The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-28
MANKATo FREE PRESS.
Report of Visit to County Line Cream
cry.
Madison Lake News.]

By invitation of the Madison Lake
Creamery association, the following
officers and members of the associa
ton visited the County Line Cream
cry association, situated about three
and one-half miles from Alma City, or
Mr.. Comstock'S farm, viz:
L. Silky, A. Hoehn, Geo. Meileille
Mr.. DeauX, Walter Hill, J. Fox, G. w
Allyn and Ira b. Reynolds.
And we have the honor to report
the following facts for the benefit Of
all who may be interested in the Mad
ison Lake Creamery.
l. We found that the County Line
Creamery was a corporate association
under the laws of Minnesota, the same
as the Madison Lake Creamery.
2. That they hired the money, Civ
ing their notes at per cent and built
the plant themselves, at original cost
of thirty four hundred dollars
(S3, 400.)
8. That the creamery has been run
ming since last May, doing the follow
ing business, viz: The milk is brought
to the factory by the farmers them
selves from one and one-half to nine
miles, joining together and taking
turns in going to the factory.
During the month of June there
was delivered to the factory $50, 923
pounds of milk, with an average test
of three and one-half pounds OF butter
fat to 100 pounds of milk, and four
and one-third pounds of butter.
Total pounds of butter made, 9,735,
and sold for 16 cents per pound.
One of the patrons, Mr.. A. E. Com
stock furnished LISP pounds of milk.
Test. 3 CLIO butter fat made 64.15
pounds of butter, he receiving l6 cents
per pound. Total, $40 20 for the same.
We give this example to show the
beginning and will give what Mr..
Comstock furnished for the other
months to show the growth of the
business. For the month of July the
factory received 174,045 pounds of
milk that tested 6-10 butter fat and
Clio pounds butter TO the 100 pounds
of milk.
For the month of August there'was
received 156, 246 pounds of milk. Aver
age test, 4. Yield, ASS pounds of but
ter to the 100 pounds. Total butter,
1922, and sold in New York to Hunter
& Walter for "A! cents per per pound.
Mr. COmStOck furnished 6,325 pounds
of milk for which he received Sl.00
per hundred for his milk.
For the month of September the
factory received 1886 pounds of
milk. Test APO. Yield of butter fat
4.5S made 1850 pounds of butter and
sold for 244 to 263 per pound in New
York.
Mr.. Comstock furnished 5, 1853 pounds
milk, received for the same $50. 16, or
almost 50. Oh per hundred for his milk.
Il y.rit I'd Ln
Dec. 9Th, 103 patrons brought in 1909
pounds of milk with an average test of
about pounds, which would make
about 6T5 pounds of butter and was
worth on that date % cents per
pound. While the farmers wives
with all their pains and labor are re-
pound for butter made at home.
Those who patrOniZe this creamery
get % to "a cents per pound for their
butter with only the work of taking
the milk to the creamery, and they
get so pounds of sweet milk and 10
pounds of butter milk in return for
every 100 pounds furnished.
We did not arrive at the creamery
in time to see all the patrons but
every one whom we did see were very
enthusiastic and declared that moth
ing that they ever did brought them
so much money for the work laid out.
Well they might for quite number
who were milking from twelve to six
teen cows reported from $50 to $40 as
their monthly receipts. We have
only praise to give the gentlemen we
met who manage this association, es-
pecially Mr.. Baker, superintendent,
Mr.. Frank Lembke, butter-maker,
and Mr.. ComStock, who took first pre-
MUM at the Worlds fair for cheese
made by him. He says his farm is
worth 81 900 more than it was before
the factory was built.
We would say to the farmers of
Jamestown and LeRay: Visit this
creamery, satisfy yourselves and then
furnish milk, that is all that is
wanted now to make the Madison
Lake Creamery success.
Mr.. Allyn says that within circle
of five miles of Madison Lake there
are 900 COWS. 1t will pay every farmer
owning the COWS to furnish milk for
our creamery, and if they only furnish
twenty-five pounds day the factory
will have $4,000 pounds of milk and
can make from $50 to 600 pounds of
butter every day that will bring on an
average of 20 cents a pound or $1,000
aday, and you can make this every
day in the month so you will have
three Thousand, three hundred dol
lars $4,000 coming through this fac
tory into your pockets every month,
not once year but twelve times
year; 500, 600 brought from New York
to Madison Lake. Then we can keep
our farms up, diversity our farming
and snap our fingers at the wheat
ring.
Respectfully submitted,
IRA B. REYNOLDS.