Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1891-10-23
A CREAMERY TALK.
THE FISHERSTILLE FARMERS
CLUB LISTEN TO AN OFFER.
THE FARMERS GIVE IT A PRACTICAL AND
SEARCHING DIsCUSSION-THE PROFIT
AND LOSS OF KEEPING COWS FOR A
CREAMERY-SOME FARMING NEWS.

AND LOSS OF KEEPING COWS FOR A
CREAMERY-SOME FARMING NEWS.
&C., &C, sc.
[Reported for the Staunton VINDIcAToR.l
On account of the unavoidable absence
of quite number of the club members, the
regular business was passed by and MI.
Roth of Chicago, who was present, was i'll
vited to address the gentlemen present in
regard to the establishment of creamery
at this place.
Mr.. Roth SAID that the dairying interests
should be improved here, and the only way
to do that was by establishing creameries.
He said "This is as fine country
as ever saw, and with your fine grazing
lands-(superIor In that respect to
Illinois There is no good reason why
you should not make the creamery bust
ness big success, and it is a shame
for you to allow such advantages to go I'M
improved. All creameries do not pay, but
that S no reason why they should not, and the
principal reason why any of them fail is be-
cause they pay too little for the milk, and
the farmer soon gets tired working for
nothing and stops furnishing milk. A
creamery here would pay the farmers $3.50
per 100 pounds, equal to about y gallons,
when butter is selling at 80 cents per d..
The farmer under the present system is
only getting about so cents per 100 lbs. and
the creamery gets the rest. The way to get
tbo n ,f ;c 10
your creamery on the cooperative plan
let all the farmers take stock in it-and by
using the skim milk, butter-milk, whey,
&C., for feeding purposes, you get all there
gallons per day with all average price of 80
cents per 100 lbs. for milk, would produce
a revenue of 1928 per month. OIL 1852. so for
10 months. We built the Waynesboro
creamery, and while they have not been
running all the time, it is now at work and
making money, and only paying a low price
for milk. The best butter can only he
made by the use OF the separator, which
takes all the impurities out of the milk by
centrifugal force. The plants we put up
We have no trouble with, and we propose to
put up plant here and guarantee it for
one year for 81, 150, one-third cash and bal
ance in and 12months. If we can get the
farmers to take two thirds of the stock,
we will take the rest ourselves. have my
plans and specifications here and would be
glad to show them to any who feels interes
ted in the enterprise. l also have here by
laws, &C., for a cooperative system, CIV
ing full details and instruction as to the
successful prosecution Of the business. The
running expenses of the plant would not
exceed IS per day, and making 500 pounds
of butter per day the profits would be $50
per day. From your fine grazing country
here, and thenumber of COWS 1 have seen,
don think there should be any trouble to
start this plant here. Any questions you
wish to ask 1 will be glad to answer"
Some member suggested that the expense
of the keep Of the COWS might overrun the
profits.
MI. Gulley stated that he found it cost
$50 per year to keep a COW properly and
well fed and pastured.
MI. McCue suggested that it would be
impossible to get the cows properly MIXED
with the present state of labor.
MI. Freed said that all the creameries in
this section had been failures, and it would
be hard to get the farmers to go into it.
Dr.. Hildebrand said the question was
whether it would pay better to farm our
lands Oh Craze them. He thought farming
would pay better.
MI. Roth stated that for several years in
Kansas, if it had not been for the
creameries the people would have almost
starved; that the crops failed for several
seasons ard the creameries were all the
source OF revenue.
Capt. Coiner thought it might pay if all
the farmers in this section would go into
it, keep from 10 to 20 COWS, and make a
regular business Of it as they would any
thing else.
DR.. Hanger thought it would pay best to
farm; that QUIZ lands would produce II tons
of hay per acre. and counting acres to a
COW and hay selling at $500 net, the
amount would be S36 for pasturage alone
in addition to corn, oil cake, mill feed, &C.,
&C., and that he would be. glad to reduce
his number of COWS to two, as it was al
most impossible to have them properly
MIXED, and he considered it losing bust
ness.
After further discussion, Mr.. Roth deci-
ded to return to the neighborhood next
week and try by a careful canvass Of the
farmers to get up the stock necessary to
build the plant.
All business of the club being postpo ned
until the next meeting, amotion to adjourn
was adopted.
DR.. Hanger has baled and loaded on the
cars 1870 tons Of timothy hay, sold to local
dealers with the exception of a few cars,
which he preferred to ship on his own ac-
count. Mr.. Freed has loaded 900 bushels
of wheat for the Richmond market.
The disposition on the part Of farmers to
hold their wheat for promised advances,
seems to be weakening somewhat, as the
fancy prices predicted do not materialize.
A large per centage of the hay crop has
been shipped from here, and this depot still
wears the belt as being the largest hay ship
ping point ON the Ches. & Ohio.
SCRIPTOR.
Painful Injury.
Mr.. Robert W. Burke, First Vice Presi-
dent of the National Valley Bank. was con-
fined to his house on Church street for sew
eral days by an accident that turned out to
l,o r,,,ro ,,o1nfn III thar, ,uac OF fret oynantod