The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1894-04-14
THE CREAMERY QUESTION.
Meetings Held ut Deer Ledge and Race
Track--A Favorable Outlook.

Meetings Held ut Deer Ledge and Race
Track--A Favorable Outlook.
At the meeting held last Saturday even
Ing for the purpose Of considering the
matter of establishing creamery at Deer
Lodge, several farmers from the valley
were present to confer with Deer Lodge
gentlemen, and the meeting fully demon
strated that with proper effort q cream
cry can be established here at once.
During the evening large number Of
! questions were answered by Mr.. A. D.
Peck, bearing on the creamery business.
! He is well vcrsed in all the details of
cheese and butter making, having had
much practical experience in other States.
Mr.. Peck believed this to be good
| location for an enterprise of this kind,
and when once started, thought the farm
ers of Deer Lodge valley would turn
their attention to the growing Of clover
meadows and the cultivation of such
| plants as would produce the most milk.
and thought they would find the dairying
industry to be the most profitable branch
of farming
Mr.. Joslyn stated, in reply to questions,
that if the milk of sufficient COWS could
be assured for the first year, and the price
to be paid for the same could be agreed
upon, the capital would be furnished to
take hold of the enterprise at once. He
thought the proper way to determine the
price of milk was to adopt a sliding
scale, regulated by the price of butter at
thn larra mi fr,t 1,a ,,E,
Peter johnson, of Race Track, thought
the farmers of his ghborhood would
like to have a first class creamery
established, but they thought the proper
place for it was at Race Track. as they
believed the Race Track country could
furnish more COWS than any other section
of the valley.
George Dana, who lives on the Little
Blackfoot, about IA miles north of town.
thought the creamery should be centrally
located, so that nll could deliver their
milk Or cream without travelling too great
distance.
After considerable time spent in dis
cusslng the matter. u canvass Of those
present was taken to ascertain about the
number of cows that would be furnished
for the enterprise. The canvass showed
that fully 3oG cows cou d he secured Tor
the first year, provided tie creamery and
farmers could agree rs to the price 70 be
paid Tor the Milk or cream. or this
number fully one=half are in the immedi-
ate vicinity Of Deer Lodge. Conley &
NlcTague headed the list with 80. Mr..
Dana, who lvesa greater distance from
town than any of those present, could
not promise but Is for this year
Before the meeting adjourned it was
thought advisable by those present that
ameeting should be held at Race Track,
and the farmers of that locality be re-
quested to get together and give their
views on the matter; also to ascertain the
number of COWS that could be obtained.
Accordingly Wednesday evening was
selected for the meeting and Mr.. johnson
said he would notify his neighbors and
ask them to be present to meet the
Deer Lodge delegation.
The meeting at Race Track was large
ly attended by the representative farm
ers OF that part of the valley. Deer
Lodge was represented by Messrs. C. D.
Joslyn, N. j. Bielenberg, A. D. Peck,
and Frank Conley. The matter was fully
discussed and a large majority of the
farmers present were favorably impressed
with the Importance of the enterprise and
expressed themselves ready to do their
part toward making it success. A can
vaes among the farmers to determine the
number of COWS that could be depended
upon for the creamery resulted as follows:
Peter johnson, Is; George johnson, Is;
P. Fl. Meagher, 10; A. HendricEson, 10;
II. Golde, 20; Eliason Bros, 10; Thos
Elliott, 20; Lars Beck, 10; N. j. Bielen-
berg, 20; total, 135. These added to
those already pledged from Deer Lodge,
make total of 237 secured thus far. It
is believed this number can be increased
to 400.
1t is not the intention of the promoters
| OF the enterprise to engage in cheese
making the first year, but would confine
| their work to the manufacture of butter
alone. The plant to be used for the
creamery would be selected with the pur-
pose in view of adding machinery for
cheese making at any time, which could
be done without much expense. 1t is
thought the laundry building, which is
we'll adapted for the purpose on account
of location, etc, can be secured for the
creamery. So far as the matter has been
canvassed, the prospect for the creamery
looks very bright, and we hope to be
able to state in our next issue that still
further progress has been made.