The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-22
PLANS FOR CREAMERIEs.
Writer In the Dacotah Farmer Gives
Interesting Ideas.

N. s. French, Berlin, in the Dakota
Farmer: H.. S. McAIahons of Bruce.
5. d., inquiries as to building a cream
cry, and asks whether they can best
cooperate on the share plan" or the
Cow plan"
hardly know what is meant bv
these so-called plans, and as am I'M
able to locate him on any map which
is at hand, these answers to his ouer-
les must be of general nature. sucb
as will apply to almost any part of the
twin states. Location as to distance
from any of the large butter factor
les, shipping facilities, ETC., are all inn
: portant items.
success In operating a creamery de-
ponds largely upon the amount of
cream that can be secured. Don't start
even a small creamery unless at least
800 COWS can be assured. There are
Hundreds of creameries in the north
west that are now. idle solely from a
lack OF cream. There are two prom
lnent causes for this condition, a dis
inclination to milk and the high price
paid for cream of almost any "old
Kind" by the large central butter fac
tories. AS this sharp competition be-
tween the country creameries and the
central plants is likely to continue,
perhaps indefinitely, the distance of
the small plant from the larger one
must remain large factor in it's sue
cess or failure. For, though many
schemes are started to cover it up, the
fact remains that Jones pays the
freight; in other words, the producer
pays for putting his finished product
in the consumers hands.
Scant reward of labor breeds dis
content for that kind of labor, Those
who milk COWS that barely pay for
their keeping soon become weary of
milking, and no wonder If better
class of COWS is kept, this ill-paid labor
CT milking poor cows becomes a we'll
paid labor, giving satisfaction to all
concerned. Hence in figuring for
future creamery prospects the quality
OF the COWS as well as their number
should be considered One COW Yield
ing 300 pounds of butter per year is
really of more value than three yield
ing 100 pounds each.
AS to how the company is formed.
perhaps stock company of small
shares is the best, getting large ma
jority of all those interested to take
and treasurer should be elected, to-
one or more shares of stock. Upon
organization, president, secretary
gether with an executive committee of
about five.
Right here is where many country
creameries fail. Because the business
is small, cheap help is employed and
the business. becomes still smaller and
finally dwindles to nothing.
Plenty of good" cream, plenty of
ice and buttermaker who can and
does make high-scoring, high-priced
butter, will often succeed where an
opposite, penny-wise, pound-foolish
rolicy will end in failure.
AS to machinery, the large power
separator may we'll be left out In
most localities in the Dakotas. The
farm separator, which leaves the warm
fresh skim milk on the farm, will
ususlly give satisfaction to all pat
rons. and much larger area of coun-
try can be drawn from than If the
patrons We're compelled to haul whole
milk,
Many locakcreameries are seriously
handicapped by their distance from ice
suitable for making butter, for of
course some cooling plan is an abso-
lutte necessity. The large central
plants may use refrigeradng sys-
tenn In connection with a cold storage
room and thus reduce the expense, but
the small country plant can hardly do
this. All Of these items Of expense
and factors Of success or failure,