Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-09
HE'S MAKING 1T PAY.

There is new Richmond In the
competition for the distinction of fur.
nishing the largest amount Of butter.
fat to the creamery in month. He
comes in the person Of Mr.. j. j. Plex-
leo, who lives about five miles south OF
Yorkville on r. F. D. No. 5. Mr.. Pick
leo furnished nearly 1900 pounds OF
cream during December, and headed
the list, with Mr.. c. H. Smith, Mr.. ]
T. Crawford and the Bratton farm al
following close behind, and all entitled
to checks in the neighborhood Of $50
and over.
Although the public has not pre-
viously heard of Mr.. Plexico as large
milk producer, he Is not to be consid-
cred in the light Of a new recruit. He
went into the creamery association al
it's organization, taking his share OF
stock along with the balance. He had
only one milk cow then; but he had
had a great deal of experience with
COWS in times past and he had far
seeing confidence in the ultimate pos
sibilities Of the enterprise. He has
been adding cows one by one until he
now has a herd Of twelve, including
two strippers, and he Is shaping his
plans to keep on developing as rapid
ly as safe, conservative business Judg-
ment seems to warrant.
well, just believe that there Is as
much profit In this business of selling
butterfat to the creamery as in any
thing else a man can go at" said Mr..
PleXico when questioned last Satur-
day. II believed 1t at the very begin
ming. and l have not been disappoint-
ed. OF course, man has to watch
his business and know what he is do
ing. He's got to know enough to select
good cows and to take care of them
properly. He must not waste his time
feeding and milking COWS that won't
pay their board; but If he knows any
thing at all he need not do that. While
/ have fed and milked some few cows
at loss. / think l am safe In saying
that / have made some profit for every
month / have been patronizing the
creamery, even during those months
when we had to sell our butterfat at
20 cents a pound. At the present
time have good thing In the sale of
butterfat-not counting the manure or
anything else"
Mr.. PleXico has not spent very much
money in improvements. He built a
new barn for his mules some time ago
and converted the old barn into a shell
ter for his cows. The barn was made
as comfortable as possible. of course,
and has been answering very well un-
der the circumstances; but 1t Is not
what Mr.. Plexico wants and he knows
it. He is a very prudent business man
and he did not care to make too heavy
an outlay until he had satisfactory
idea of how the business could be
made to turn out. Now he Is thor
oughly satisfied, and he Is planning to
put up a first-class COW barn this
spring, and push the development of
his business faster and faster.
II have a fairly good herd now,
said Mr. Plexico. "It is nothing like
what / want and what l expect to
have: but 1t has been very much i'm
proved. You know / started with only
a single COW. have had more or less
experience trading In cattle, including
mixers. ever since 1 was a boy. Nat
ually / think l am pretty good judge
of a COW. But I find myself slipping
up every now and again. What looks
like a pretty good COW. turns out to
be not so good, and Of course l sell
her and get something better. In this
way. as l said. have built up pretty
good herd: but I have not anything
like as good a herd as l expect to have
some of these days
"I do not know that could tell you
how anybody could make a success