Arizona republican., 1907-01-30

Through the courtesy of Supt. Cook
of the Pacific Creamery company OF
this place, the writer was yesterday
shown through the entire condensing
plant and the method Of operation care
fully explained and the intentions of
the company in the future made known
! for the benefit OF the public. After
looking over the plant and taking no
tice OF the preparations that are being
made there for the handling of large
quantities of milk and learning Of the
manner i'm which the new concern pro-
poses TO conduct its business, il at
once becomes very apparent that the
dairy business in and around this sec
ton Of the valley is about to be revived
and placed on a more firm, more sub
stantial and more paying basis for the
dairyman than ever before and il was
but a few years ago that hundreds OF
cows were MIXED in the Tempe dis
trict and the business considered a
good one. The demand for milk. how
ever. becoming small and the price
paid for II still smaller. naturally killed
the business until at the present time
very small number of dairy herds,
compared with the number that were
formerly owned, are TO be found in this
section.
Since the purchase of the Tempe
creamery a short time ago by the Pa
cific company. many changes have been
made and every change has been a
marked Improvement. New machinery
has been installed. the old machinery
that has been retained has been thor
oughly renovated and even in such a
short time. the plant has been placed
in first class condition throughout
More Improvements are being made |
but even now the income Of milk into !
the plant is increasing rapidly and it is |
only a question OF a short time until |
dairy herds will enlarge to a great eN-
tent and the demand for good milk |
COWS is already good. The valley not /
being able TO supply all that south !
side farmers viii have need for. a num- !
Der of them have dubbed together and 1
shortly an order is to be placed for a
hundred and twenty head Of the best
Holstein that money can buy. Before
the order is sent, that number may be
further increased. but up to the pres
ent time that many have been sub
scribed for. The cattle will be shipped
10 the valley as soon as possible after
their purchase.
Day before yesterday the company
turned out its first finished product
md the condensed milk which IS
known by the same name as the ar
icle made by the same firm on the
,oast. Lily Condensed Milk. is OF a
quality equally as good if not superior
Every possible effort is being made to
Keep up the standard and by a method
II reckoning, each lot OF milk is so
marked that If any complaint should
yer be made. it can be traced down ,
o the day the milk made and even ,
urther than that; it can be told Just
What dairy's milk was in the faulty =.
an. II is Obvious that should several
be lodged al the same door. .
is wrong and the manage
nent can take immediate steps to cor .
ect the fault.
1t is noticeable that the new man :
cement is working for the interests Of :
he dairyman as much as possible in ! .
onnection with its own affairs and in :
his connection it may be stated that +.
order to secure a good grade OF milk.
he farmers are being urging to con-
uct their business on the same sys-
ematie plan that the condensing plant
; handled. For instance, Mr.. Cook is :,
assisting that each dairy man secure a .
'abcock tester by which means each :
ldividual COW in mans herd may be
asted and If the quality of her milk is