The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1895-05-10

lowing spring, and the company ex-
tended its business by introducing
skimming stations along the line OF
the railroad. At these stations sepa-
rators were put up, with the necessary
machinery for skimming the milk,
which was delivered by the farmers,
and after being put through the
skinner, or separator, the skinned
milk was taken home and fed to the
calves and pigs, the cream being ship
ped to the creamery and made into
butter. BY means Of these stations
the farmers are supplied with means
of DISPOSE ng of their cream close at
home and retaining the milk, while the
factory has all the churning and
and packing, it claimed, at less cost
than if a a plant were to be built and
operated at each station.
The business of the factory showed
very marked increase during the season
of 1894. 1t was able to run much
later in the fall and started up again
this spring much earlier than ever
before. Additions were built to the
creamery building, and new machine
ry was procured until now the plant is
able to handle 10000 pounds of milk
per day, and this amount will I'M
doubtly be handled during alarge part
of the present season.
Besides supplying market for all
the milk that is produced in its own
immediate neighborhood, the creamery
is rece living cream from skimming
stations at Porter, Elma, South Bend,
and milk from Montesano, with
prospects of extending its business to
many other points by means of these
skimming stations during the present
season. It is contended that these
stations have an added advantage over
new creameries in that by means of
them farmers send their milk to an
established creamery, having it made
into butter by people who undoubtedly
understand their business and who
have a reputation already established
so that they do not have to wait until
a new concern can build up reputa-
ton before its product is demanded.
The company is now erecting a cold
storage plant so that it can, if it
chooses, hold the Goods made during
hot weather, when prices generally
rule low, ,slntil better prices prevail.
Mr.. Morgan thinks it will be an ad-
vantage to all creameries to follow his
example in esta blishing a cold storage
system, because by this means they
will be able to supply the market of the
state during the whole season. They
are already rapidly displacing Califor-
MIA butter by that made in Washing
ton. He also says he is constantly
receiving letters of inquiry from per-
sons who intend to put up new cream
cries or wish to have creameries built
in their localities, and these show how
rapidly attention is being turned in
this direction.
In answer to an inquiry as to the
percentage of increase in the business
of the factory for the p asst three years
Mr.. Morgan producsd the following
figures for the corresponding days OF
the three years:
Number pounds milk received April
80, 1893, 1919.
Number pounds milk received April
80, 1894, 1900.
Number pounds milk received April
80, 1895, 1857.
This increase shows that farmers
must be finding the business profit able.
The books of the company show
that the quantity of milk increases
from the time of starting the factory
in the spring until July, which is the
best month, and then gradually de-
creases until the close Of the year
Manager Morgan expects to be able te
run from this time on without closing
down during the winter. At present
the creamery supplies the towns O.
Cosmopolis, Aberdeen, Hoquiam and
Ocosta with creamery butter, and oc-
casionalfy there is a small surplus
which comes to Tacoma, where it al
ways find ready sale.-Ledger.
In Town Council.