The Newtown bee., 1894-11-23
Live Farm Topics,
 MONEY IN SWEET CREAM.
BY HoLLIsTBR SAGE.

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 'sGood morning P some one said to ne as stopped my horse near little creamery at East Morris, in Litchf1eld county, among the hills.
 1T drove over to see your creamery" explained, as Edwin H. Clark came toward me with the remark, s'Well, you have seen itn But further investigation | proved that I had not seen the whole of 1t, for in connection with the neat little dairy room with it's cement floor, where butter is made and packed, milk set for cream in the tank with ice, and other nice dairy work accomplished; was capacious ice house, kitchen for the washing of cans and other utensils ih winter, and for the manufacture of ice cream in summer.
 .sSweet Cream and Gilt Edge Butter" is the way MT Clark's card reads.
 ssHow much butter do, you make per. week?
 ssIt is'entirely according to the orders I have for cream. When butter is high, cold weather prevails, and there is usual! ly but little demand for these commodi- ties. Conveniently for me, however, as soon as the weather becomes uncomfort- able, and prices of butter have fallen, the market for sweet cream and ices inn proves, and I sell nearly all, and finally my entire product without making but ter.'' TIE
 ssHow much sweet cream do you ship at the height of the summer season, and where do you send it?'' .,,s,.ta ,.,d
 II average 400 to, 600 quarts per day, hnd send to Waterbury and New Haveh..s
 "You surely cannot, produce So much tream?" remarked, with doubtful look at his extensive batns. IT 'fls
 No Besides what my own herd produces buy cfeam from I6 patrohs.Y
 'What dosyen find it possible to pay them Es Keep them satisfied ?,s ?ss ''t.s',ss s. as 'sI hive t1otsfound it necessary to aluc- Iuate swaith the markets, bat paJfthe uniform and liberal price ofefouf cents Der space in winter, and three eentslin 4ummer.l My patrons, iare satisfied and anxious to make more and more cream, which they can do by the judicious breeding esand, rearing of gooddstock. Some of my patrons already geths high is $S0 per month for cream, and the probabilities are that, in the neaEfuture, they illssreceive much more thah this, because ffiany of them are raising fine Nerds, of high-grade heifers: The ad- iantages of cream selling are many they include the use of skih-milk oh rhe farm, which enables the owner constant Iy to raise more and more! good dairy dows as we'll as the pork and veal naeaees- aary for family. use. The system of dream selling iss one of 'the best which farmers have ever adapted, ,as seveay. body will tell you who has stTied it for Any length of time."
 "YoR hays found t pro ftablIs ssSaibuy 4nd ship your neighbors' cream as well $s your own?s 'b'ttl tlfp tti,, Hnh s.I have, although it is livery close business, and needs .to be mfanaged judi @iously."
 "Has experience taught you any spec Hic lesson in your cream management?' "Yes, I believe 1 have learned that t does not pay to fuss with retailers, And prefer to buy and ship in larger quantities as the time goes on.''
 s"I suppose you sell skim-milk, getting about 10 cents per can?" ... f-.,. .ss
 aaI iseIf.s'a little but am fortgnste though to- get 50 cents or one and one half cents per quart. It is used by fam flies. Most of the buttermilk I sell brings me 10 cents per can. l came here 18 years ago, have built this large barn, 4OxsO with IS foot posts. erected several smaller, buIdings,s repaIed .aY. house twice, and laid out asgreat dealsof money in other directions. But this has hot all been made out of the creamery. great helps as we'll as the taking of 'sunia 1ier boarderssn #, f 1T ET.fiSsss 7z,f f5t sMr Clark has herd of 20 Jersey costs which make him a return fbf, $I75a per rtponth from their cream. and butter. ssii He ra1ses 10 10 l2 choice calves and aslot of fine, young pork op the skim-mlk each year. He, hasSonly k40i acres, but it is ,aood land. Does mot dairying paya Nr Clark issof, the opinion that it does. His returns last year were about $2,59O. He complains that the cost of hiring three or four men takes largely from the lrofits. MT Clark makes a great handle df fodder corn, besides raising auan- ttty of grain. The latest croa waaa field of 10 acres which produced I 100 bushels of ears. A windmill surmounts the great barn. And Is almost always rfady for use in grinding, thrashing, dutting fodder, or doing other jobs for which 2 power is required. e....'a asf
 Mr. .Ciark's method of tying 'his'cows ii .an original one, and satisfactory, i, Two perpendicqlar poles have esoh , sliding ring. These rings are oonneeted |sHy chain to which the. COW is fastened E Hy second chain which goes about her |Ieck. The stalls are adapted to- two cpws each. Here they have perfect free dom, and yet cannot hafm eath other! The rings slide up and down lpon' the Ioles.l eMr .Clarkis. greatly in flavor of the iJeEsay breed, and istsuxer rhe can in dariahly detect batterl made fren1J Jersey; dows. He is, however, seenYinced that 4ost Jerseys are deficient in size, and is grading up with sathe best 'Guerngeyy blood. His sdcsesk is due to tboughtfli., 4ess and industry, two factors which are acknowledged everywhere aa step ping stones to oifinancial greatness Ru- Ial New Yorker. siis;stttf. st < ess74lst sssNa Yisstsse ssgag5ssi sgaI.tI alt sKIh-YlIE FOB CALVES. sIi l,.s..