity, Is. 600
lbs. This factory only ran n short time be-
fore the company failed and Mr. Golden
bought it at a great sacr. flee and now is very
anxious to sell. Is not a creamery man and
will not opeu the factory again.
WASHINGTON. FRANKLY CoUSrY-Henry
BoerIng, proprietor. Gathered cream and
separator; butter alone; cost, sI.2D for ma
store; capacity, 100 lbs. butter per day;
now making 2.5OD to 2,s01 lbs. per week; in
winter. 2,oO0 lb,. per week, one-fourth being
separator goods. which sells for &c to Sc per
lb more than gathered cream butter. He
pays soc per l for August milk, &c for July
Joe for cream that makes lb. of butter
II costs SC per Id. to collect cream; markets
butter in New York, Baltimore and Atlanta:
has quite a local trade; selling now at 2Oc.
Is doing . satisfactory business both for
himself and patrons, is anxious to CO.
operate with other creameries; has shTpped
In several carloads of Holstein and jersey
cows, and 10 doing all lie can to advance the
dairy interests
SCHELL CIT. VERNON COUNT. I.-Scheil CITY
Butter and Cheese Co. Butter and cheese
combined; cost, $500 for entire plant;
capacity. Il. COO lbs. per day; started May !,
1859 ran 50 days and closed for lack of milk:
were losing money on what they did get:
i,s51 lbs most milk received any day; verf
paving ssc per 100 lbs. for that. Started
again in May, 1870. and ran till July. payinx
50 to Sc per 100 lbs. At this time several OF
the best patrons were building COW barns