Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-01-24
BOOM THE CREAMERY.
IT WILL GIVE FARMERS A YEAR
ROUND MARKET.
THEIR COOPERATION Is ALI. THAT Is
cry TO ELLSWORTH.

cry TO ELLSWORTH.
The Ellsworth board of trade and
particularly the committee on manu-
features and industrial development, has
started in with vigor that assures
success to any movement it undertakes.
At the last regular meeting of the board
the committee referred to reported that
it was in correspondence with creamery
suaded to locate here.
Since that meeting, John c. Gordon,
OF Livermore, has visited Ellsworth, and
looked over the ground. He expresses
himself as pleased with the outlook, and
with the market he would here obtain.
| All he asks is that he be guaranteed the
supply OF cream from at least 400 cows
within a radius OF ten miles of the city.
Thus it is necessary for the farmers to
cooperate with the board OF trade, but
at the same time for the furtherance OF
! their own interests.
Many farmers in the vicinity have
already signifed their Willingness to do
their part toward this common good.
At Lamoine the farmers have taken an
active interest, and this Wednesday,
evening will hold a grange meeting to
discuss the matter with vie.: to doing
their part.
The committee from the board of trade
Will issue II circular letter which gives in
detail the method of operating The cream
e.v. and showing the benefits which will
be derived therefrom. This circular will be
: mt TO pramiaen; farmers otthe vicinity
and it j. hoped VIII meet with their
+ hearty approval and be the means of
bringing The creamery here. The circular
is rs follows:
ELLSWORTH, NJ F., Jan. %. 1895.
Dear Sir: Do you want to make your
/ farm pay? DO You want it to increase in
value Wit II n steady cnsh mtrk Il for your
products? II sou do, read this letter to
the end; If you don't, hand it to your
more interprising neighbor.
The Ellsworth board Of trade proposes
to make thi. city and counv more pros
porous and d better place 10 I've in. We
want more business and more money in
the county We believe that one of the
most important requisites to this end is
I lie pros pcr:tv of the iarg" farmiug con-
munity around Us.
knowing that such prosperity cannot
be Obtained without Ii profitable market
for YOUR products w have tfegot lHteG
With live man from Eiyesnore,
John {. CORDOBA, with the object OF
/ starting creamery IN Ells"ort H..
We hnve renSou to believe that We
haYe founi the right man, from, his
appearances, from letters OF person, who
I know him and from the fact hat he has
been engaged in this business eight years
and managed a large and successful fac
/ tory two years.
lie has been here, looked the ground
over and IL satisfied with the location
and his market. He has found several
suitable places i'll which to establish his
business, and has made definite arrange
ments to come here and settle, provided
we can assure MIN Oh | ne supply Ol cream
/ from 400 COWS as a beginning. He wants
to manufacture, at least, ton of creamery
butter per week in winter, and 500
pounds per day in summer.
METHODS OF OPERATION.
The manager of the creamery will col
| lect the cream at your door two or three
times per week. Cream will be collected
/ anyW here within Il radius of ten miles
/ from the Ellsworth post office. We also
+ h.,,, to- lon rru nc m to u Il n n
! the stage lines running to farming GEN.
tiers like Bluehii to bring the cream from
/ such localities.
You and the collector are each furnished
with a printed ruled sheet, the cream Is
measured iii your presence and boil you
and the collector note the quantity
measured by the inch. The collector has
a little case like the doctors medicine
chest, in which are many small glass
bottles. Your name is on one. He takes
a sample OF your cream and puts it in
your bottle. " hen he returns TO the
factory he empties your sample into n
/ larger bottle with your name on II, and
adds pinch OF prepared powder to
prevent the cream from sourlng.
\ sample of your cream IS placed Ia
this bottle at every collection for month.
The contents of the bottle Is then shaken
up and tested by DR.. Babcock's milk
tester, " hich tell, the per eentage of fat
/ in your cream. on are paid cash every
mont n by he pounds of butter Your cream
shouId make by this tester.
ruE PRICE rArD FOR CREAM
varit, ,omew hat in different months Mr..
Gordon viii pay As much here Us they
have been paying i'll liVermore. That
price has been given As for each month
IN 1891, and was a. follows:
Jan. .3'. yer pound net to farmers;
Feb, - e.; Mar, 10 c.; Apr, 16c.; May,
I5e.; June, Ice; July, 10 C.; Aug, 2lc.;