The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1908-09-15
FREDERICKsBURe, va TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 15 1eos
THE CREAMERY QUESTION
M Tsrsli Gives Valuable information on the
Subiset He Calls for sctiOn-Ete

Frederi.k-burv, Va, sept IL.
To The Free Lance:
do not wish 10 De- oHicIous an ,bis
creamery matter. hut since no one Else
seems willing 10 move IN favor ~ Il. /
VIII ask you 10 print this one more let
ter had hoped your editorial endorse
ment would draw out others. Tor who
ever l TAX creamery To | hnd hoping a
creamery VIII be started. One SAYS.
My place will feed go cows and viii
carry That number If - creamery Is stab
lshe1- Another. Except Tor Tn. ma
nure am already keeping too many
cows, bur with "a creamery / viii keen
more Another says 10. another / >
etc. Nobody talks against II and nobody
acts for it,
lax l. prov rbisily cheap hut il not
worth its price uuirss leading toward
action. with the hope 81 gettug nearer
something more than TAX. I wrut.. ask
lnS Tor Creamery iActs. To my brother
who j. director In a Missouri c,,-npsr.,-
tive creamery. he turned my Inquiries
over 10 their nansger. Who Kindly scnds
the following, which I ask YOU to print
here ~ part Df my letter:
W e. get MIX from about POO cows:
make about 10000 pounds of butter Der
wear We pay about 2lc.. average from
Toe. 10 3Oc. We sell nearly half our
make AT home; ship balance 10 Chicago.
" get Elgiu quotations here At home.
W nat we EMP nets Us about 2c nader
Elgiu quotations. Elzin is about th,.
same a. New York We retail al our
buttermilk in winter; sell surpl.s ln
summer for hog feed; price, Zoe Der .a!.
Ion in wiuter aud De. IN summer. The
patron takes 50 per cent OF milk home
WIKI him. We buy only 20 per cent. oi
the whole milk. Ne aim 10 maze 10 Der
cent ON ncapit8l stock, but sometimes We
tell short. Our plant cost 81. 500. it'll
brick building. cement iioor ani g.avel
roof VI here ali parties have. or will
get, separators IA plant tbrickl could be
put up and equipped for about $1,000.
but to handle whole milk will cost about
81 900 more. Building must he larger.
more Vats, etc, and "a 5000 separator.
One active man can run the plnnt at a
cost o' 5000 To ) 800 per year. accord.
ing 70 experience. business capacity ,etc. %
IL VIII be quickly observed that this
creamery has made no phenomenal rec
ordi Yet Its 2lc. per pound and 10000
| pounds output paid - 400 To the own.
ers oi those 200 COWS, $i2 per COW.
Who gets Si2 per COW here2 Note shat
they sell half their product nt home.
Their town has practically the same
population Rs Fredericksburu. Nv
brother writes they pay the manager
81 900 per year.
The cost OF their plant, 81 500. is no
bogey Tor us; IA the whole affair was
worked up Toy promoter tcreamery
shark who had "a slick tongue that
netteu him over a thousand dollars on
the transaction. Also the town would
not even turnish IA building site. and the
promoter enthused his company into
| buying double the land needed A brick
Oullding Is not "a necessity, as Necessary
Insulation for scientific butter making IL
much more cheaply attained by double
walls of wood.
In last issue Of the Rural New Yorker a
subscriber asks whether a promoter =
proposition TO build "a 300 COW creamery
Tor $1,000 is a reasonabls one.
The reply was You should get such a
plant from IA reliable Dairy Supply Co
Tor less than half that amount"
To get down to IA possible working
basis, am taking It upon myself IL
write TO HoArd's Dairyman and half
dozen principal cream separator COM
panies for their literature. Also to the
State Dairy Commissioner. The replies
WiAA HANt AtrAr anu Ol llAtlllntFA lOf
creamery. | suggest that the Lance
could do service To the community by
asking post card reply from Its readers
(names not To be published but cards 70
be- preserved) To about the following
questions:
DO you want a creamery?
How many cows will you furnish?
How many shares Of stock at 50 will
you subscribe for?
The replies To be summarized and pub
lished. IL farmers elsewhe In reach of
creamery benefits at Fredericksburg feel
as those ! talk with In this community
say they do on the subject, The Free
Lance would, "hear som'pin drop"
Further | suggest that acreamery need
not necessarily be on the railroad, but
should be centrally located. Is there a
more central location than the old toll
gate property at west end OF the Free
Bridge? It's a white elephant" on the
the city = hands and building Of ample
capacity could be built upon IL. The
city could well afford % year lease and
then some
Hoping the foregoing may contain food
Tor thought and lead to something prae-
teal, leave the creamery subject with
the reader. John ) Terrell
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