The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1900-03-24
/ THE NEW CREAMERY
Will Be 10 Operation About the First
Of April.
Farmers Should Help Establish the In.
dustry Winch Promises so Much
for Them.

After couple Of days in this city I
8. Townsend, the creamery man, has r.
turned 10 Portland. He will come u
ngain Monday or Tuesday and fnis
putting bis building In readiness for th
creamery machinery which is now Of
:, the way here.
! The Crystal Ice works building Of
State street will be fitted up into first
class creamery and will probably b.
ready for grinding milk into butter By
the first Of April.
Mr.. Townsend has meet with sufIi
cient encouragement from the farmer,
hereabouts 10 warrant the hope that
they will " operate with this new venture
In manner that will insure its success
In fact the success Of this creamery
now depends altogether upon the farm
ers themselves. II they patronize IL
liberally IL will be all right. II they
hang back and each waits 10 see how
his neighbor comes out on the PROPOSE
tion, the first year or two will be bard
pull.
As TO the profit for the farmer in turn.
ing his milk over 10 creamery, rather
than handle IL himself, there can be no
doubt. The universal experience has
been In favor Of the creamery. IL is no
longer an experiment, and Willamette
valley farmers have only to take Ad-
vantage Of system which has been
already worked out to success.
In the case Of the new Salem cream
cry, there are few facts which the
farmers must take into consideration.
The first IL that there are comparatively
few cows within easy reach Of Salem.
To gather the milk It will be necessary
10 send teams out In five or six different
directions. These teams must go over
the route, and the expense will be the
same whether they get the cream from
every farm on the route or only few.
This has a direct bearing on the price !
per pound returned to the farmer, for
the more milk gathered on trip the |
less the expense per pound.
II In also 10 be remembered that II |
will cost practically the same 10 run the /
plant, whether il Is worked 10 its full
capacity or not
30 that the more farmers there are to
send their milk 10 creamery from the
start, the better price they will receive.
These things should be clearly under.
stood by the farmers, for the usual ex-
perience Of the party who starts a cream.
cry In new place is that each farmer
wants 10 wait aud see how his neighbor
comes OUT with the creamery before
he ventures to send In his own milk.
This makes the first year an exception.
ally hard one on the creamery man, and
makes II lcss profitable for those who do
patronize him. u
Another thing which requires imme- I
liate attention on the part Of farmers q
Who wish to got the hest returns from
heir cows is the matter Of feed. In y
'rder 10 give good returns In butter fat, I
lows must have succulent food, and }
when the grass dries mp other crops u
must be ready. Preparations for plant. u
ny these crops must begin at once. "
Nay and June will be good months for II
iraas, but the rest Of the season cows o
lot provided with green feed will fall of IA
"A their yield. July aud August are par.
icularly hard In this respect b
IL is To be hoped that the creamery le
ropoSition will prove success from II
he start. Willamette valley farmers do
10 under the necessity Of turning their NJ
itention TO something more profitable :.
han raising i0.cent wheat, II they want \
keep out Of the poorhouse. Hops are \
ot a bonanza, and neither are prunes,
Ither hero or elsewhere, while the VI
reamery business Is n profitable one -
herever II is In operation. The vii. q
imeitc valley is pronounced by those :
ho know to be one Of the finest sections :
the world for dairying. 3
The inference is plain; Farmers 3
'ould turn Ia the dairy COW for relief 3
ON the unsatisfactory conditions which 3
ipress them now. 9