Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1895-02-14
Correspondence.
FavorS the Creamery.
NORTH pExoBscor, Feb. 8, IS

/ 10 me EdltOf OF me american:
| am glad that Ellsworth's board of
trade is waking up to the subject of her
agricultural interests.
Ellsworth has within its limits large
agricultural territory, capable of almost
iuconceivaDie improvement. 1t com
prises many farms that, under an intel
ligent system of cultivation, could be
doubled of trebled in value in few
years. There is an extensive acreage ly
ing almost a barren waste, hardly yield
ing income sufficient to pay the taxes,
which could be purchased for almost
song, and could be cleared and turned
into valuable pasturage capable of sup
porting large herds and fiocks.
| sincerely hope that the subject of
dairying, which has been so well pre-
scented to the farmers through the efforts
of the business men of Ellsworth, will
receive the thoughtful, earnest attention
and active response from them which its
Importance demands. Spare no effort to
investigate for yourselves; waste no time
in frittering away this golden oppor
tunity, If it be such. Call mass meet
ing Of the citizens of Ellsworth and
vicinity, and discuss the subject
thoroughly.
1t may not be the most favora BILE time
to start the business, as mich cows are
quite high and scarce, but it does seems
that 400 cows within a radius of ten miles
could be easily found without much
extra stralnlng on the part of farmers.
The business, once inaugurated under
favorable circumstances, would grow in
value and extent. More pains would be
taken to clear and improve the pastures
and field, which would doub in produc-
tive value in few years, and your farms
would no doubt increase wonderfully in
marketable value, as we'll.
The business, conducted on safe basis,
means ready cash. Ready cash means!
reduction of from ten to twenty-five
per cent. on all family and farm supplies
purchased. 1t means gradual reduction
of that debt that has for years rested like
an ice cake upon the back of the farmer.
The creamery relieves he farmers wife
from a large amount of drudging toll;
relieves the farmers from the expensive
and, to some, disagreeabe task of beg
ging sale for his butter, when the mar
ket Is dull and prices are low
1t has been my observation that the
farmers who have proSpered the test are
those who have kept the largest diaries,
and in those sections of the State where
dairying has been carried on to large
extent, the farmer have increased rapidly
in wealth. In addition to the butter
products, every three cows means two
hundred and fifty pounds of pork, and
fifteen dollars worth of extra nice dress
ing for the farm, which will pay for
about all the extra feed purchased for
COWS. No COW should be kept that, with
fair feed, will not yield 250 pounds, of
butter annually, which would give at
least $50 per COW. | am aware that the
average yield of our dairies will not reach
that figure at present, but it should be
he constant aim of farmers to reach that
average, which, | am satisfied, can be
done in short time.
Again, it will relieve the farmer from
the necessity of that rare and vet indis-
pensabie accompaniment to good dairies-
an excellent butter maker. A large per-
centage of the butter manufactured by
our small diaries does not possess that
exquisite taste, tineness of grain and
keeping quality that stamp it a first
class product. Much of it will keep only
a short time before it begins to grow
rancid. In some of it, in fact, the process
of decay began before churning COM
+ menced.
! The facilities for making good butter
and the skill and painstaking required in
its manufacture are in vast number of
instances, not present. | should say
that q cents was fully the annual
average price paid for butter per pound
in this section of the State under present
conditions. Some who have yearly
market for their butter, and Others who,
making excellent, good keeping butter
can wait for the rise, can do better, but
the bulk of farmers are not doing better
than that.
The business once started, and in
prosperous condition in the shire town
of our county, would give an upward
impulse to the interest of agriculture all
over the county. 1t would be an object
lesson worth years of fruitless discussion
over indefinite theories and haekneyed
propositions.
Farmers have neither he time or means,
for evolving their education from costly
experiment, but they must tackle Ger
tainties, that have also ready been proved
by actual and long -continued develop
ment.
| sincerely hope the creamery will be
established j. NH.