The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-01-11
A YEARS BUSINESS.
The Schlosser Creamery Proves
Valuable Industry to Mar
shall County.

The Schlosser creamery plant,
on West Caro- street, does not
at first glance give evidence OF
the scope of its extensive busi-
ness. 1t does not require the yard
space for material nor does it
have the hustle and noise of the
foundry or factory, but the ex-
tent of its business will compare
favorably with many manufac-
turing plants occupying much
larger space area. The business
is clean, does not drain the natur-
al resources of the county and its
traffic does not impair the streets.
The station at this point is head
quarters of sub-stations or bran
ches, that are being operated as
feeders at Hanna, Hamlet, Don
aldson, North Liberty, Lakeville,
lTeegarden, Linkville, Argos, Col
umbia City, Bourbon, Bunker
Hill and Culver.
The business of the company
has been steadily increasing. This
has been largely due to the meth
DDS of the Schlossers in demon
strating by dairy Institutes and
by literature, the value to the far
mer of dairying. They claim as
the basis of their demonstrations
that dairy farming if properly
conducted, will make the farmer
more money than any other line
of farming. Their is no other line
OF farming that removes as little
fertility from the soil as does
dairying. Every seasons crops of
corn, oats or wheat hauled off
the farm means that a certain
amount of fertility has been TAX
en- from the soil that cannot be
well replenished. The result is
that the older farms are gradually
becoming worn out. Dairy farm
ing, on the contrary, does not i'm
poverish the soil, but improves it.
If farmers will engage extensive
ly in dairy farming our soils will
be more productive in ten or
twenty years than they are at
present; whereas, if they contin-
lie in grain farming they will be
less productive than they are
now. They have demonstrated to
their satisfaction that old, worn
out farms can be built up by
dairying better than by any other
way.
/ The second point is that it is
a year-around business. 1t gives
an increase in winter as we'll as
at any other time, and the farmer
should make more of winter
dairying, as the products bring
more money in winter than in
summer. With proper feed and
housing, dairy COWS should give
a liberal quantity of milk through
the winter. The buying of more
cows is recommended. There is
not a farm in Marshall County
but could carry more stock. The
experience of the Sch1ossers and
their experiments along the line
of economic measures tending to
the best results, entities their
judgment to receive thoughtful
consideration.
The Schlossers have the best
equipped creamery in the state of
Indiana, and is so recognized by
Ette state Inspector of creameries,
Mr.. H. n. Slater, of Purdue Uni
versity Their business the past
year shows an increase over last
year of about 40 per cent, and the
firm expects to show an increase
this year of fully 25 per cent.
There was paid through this Of
flee in 1905 to farmers for milk
and cream about $13O,OOO. This
includes the branches operated
at the various places. Their SER
vice items covering all the above
business was about $4,000; the
fuel and supply items and Incl
dentals amounted to about $15,-
100000. or total expense of hand
ling the business of about 1885,
900.
William Harris