The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-11-27
ADVANTAGES OF cREAMRRIEs
Correspondence of the Progressive Farmer.
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. II, 1894

NO44O6ROA0SAO
RALEIGH, N. c., Nov. II, 1894
II has been a matter of general OBJ
starvation that wherever a creamery Is
established and receives the support OF
the farmers in the vicinity, there pros
peritv comes, with her graceful pres
ence. to preside at the homes OF the
various patrons whose forethought and
activity make the cooperative cream
ery a center of industry.
If to think of these things requires
illustration to stir one up to put forth
an effort to bring this to the attention
of our neighbor farmers, here Is an
example as an editorial in a leading
D The Breeders Gazette.
The last number, which came to day,
says:
6sRiding into St. Adams, VI, recent
". Cthe site of the largest creamery IN
the world) a gentleman who had llved
for wears in that town said IN passing
the well built, freshly painted farm
ho1ses and barns: 1t is remarkable
how the farmers around here nave
sspruced up since the creamery was
started The comment was most sig
niicant. 1t expresses the experience
of hundreds of communities which sup
port successful creameriCs 6. That there
Ia money in dairying when sklIItully
conducted, does not admit Of doubt.
That the industry requires intelligence
and unremitting application Is equally
clear. And it re quires cOtCS and cOtG
men. Idle creameries In various sec
tions of the West, costly and significant
monuments to the ignorance, and some
times the ~gullibility of farmers land
others) preach their own sermon OF ad-
monition. A creamery requires COWS,
and COWS to be made profitable In dairy
work demand owners who are willing
to plan and work for the greatest pro
duction of milk. A country destitute
of mich COWS and men willing to treat
them well, is as promising a location
for a creamery as a o IN mid
would be for a farm. A steady milk
supply is requisite to a successful
creamery, and when given suitable con
ditions, an income for the milk maker
is assured that will keep his premises
tidy"
This gives the key note of success in
few words. If farmers wish to be sue
cessful and divert the money monthly
going out of this vicinity for dairy
products they can do no better than
make a general and concerted stand to
increase their cow stock and build a
creamery here in Raleigh and take the
lead in supplying the home demandtor
butter and perhaps cheese. If COWS
enough can be secured, we could get a
creamery at work in an incredibly short
time. 1t is the kind of men and mum
Der of deep milking COWS that are most
needed. Will the farmers of Wake
county stir themselves up to catch a
stream of several thousands Of dollars
eight to ten, at least, per year, which
is pouring out for these things which
can be made here at homer If they
will, or any five or six who think so,
will unite to call a meeting to discuss
the subject, and receive proposals for
a plan, and appoint several ~canvassers
to secure subscriptions of stock and
pledges to supply the milk of a given
number of COWS on the various roads
leading into the city and on the rail
roads, for ten to 25 miles out, a new
branch of industry and source of wealth
may be soon started in Raleigh.
Why. should not the above quotation,
sit is remarkable how the farmers
around here have 'spruc d up since
the creamery was started" be as true
of this vicinity as of st. Adams, Vt, or
a thousand other places from Maine to
Colorado 1t can be. If farmers will
only take hold of it, it will be within
five years from the time an earnest
concerted move is made by any con-
siderable number of hold fast farmers.
Who will take hold of a new but well
tried, elsewhere, industry Each one
who helps anindustry of this kind helps
himself. FRANK E EMERY.
The white moonfower is a very
strong and rapid grower, and for GOV
ering arbors, verandas, trees OF walls,
it has no superior. The pure white,
saucer like f)wers, from five to six
inches across, open D after sunset
and in the soft moonlight produce the
loveliest effect imaginable. Remember
it next spring.
THE HAVEMEYER SLAVES.
The sugar scandal has prompted our
fearless contemporary, the Chicago
Times, to unearth some facts oncer
ing the Havemeyer ~refneries, the pub
LEGATION of which occupies nearly a page
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