The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1910-12-16
New Industry for Owosso.

New Industry for Owosso.
The Michigan Investor in its last is
sue gave space to a write up of the
Western Dry Milk Co. which is to open
for business in Owosso within few
weeks in the building formerly occu.
pied by the Burnett Knitting Co. The
building is now being g-overhauled and
put in shape for the installation of the
machinery, ETC., while an addition for
boiler house is being completed. The
Investor article follows:
The Michigan Investor, in it's lat
est issue, prints an interesting ac-
count Of the Western Dry Milk COM
pany that Is about to begin opera
tions in the old knitting factory on
Green street The company has pur-
chased the building of Frank SUIT
phin, member of the company
known as the Owosso Knitting Com
pany, and a number of carpenters
and masons are now at work getting
the plant in shape for occupancy. A
new boiler room is being built on
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and other changes are being made.
The article in the Investor follows:
Owosso's newest industry, The
Western Dry Milk Co., expects to be
in full operation about February 1st,
next. The principal men back of
the enterprise are well-known BUST
ness men of Detroit. They are Har-
ry K. Beecher, Chas. e. Cole, Harvey
j. Sutton, and Edward j. Donoghue.
The plant now being installed at
Owosso will cost about $4,000. At
the start the plant will be capable of
handling 10000 to $4,000 pounds
of whole milk. day. 1t will be
built however, with view to adding
another unit of like capacity as soon
as the farmers produce the raw ma
terial.
The establishing of this plant at
Owosso will mean much to the farm
ers of Shiawassee county as it will
be big factor in stimulating the
demand for their milk at all sea-
sons of the year with the assurance
of most satisfactory price, and with
such assured conditions it is natural
to look for a considerable increase
in the dairy herds and more interest
taken in this particular branch when
a steady market can be had right al
home the year round.
The Western Dry Milk Company
will utilize all of the whole milk in
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grades Of dry milk, varying in rich
ness of butterfat to suit the trade.
The process of drying milk has
passed the experimental stage. The
fact that the demand for dried milk
so far has come from milk produc-
ing sections Is pretty good evidence
as to what the demand will be when
companies are in position to offer
their product in non-milk producing
districts in this country and for ex-
port as well. Every one of the y
plants now in operation is working
to capacity and find a ready market.
The processes for drying milk are
comparatively new, the first dating
back only six years Various pro-
cesses are now. in vogue. They all
aim at the same result, the reducing
If liquid milk into the. dry state
where it will keep almost indefinite
ly without disturbing it's ingredients
the full value of the milk being re-
tanned minus the water. By adding
the required amount of pure water
you have again the liquid milk in its
natural state. The Western Dry
Milk Company believes that it has
the most perfect process with all the
latest improvements for treating the
milk successfully.
While there Is great demand for
dried milk the field of manufacture
Is restricted because the process re-
quires great care. The machinery
Is of a complicated nature and very
expensive; yet the process Of trans
forming milk from its liquid to
dry state is very rapid. 1t actually
requires less than one minutes time
and in one hours time the product
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interesting to state that one barrel
of dry milk is equal to one ton of
liquid milk, which allows the dry
milk to be transported long dis
tance at very small expense COM
pared with the liquid milk.
There is no question that the ten
dency of the times Is to convert some
food products into the dry state as
the only proper means of preserving
them. Dried milk is an ideal con-
dition in which to be handled. 1t is
not subjected to any change in eli
matte conditions. 1t can be kept the
same as flour or cereals.
1t is also the intention of the
Western Dry Milk Company to es-
tablish plants in other sections Of