Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1909-08-12
New Industry Frederick.
Every Farmer Should BE
Interested.

pany is called the Baltimore and
Washington White Cross Milk Com
pany, and has for its purpose the
concentration of at least ten thousand
gallons of milk daily, which is to be
shipped to Baltimore, Washington,
Philadelphia and New York for con-
sumption in the cities.
Without explanation it might be
well assumed that this was nothing
more or less than condensed milk
factory" but it is about as different
as it possibly could be with the ex-
ception that the milk in its whole
form is concentrated or reduced to
one-fourth its original bulk. 1t is a
simple process Of evaporating three
fourths of the water from the milk,
leaving the whole milk with all OF its
butter fat, casein, albumcn, protelds,
ETC., wholly undisturbed and in the
same nutritious and palatable state
as in the whole milk. At the same
time, however, so purifying the milk
that it is practically, to all lntents
and purposes, germ proof. 1t can he
kept for a great length of time and
shipped hundreds of miles in a cool
car and preserving every sweetness
that it originally had in its whole
state. The advantages thus gained
by this process can be seen at glance
80 far as the large cities are concern
ed where the handling of each gallon
of milk is reduced to one quart.
Now the question naturally arises,
how is this quart of milk dealt with
by the consumer? Exactly in the
same way that whole milk is with the
exception that to make Il gallon OF
milk you would add three quarts of
water to the condensed form and you
would have the same article that you
would purchase from the ordinary
dairyman.
All of this, however, is not inter-
esting to the farmer, who is the pro-
Queer of the milk. This is the point
that we desire to call especial atten-
ton to. This milk company situated
at Frederick will take all the milk
that can be produced and shipped to
it over the various railroads in the
the county, and they desire that all
who can from this community and
along the line of the w., +. a. G.
railroad, ship their products to Fred
erick. They will pay the same prices
that shippercan get in Baltimore
or Washington, less the freight
charges. In other words, it will net
the farmer exactly what his product
now nets him if he ships the same to
Baltimore or Washington.
Another great advantage in this will
be that milk will be received any time
during the morning hours up to noon,
and this will give the advantage to
the farmers of bringing their milk to
any train going from here to Frcdrr-
lex whether the same is early or not.
The shipping Of milk to the large
cities is more or less of nuisance in
that it requires the farmer and his
help to get up at a very early hour in
order to get his milk on the early
train to go to the city.
This is a matter that every farmer
should consider seriously and, if pos
sible in any way, he should patronize
this industry, especially as he has adj
vantages over any other method that
he is now pursuing. They will take
all of his product it matters not
whether the same be much or little.
Their requirements from the produc-
er will be nothing more nor less than
that required by the dairymen in the
large cities.
Those interested in the plant ex-
pect to visit Thurmont in the near
future, when the matter will be cx-
planned to the farmers, of which due
notice will be given in these columns
and by other means. Meetings will
also be held at Lewistown and Creag-
erstown, only for the purpose of ed
ucating the farmer along the line of
dairying and producing more milk
than at the present time.
Mr.. Charles Wertheimer, of the