The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1896-07-02
TIE BANNER CREAMERY.
Shutdown and Willow Lake Institu'
ton In the Lead.


county and probably of Southwestern
Minnesota is the Willow Lake and
Shutdown creamery located on Pat.
Callaghan's farm in Shutdown town
ship. 1t receives more milk, makes
more butter, than any creamery in
this section, its average daily receipts
of milk being nearly 2l,OOO pounds
per day. On Monday the receipts
touched $4,000 pounds. The cream
cry turns out on an average of LOO
pounds of butter per day.
1t is fitted up in general creamery
style. The building itself is shaped
like the Redwood creamery, has a
concrete floor, and has all the appli-
ances necessary for carrying on the
work, including two separators, churn,
cream vat, milk vat, etc. The cold
storage room is surrounded with ice.
Secretary Bredvold of the associa-
ton informed a GAZETTE reporter last
Thursday that the creamery had ia
patrons, coming from Willow Lake,
Shutdown, Three Lakes, New Avon,
Waterbury, Vail, Charlestown and
North Star, the latter town located in
Brown county. eve really have more
patrons than we should have" re-
marked Mr.. Bredvoid. at makes too
much work for the officers, who receive
little or no pay. Of course, we can't
refuse the milk, but we will hail the
day when a creamery is located west
of us, SO that some of the milk from
that section will be kept at home.
$1,000 pounds is enough for any one
creamery to handle daily, and where
there is more there should be three
separators, and we have no room for a
third separator in our creamery at the
present time"
MIR. Bredvold gave some idea of the
receipts by stating that the sinking
fund for the month of May amounted
to $3.50. The receipts for the butter
shipments for May amounted to about
$3.50. The expenses were about
1920, leaving $500 to be distributed
among the la patrons. The number
of pounds Of milk received during
May was 10000. The price paid for
butter fat was 135 cents net, the sink
ing fund percentage being deducted
SO as to make the latter an actual net
amount. Supt. Louis Lorens states
that the June receipts, of milk will be
even larger than the May.
Secretary BredvoId states that the
creamery has made q net average dis
tribution of $500 per month from
the start. The shipment for the week
ending June Is amounted to 81 tubs
and for the week ending June 25, "a
tubs. The fact that the latter ship
ment was the smallest is accounted
for by the fact that farmers are sell
ing their milk to the creamery and
buying their butter from that institu-
ton, thus saving the busy housewife a
great amount of work. The local sales
last week amounted to about 800
pounds.
The association is now putting in a
600 gallon cream vat to take the place
OF the 400 gallon vat used up to the
present time. The increase in capaci-
ty was made necessary by the large
patronage. The officers offer the
smaller vat for sale very cheap. 1t
has been in use just about year.
Secretary Bredvold has watched the
expense item very closely and he states
that the actual cost of manufacturing
butter at the creamery was II cents
per pound. He stated that this was
about a quarter of cent below the
usual cost of manufacturing. He at
tributes it to the large patronage as
we'll as the excellent work of the but
ter makers. The plant cost about
5000.
The officers Of the association are
Jacob Lorents president, Matt Eich-
ten vice-president, John T. Hojem
treasurer and M. Bredvold secretary,
with Peter CORES, Patrick O'Callag-
han aud O. G. Oleson as directors.
The location of the creamery has
made quite country stopping place.
Mr. CslIaghan's farm is one of the
prettiest farms in that section. The
residence is surrounded by beautiful
grove, at the foot of which stands a
store, blacksmith shop and tenn
porary butcher shop, besides resi-
dence. All of these institutions do a