Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1896-02-12
Creamery.

crowd gathered at the Opera house
last Saturday pursuant to the call OF
the president. Prof Hacker, of the
State Agricultural school, was pre-
sent and talked very interestingly
and fuently on the subject. He re-
viewed the work of the different cream
cries throughout the state and
gave the promoters many points OF
interest. After hearing the reports
of the committees and Prof. Hacker
the meeting proceeded to business.
A note of co-partnership contract
was read and voted on and was ac-
cepted, but when it came to signing
it there were only nine placed their
names on the note. Although there
are a number who want to see the
good work go on, but few who are
willing to take hold and help. The
number signed is insufficient to start
with, consequently they were appoint
ed as committee to solicit names of
others. AS the committee is com
posed of good, live men there is no
doubt but what they will succeed in
getting the required amount of sign
ers. Prof. Hacker showed interest
! ing figures whereby the farmer
conld get triple the amount for his
produce by feeding it to the COWS.
He read figures where his COWS cost
him from SO to 70 cents apiece
week and give him in return from
$3.50 to $2.17 in butter, which would
bring the product that he fed his
COWS up to very good price Oats
is worth II cents bushel. Feed a
COW five bushels week and only get
S.5O worth of butter would give you
3O| cents "a bushel for your oats.
It is undoubtedly good step fer
the farmers to take. The creamer-
les all over the state are paying a
big profit to the tillers of the soil.
Benson has taken up the creamery
cry and are going ahead and will
have frst-class one before spring
opens up. Read the following letter
from II, J. Peterson, editor of the
Litchfeld Independent, to the editor
of the Benson Monitor. It will show
you what successful enterprise the
creamery business is, and also shows
simplest and most possible plan for
erecting one. Mr.. Peterson owns a
large farm and is one of the leading
patr ons of the Litchfeld creamery.
He knows whereof he speaks. Read
it, farmers, then put your shoulders
to the wheel and go in and let us
have creamery and good one.
The LETTER.
Litchfeld, Feb. 1, 1885, Friend
Matthew's: Our crea merry held its
annual meeting yesterday. Report
for the full year was made, from
which I take the following figures
to show what the creamery has been
ing:
Mlkreceived during year, 4,314, 5O2lbs
Amount butter made...~.....177,O 83 lbs
Az. price of butter (neD...... I'LL cts
Az. price for milk (per 1907. 7O.2 cts
Total receipts during years 1874, 659.92
Total running expenses....... 221O.32
Total amt. put into sinking
fund and used to buy ma
chinery, pay dividends on
stock, etc............. .......... 2,1572O|
Amt distributed to patrons
for milk. 30292 40 |
There is no grumbling atthe cream
cry business here.
Now as to methods of procedure in
organizing creamery. First, lind |
out how many cows are available in
the district, the owners of which will
pledge themselves to become patrons.
Then let all prospective patrons join
themselves together by articles of as
ISOLATION, all sign joint note and
borrow at the bank or elsewhere
enough money to build and equip the
creamery, say $4,000. Get hold of
good up-to-date butter maker and
then with his advice and assistance
go ahead and build creamery and |
buy and put in machinery, paying
cash and getting best figures possible
on same. In this way it is possible to
put up good creamery for $4,000,
by strict economy and possibly hav-
ing the patrons contribute some labor