St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-10-01
. A CREAMERY
At Vaudeville:
f.@SEEssT ::
Mr.. j. L.. LayalIe. An EX-
perienced Batter Man.
Puts a Proposition Before
the Milk Men.
Will Furnish the Capital
and Employ Expert.
Will Allow Milk Men an
Interest, if Desired.
A Better Chance Here than
i'm the West.
Will Allow Milk Men an
Interest, if Desired.
A Better Chance Here than
i'm the West.

A very enthusiastic meeting was
held at the Town Hall, Vaudeville
saturday evening, September "a, In
the interest of the creamery for
Vaudeville.
The meeting was called to order
by Mayor A. Hartman, who stated
the object and introduced Mr.. j. L.
Lavelle, the promot Mr.. Lavelle
discoursed at length on the advan-
tages of our country and at the close
OF the meeting the following citizens
endorsed the movement by attach
Ing their names to an agreement
stating that they will milk their COWS
and sell Mr.. Lavelle the milk. But
for the inclemency of the weather
the attendance would have been
much larger:
horst, Sidney Smith, Gus. Smith,
Geo. w. Smith, G. Frosch, Margaret
Smith, j. A. Seamon, Henry Rosh,
w. T. Newman, E. Francis, Paul
CASTER, Alex Smith, Isidore Levy,
e. Bandot, Jas. Band, Jules Beau
5eaux, Jos. w. Smith, Jr.
Following is the gist of Mr.. La
velle's remarks:
I am native of Louisiana, have
been resident of New Orleans all
my life and been handling butter in
q wholesale and retail way more
than forty-five years in that city.
/ have only theoretical knowl-
edge of making butter, no practical
although l have been going to con-
ventions and visiting creameries in
the West and Northwest for more
than twenty years, coming in con-
tact with the largest butter makers
and handlers in the country. What
/ have seen in these various trips
and remarks heard, made by these
pioneers in butter making, of their
trials and troubles to establish their
business, induces me to believe that
our task Is an easy one, with the
fine country we have, abundance of
grass throughout the year, very little
feed needed, finest water on earth
and salubrious climate. The only
thing necessary for you to do is to
give a little more attention to your
cattle, conform to the simple laws Of
health and hygiene as advocated by
State Board of Health
In the West md Northwest COWS
months Of the year on account of
the extreme cold weather and alb
eence of grass, when you virtually
have grass throughout the year and
very little housing to do. The ex-
pense of winter stall-feeding cows
and having to house them for five or
six months is very heavy expense,
which you avoid, and with this heavy
expense of winter stall-feeding by
the Western people, they make good
money and have become prosperous.
You Have the same chance. Will
you grasp it while you have the op-
portunity? In a great part of the
West when they started in the butter
making business they We're as green
about it as you are. Their cows
were no better than yours and prob
ably not as good (for l have seen
mighty fine cows in this neighbor-
hood; the milking was a gallon or
more a day, but as they proceeded
under careful instruction and watch
fulness, these same people are get
ting four or more gallons of milk
from each cow and their milk is
giving considerable more butter fat
to each gallon than when they began.
These trying difficulties, in spite
of which these results were accom-
plished, can be avoided easily by you,
as the trials and troubles of these
people are before us and you can
avoid them if you care to. Listen
to and put in execution the informa-
tion that will be given you from
time TO time.
I1,, Of
allowed to roam without any atten-
tion. These same cows can be look
ed after and will bring you in
revenue of twenty cents or more each
and every day, depending on the at
tention you give them, and the at
tention will cost you vey little; only
d little more exertion and work on
your part. 1t remains to be seen if
you care to get this money, thereby
giving yourself and family more
comfort and independence; for say
what you please, man that can
feel dollar in his own pocket and
say that it is his and not due some
one else is the most independent.
Let's get together and develop our
great country. The eyes of the world
are upon you and the flow of emf
grants are coming our way, and the
wise men of the other parts of our
country are going to swoop down
this way sooner than you realize and
grasp all these good things.
| propose, if / can get enough milk
TO keep this creamery going right
along throughout the year, lit will
not pay unless it can be run through
out the year, to go III November to
makers of the best creamery ma