The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-03-29
THE MILK QUESTION DISCUSSED.

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detail to afford the assembled
guests the fullest enjoyment and
their appreciation was shown by
actions which were more express
i've than any wordsof praise.
On the tour of inspection of
premises the guests were shown a
relic of house 200 years old.
The weatherboards and studding
were made of split lumber, fast
ened with handmade nails. The
space between the weatherboards
and lath was filled with dried mud.
The building is used as wagon
house. A modern hog house
nearby contained IL thrifty sows.
A silo enabled Mr.. Wilson to sell
much provender and still have
enough left for feeding purposes.
he had packed and sold 68 tons of
hay and still had plenty of straw
in barn and corn in crib. Among
the stock was noted 10 heifers, 10
COWS and Holstein bull. AS the
host was not himself farming the
place, he only had enc horse. 20
acres had produced nearly 80 bus.
per acre of wheat last year and
there was good outlook for crop
this year. A young orchard, free
from scale, was also noticed.
| p. E. Sharpless, the proprietor
of the condensery at Rising Sun,
was invited to give talk and re-
sponded with an interesting account
of efforts along dairy lines. He had
spent many years learning what he
now knew. Had started as a school
teacher and had tried to save his
fathers home for his mother. The
family always had a reputation for
making good butter. His father
disposed of 60 lbs. of butter per
week, besides eggs and poultry.
He followed in his fathers foot
steps one week and found it did
not pay and that it was necessary
to increase the trade or decrease
the expense. Tried selling direct
to consumer and any surplus to the
store. The following week he did
not nave enough to supply the de
mand of his customers and the store
patrons all wanted his butter
Have never had enough since then
to supply the demand. He had no
money or credit to buy more feed
or COWS, so he bought milk to make
butter, paying once week. At
the end of three months he was
getting the milk supply of 20 farms.
He first churned by hand and later
by horse power. After five years
in the creamery business he began
to make cheese in addition to but
ter. He made 5000 or 4, 900 lbs.
of cheese and shipped it to Phila.,
where it may be yet as far as he
knowns, as he could not sell it sue
cessfully. A friend took his note
for $4,000 and he was enabled to
do business on more extensive
scale. He sold skim milk for more
than he paid for the new and got
75c per Id. for butter. He kept
charging and developing his bus
mess in milk and butter and butch
cred hogs in winter. Left the farm
and took creamery at Concordville.
Competition finally caused him to
go into the condensing business in
connection with his butter trade.
The farmer must have good price
for milk, for on the farmers sue
cess depends the success of the
creameryman. Anything worth
doing at all is worth doing we'll,
and he advised making the best
and putting Your name on it. De-
mand a high price and you will get
it. The future is promising for the
farmer who will raise the best and
stick to it. If the farmer will study
his farm he will have the best bus
mess on earth. The farmer cannot
be driven, he must be paid to make
any change or improve his old
methods. He has had one Gus
toner for % years and now sup
plies him with $4,000 lbs. of milk
per month. 1t does not pay to be
dishonest, and until you gain the
confidence of the people you can,
not do much business. He consid.
cred the prospects very bright for
the new Rising Sun condensery, as
the farmers in this section had good
cows, as rule. He now sells but
ter at Doc retail and 45c wholesale,
and does not sell it lower any place.
The condensing business is some
thing new and his supply does not
fill the demand. 1t is necessary to
have a balanced ration to get best
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