The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1899-11-28
CREAMERY WORK IN The
SOUTH.

GO06OH GS& @0A0 NNS
branch OF farming is the lack OF enough
good stock to make the business a sue
cess. With 200 to 800 good dairy COWS
and heifers in sight within a radius OF
fve'miles any fairly Intelligent com.
NUDITY can MAKE a steady Income out
of a moderately large creamery plant.
Tnere have been e few creamesies
set down in North Carolina without
regard to the number Of COWS in the
respective communities where these
we're located. The consequence has
been failure, though if there had bean
500 COW within five miles Of any n
of the Creameries which could have
been drawn on for milk, these could
hav3 paid profits even at the high
prices paid for the 'plants" when put
in.
At the present time there is a de-
mand greater than the supply for good
dairy products. Nowhere is the de-
ma nd stronger than in these South At
lantic States. Outside of private dafries
we do not know half a dozen creamer'
ies which are making any effort to
meet the demand. In North Carolina
there is not one creamery company do
ing any business; if there is one l
South Carolina we should like TO hear
of it. In Georgia thsre is one which
has been in operation six years, and 1t
is putting out q first class product at a
good market price, though here we did
not see the thrifty push which has
characteriz id 80 many Northern neigh
borhoods. This La Grange, Ca, cream
cry is making nearly Or q1ite 100
pounds of butter per day. TIE capacity
is four or five times that amount. If
it pays to run for the smaller output,
why would it not pay better for the
larger with the same running expenses
or for ar effort to double it's present
number of patrons and have all the
present patrons increase the number Of
their cows7
A new creamery was just ready to
take in milk at Grifin, Ga, on the oc-
casion OF our visit there. This is a
model plaut for a warm climate and
has a g, 900 cold storage plant. The
company which has built and will
operate this creamery will be able to-
hold all it's product Of butter in good
condition until sold and to control the
ripening of cheese, if any is made. as
we have long ago reported must be
provided for before that important
branch could be successfully taken up.
There is a system Of skimmtng stations
being worked up on the railroads in
connection with this later plant and if
these are successful, more creameries
and skim stations will be the order on
the sam9 lines of railroads as feel the
advantage of daily local freights where
nothing has been done heretofore.
It seems q little strange that it should
be left for Georgia to begin pushing
this class of farming when there are so
many towns and so large an area of
this State quite as we'll adapted and
better situated for it. We must admit
that if the Georglans do not see things
any quicker, they are more prompt to
act when finding a desirable opening
for the development Of new industry.
The creameries above noted are pro-
prietary; that is they are owned by a
company who pay the producers Of
milk for the butter fat and either re-
turn the skim milk, or a part of it.
The better form of factory is CO opera
tive when the milk producers are the
stockholders and concerned in it in
proportion to the number of COWS or
amount of milk they are prepared to
furnish to the creamery, In this case
a successful plant pays to the farmers
practically all there is in the business;
whereas, in the proprietary plant there
must be a profit between them and
consumers to induce capitalists to go
into the business. We are interested
to Q farmers in possession of their
own creameries. But if none are de-
sirous Of putting their hab ds to better
business arrangements than they have
had in the past. far be it from us to
throw an obstacle in the way of any
one who would establish a creamery
on the other plan This latter hes only
one advantage of note-is it unsur.
mountable9 This is that the smaller
company can agree better than a large
one. We yet have faith that farmers
a agree we'll enough to push co.opera-
ton to their mutual benefit.
This is the best way to help ones self
and to grow into something better than
We have been doing. Helping each