The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-09-10
FINAL PLANS FOR THE
co.opERrIvE CREAMERY.
Farmers win Meet al the Association
Rooms Today to Decide rpon the
site for the nulldIna.

Az / O'clock this afternoon the farmers
interested IN tho proposed cooperative
creamery win meet at the rooms OF the
Progressive Commercial Association for
the purpose ct pertec,ing orsanisation,
An the farmers Interested will be In az.
tendance, and the plans Of operation will
be laid out
Tho meeting will he addressed by MIR.
T.. ]. Seely. managcr ot the Albany
Creamery Association, who " one ~ the
best pos,ed dairymen In orcgOn, He will
explain 10 tho farmers the results derived
from practical experiments made IN Al
hany. and will oficr many valuable sug.
gcstions. The creamery under his dircc.
ton Is a most successful institution, and
the object Of his visit to Astoria Is 60
make the local creamery success. n,s
address promises TO DO OF great interest
and assistance
AT today's meeting the committees an.
pointed for the purpose of determining
upon site and the cost OF a building and
plant will submit their reports, as viii al.
80 che committee selected to determine
UPON the number OF COWS which can be
secured to supply the creamery, Nothing
definite Is known as 10 what has been
accomplished by the several committees,
although they are said TO have met with
much success in formulating the plans.
The site selected u within the city limits,
probably along the waterfront. thus en-
abling dairymen to bring milk here either
by boat Or rail without ineonvcnicnce. It
Is said the building will be erected on
the site OF the old Hume eannery, at the
corner of bond and Fourteenth streets,
The farmers. IL Is thought, have secured
between l,sO and so cows. THIS insurcs
tho success OF the industry.
Recently, when Professor Kent Sd-
dressed the Farmers Congress In tnis
city. he SPOKE at length on tho advantages
OF Claisop county as a dairyins country,
and predicted unqualified success FOR the
proposed cooperative creamery. He laid
special stress on the point that every
attention should be given 20 cleanliness,
saying that upon this would dcpend 10
q great extent the success % the cream
cry. lie suggested that patrOas be In
vited to visit the creamery and view the
operations, and. he said. n everything Is
neat and clean. the demand for home
made butter and cheese would always
exceed the supply
The excellence OF the pasturage In this
vicinity IS another condition which will
80 TAR toward making the creamery a b.g
financial success. when B9,anist Coville,
the g5vsrnmenl expert was here he saia
no had never before seen such nne
growth Of grasses and clover rhs pas
turage here. unlike tha, In other sections
OF the country. Is good the year around
enabling farmers 20 feed their stock at
the very lowest figure. Where other
dairymen are compelled TO spend thous-
ands ot dollars Cor hay. those OF Clatsop
county can feed their stock on much bet
ter fodder. and that. too. without the cx-
penditure OF a dollar. OF course some
bran must be fed 10 stock. but the big
hay item will not appear on the expense
account OF the Clatsop county dalryman
We indeed have been favored by nature.