The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-03-09
A TENNESSEE CREAMERY.
How 1t Was Started with Small
Capital and How 1t Has Paid.

i We organized about two years
1 ago on the strictly cooperative plan,
by which the stockholders receive
no profit and every man who furn-
ishes cream to the creamery bears
his share of the expenses whether
stakeholder or not), and receives
his share of the profits.
The land may be of interest to
some readers who contemplate such
an enterprise, or 1t may be of use in
any cooperative business, so I will
give it in brief.
Thirty men organized the associa-
ton, adopted constitution, by
laws, etc. Then, to raise funds, each
man gave his note for $50, and
| these notes were deposited by the
| Creamery Association with local
bank as collateral to secure loan
of $1,000, the creamery to pay in
| terest on this loan and monthly pay
ments IN the principal of not less
than $25 nor more than $50. This
interest and payments on the princi-
pal to be counted as part of the run
ming expenses of the creamery till
paid in full All expenses to be paid
at the end of each month, and the
remainder of the proceeds of the
months output to be pro-rated -
the farmers who furnished the
cream.
Only the cream is taken to the
20 ,cir a IA II
separator. This is by far the best
plan, as it leaves all the skim milk
to be fed warm on the farm and
gives the farmers less hauling. It
also enables him to deliver only
three times per week in summer
and twice a week in winter, while
whole milk must be hauled every
day. It also saves considerable ex-
pense at the creamery of a sepera-
tor and handling all this milk
Some who have read of, or inves-
ed in some of these $4,000 or &c.
700 plants put in by creamery
promoter, may wonder how we
tarted with $1,000.
The lot for the building was do
lated by public spirited man; 4
with concrete floor, was
ut up for about $500; a complete
utfit was bought (seeond hand)
rom one of the promoted" $4,000
lants for $500. and the balance
aid for freight and cost of INSTALL
lg the machienry We later
ought an ice-cream making outfit
second-hand) for $500. We secur-
d the services of a local young man
tho was a graduate of the Agricul-
ural Short Course at Knoxville,
aried experience in butter-making
md all forms of dairy work, to in
stall and operate the creamery, and
we were ready for business. Started |
operating in May, 1910, and al |
though the business has been small, /
and grown slowly-more slowly on ,
account of the extremely low prices
81 butter last season; the lowest in |
10 years, or more-ft has done |
airly we'll, and has done an aggre
ate of business not to be ignored by
ny ordinary southern farm COM
lunity.
The following is a condensed Ie-
ort of the work of the creamery
nee it started, to the end of De-
amber, 1911: For butter-fat deliv-
red in cream at the creamery, av-
rage price paid, 27c Handled 3d.
30 pounds Of butter-fat, from
hich were made 61,89S pounds of
utter and about 1880 gallons of
e cream This butter sold for s16,-
S9,8S. and ice cream for s1,717.08.
n addition to this, the creamery
eceived s44553 for buttermilk,
nd $131.16 for slop and sundries,
making total of s19,083.75 gross
eceipts. OF this amount $3.50 were
aid on the principal of the borrow
ID capital; $3,44595 went to pay
interest on capital and for supplies,
expenses, butter-maker's
salary etc The balance, SIS, oS7.S0 !
went to the farmers who furnished |
the cream. And practically all this
amount came from without the
and is money that would
have gone north from the south to
help make our already short money
supply shorter, if we had not been
getting it.
There is no trouble about mar
ket when you can convince the pub
lie that you are putting out first
class articles, One firm gets nearly
all of our product now-from 500
to $50 pounds per week-and only
yesterday they wrote to know if we
could not send them more butter.
And they are paying us 37e per
pound this week (. o. b. here. We
sold $50 pounds Mt 40c last week.
(Our price is governed by the Elgin
market)
Fellow farmers, get busy and
raise and milk more dairy cows,
and breed more of them to come
fresh in the fall. They will give
more milk in year than the spring