The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-24
THE CREAMERY
Mr.. Terrell Takes Lead in The
Matter.
FARMERS huSI 81 Il THEY WANTM
Unless Some kciion is Taken Question Will
Be Dropped. Etc

sured. The Ni--ou-i rr, nm-ry mention
q b,fore had but 9UU. hut they were
200 pound cows Sir. rannehl has
iurri~h'l ni. e. lot ut --Amery itera-
turc. reports. etc. coii cted in a
former ,u,-t by aiiu~-lf tparuu-. cream
cry sentiment FROM a Wisconsin
creamery report IF 100 herds the lowest
was - pounds iur nnti,r-. 33l pounds
highest ipr "a Grade J.rs.y herd This
Tor Bu established creamery whose pA-
irons ha4 hal experience aud probably
got best results reasonably pus- Die q.
their COWS. Our people are inea perieuc "a:
havf COWS mostly bred 10 calveln 81 In1
and urca older COWS have the hah hv.
ei az going dry three 10 five n.utA-
"a year in winter aud will not atr-sl..r
$50 pounds tie hrat y,a-. To sue. c.li it
J. nee s,ary To have manager VII es.r
haudie up-to-iate. high priced fnscll .,ts
without which AiZh quality butter De- iu-
p'-> h-. Suel u uita commands j, fh.
Missouri creamery 81 600 salary 4.
made butter that netted the patro-,
cents average last year We cam tex
pcct reasonable success on mur, Ross
than their 10000 pounds and ROO u.w-
gives u only $1,000 at 100 each But
with 80 possible from good cows land
over 800 was paid on each COW In ABOVE
mentioned Wisconsin creameryl skim
ming stations in shipping roach ui Fred
erlcSsturg ought To be pract cable. A
large haud-sepArator CT small gas ell
gine Quilt could prepare cream from "A
dozen or more farms. We. therefore.
ak all 80 situated and who are interest
ed in getting "a creamery here To send In
your reports. They may result IN form
ing such station. We ask all who
want a creamery here to write at once 10
the undersigned, giving your present
number of cows ready iorcreamery milk.
Also the number you would expect to
keep, If ca trial you found il worth
while. For example, one man tells me
he now has four cows. but would carry
20; another says now two, would keen
six, another four. increasing to eight.
etc. Where creameries are it il common
for patrons TO have mills routes" The
iarthest rom creamery on any road ar
ranges To haul the milk oi Others on his
route, thus enabling even one-cow-keep-
ers 10 send milk II they wish. So let us
have report from all who are interest.
ed. Make occasion 10 talk IL up to neigh
bors who may not take The Free Lance.
Unless this report shows 300 or more
cows we are not apt 10 get "A creamery
at present. II 10 does show 300 we will
proceed TO some form OF pubic farmers
institute or mass meeting of farmers and
business men. The Virginia Dairy Com
missioner has offered his services and
will attend such meeting.
Many to whom | have preached the
creamery subject are unfamiliar with il
IL may, therefore, be- we'll To explain
creamery practices.
Either whole Inilg or cream Is bought
and is paid for monthly by weighing
and keeping account of the whole and
taking true sample each week There
Is "a machine called the Babcock Test
that takes these samples aud shows ex-
actly how much butter-fat the patrons
milk averages. BY this all the butter in
your milk Is paid for Without a separ
atOr no one can get all the cream and
lrequently, in warm weat ther especially.
the loss is from 2s to 80 per cent. Also
the lack Oi know how in cream ripen-
ing and churning means loss. In my
butter dairy IN Missouri my first week
with separator paid me 81 ~ more than
the previous week without it, and had
Ice water TO set milk in One report
shows one Wisconsin county making
over IA million pounds IA year at an aver
age OF 10y cents a pound. One creamery
in New York paid SsS,sla ~ to its pa
irons at - Ia cents.
But the real foundation benefit of a
successful creamery will be found in the
better farming that always goes hand in
hand with stock growing and dairying
just rtuect moment on the present
appearance OF the farms in Fredericks
burg territory. Everywhere are seen
bare, gr6ssless corn ridges, red gullies
scrub pines and poverty.
There Is no line Of stock growing that
offers hope. breeding horse Is out of
reach. Hog raising for market is broken
by corn prices. Even the "pigin the pen'
kept To utilize kitchen wastes couldn't
stand bookkeeping OF his actual corn
and other costs, and as for sheep we
can't have them and the dogs too and OF
course the dogs are our nrsJ cOnsidera-
tion. Cattle Tor beef are beaten by 6Oc
corn ana Will not be attempted here,
Poultry keeping as IA business il out Of
reach OF the maj -rity on account OF it's
Inherent difficulties and cost Of equip
ment This leaves oDly creamery and
angora goats; and the only goat man
know Is seeking Il buyer for his whole
goatherd. Or is IL the goat flock; and
Is he possibly trying TO let another man
be ''the gOst?" Now II we have a cream
cry that pays about : II 90 per COW, as
the evidence is that Il will, we have a
"toe holt 70 stertf'om toward Improve
ment. While the average was $i2 90.
the 3dOlb. COW paid her owner SG9.3O.
With our climatic capacity 10 grow
COW peas and crimson clover We should
quickly rise Above she 200 Id. average.
n my first creamery letter, / suggested
forming clubs To buy bulls capable OF
rapidly Improving our COW stock. Here
IN Stafford The stafford Stock-improyo-
ment Club, with shares at So has ar
ranged for herd header" out OF a IL
lh. COW and sired by a bull whose dam,
tested BY Ohio Ex. Station, made $40 lbs.
In 100 days. )3 lbs. in 30 days and 95s
lbs. in tirst seven days of the test. Go
thsu and do likewise"
My dear reader, Just suppose you were
going into the coming winter with a.
many good cows as your place would
carry that those bare corn ridges had
been sown to cow peas at last working
and they and the corn atubble all turned
under and green with wheat; that the
last wheat stubble was plowed under
aud now green with winter oats and
white crimson clover to be pastured by
calves aud colts all iail, winter and early
spring then cutting hay crop In June
to be followed by COW peas and crimson
clover; cutting the peas Tor hay in Sep
tember aud with all that much richer
and move plentiful manure spread on the
clover through the winter and It with