Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1901-07-18
PLENTY OF COWS.
Farmers PLEDGE More Than ENOUGH
Cows to Start q
Creamery.
Plans For the Establishing of a
Creamery Are Freely
Discussed.
Committees Appointed to Plan Or
gdnizdtion and Solicit
Pledges.

About so farmers from the vicinity
of jamestown attended the creamery
meeting Saturday. Frank Keller of
Buchanan, was chosen chairman and
NJ. D. Williams secretary. Prof
Kaufman, state dairyman, was pres.
ent and said that it would take 3O(
COWS at least to start creamery
The matter was discussed generally
by the farmers present. The plan OF
subscribing for stock and borrowing
of money to build creamery was
considered also the plan of seeling
outright. The cost of a plant would
be about $4,000. The plant is paic
for If built on a cooperative plan by a
sinking fund. In Minnesota two
thirds of the creameries are built or
that plan. After plant is paid fol
the cost of butter making to the own.
ers is &c pound. Private owners
charge &c a pound for making. Skim
stations were believed to be feasible
in this county. The profits depend
on the farmers, and the work done.
One separator can handle $500 to 3, ,O0C
lbs a day. In winter delivery of
cream every other day was enough,
and it would not pay to haul the milk
over 6 miles, the cream Of course
could be hauled further. Prof. Kauf-
man said that farmers were getting
p cents for cream under Elgin prices
or l6a cents a pound without the
making.
The matter was discussed by Mr..
Kokott, Geo. Nelson, Eugene Clark,
NJ. D. Williams and others, all of
whom were very favorable to the pro-
ject. Herman Harold, a travelling
salesman stated that in his territory
west of the Missouri river there were
not over one creamery two years ago.
now there are II or Ii and the num-
Der is increasing. He assured the
farmers that they could get a market
for creamery butter at Butte alone
for all the plant could make. Farmers
west of the Missouri river have about
quit wheat and are doing well in
stock and dairyiag. All the butter
that could be made here could be sold
at home-in the state, he said.
Mr.. Clark said that the product Of
10 COWS amounted to about 5000 a year
with him. Mr.. kokott said it would
pay if farmers could get 15c a pound
for cream, and he wanted to see the
creamery started. Geo. Nelson said
he lived too far to haul milk, but
would haul cream, and increase the
number of COWS. William Farley
would also haul cream. if the price
was satisfactory. He now milks 20
COWS and would increase the number
if a creamery was started. He has a
Mr. Keachie said that when their
Iowa creamery first started. two years
ago they got not to exceed 5000 pounds
OF milk day. When the plant burn
ed two weeks ago, they were getting
10000 pounds; SO it must be satisfac-
tory.
A subscription list was passed
among the farmers present at the
meeting and pledges for over 300 COWS
were made, and the statement was
made by several that if the selling Of
the cream paid them the number of
COWS could be increased to double the
number as only a few Of the farmers
who would patronize the creamery
were present. 1t was stated that
Judge GlaSpell and B. w. Fuller
would both contribute considerable
number of cows, and the question of
a sufficient number was not further
doubted.
There will be another meeting held
next Saturday July 20, at p. M, at
the council rooms and the matter of a
plan for the organization will be more
fully considered. The meeting last
Saturday paved the way for practical
results.
A committee of three consisting of
NJ. w. Wright, NJ. D. Williams and
Jacob Wager, were appointer to draft
a report Of plan Of organization.
A further committee consisting Of
J. Wager, NJ. w. Wright, G. A. Pal
mer, e. E. Clark and Ben Hornby was
appointed to further solicit pledges
for cows and report July 20.
Mr.. Keachie says that this is good