The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-09-27
EVERY IMPROVEMENT
AT CREAMERY PLANT
Modern Methods Employed
in Handling Products by
T. Local Concern.
NEW. FACTORY IN USE
Every Detail in Butter Max
ing Process as Sanitary
as Possible.
NEW. FACTORY IN USE

One OF Richmond's newer indus
tries that has proved itself progress
sive is the Western Ohio Creamery, a
branch factory of an Ohio corporation
which owns similar plants all over
Ohio. This branch was started on
farm, north of Greenville, Ohio, in
1896 and in 1905 was moved to the
town and incorporated. On April l,
1911 it was brought to Richmond and
the machinery installed in the build
It's business has increased and it be-
came necessary to build new factory,
which was completed this summer.
The new factory, located at North
Sixth and d streets, has been pro-
nounced by experts to be the. most
sanitary and modern plant of its kind
in the state. 1t is two-story cement
and brick structure, with large base
ment The basement contains the
boilers which furnishes the steam to
run the engines and sterilize the milk
This basement is entirely apart from
the remainder of the plant, SO that
there is no possibility for any dust to
be blown into the milk. On the first
floor Is the machinery necessary for
the manufacture of butter and the re-
frigerators. On the second floor are
the office rooms and store rooms. The
building is equipped with an electric
elevator.
Buy Of 1900 Farmers.
The milk used by this plant is
bought from 1900 farmers in Wayne
county and the vicinity. When the
milk is brought to the factory each
separate shipment from each farmer
is tested by the Babcock method. The
tester Is equipped to test 80 samples
at a time. The cream is poured
through a large screen and goes
through pipes to six large watts, where
1t Is cooled and pasteurized at the
same time. The pipes through which
the milk runs into the watts are so
constructed that they can be taken
apart in section frequently and the
interior cleaned with a brush.
SnIp 10 new YORK.
From the watts it is piped to two ex-
ira large churns, where the butter is
churned, washed and sailed. The
greater part of the output is then
transferred to tubs and shipped to the
New York market. The portion which
is sold on the local market goes under
the name of the J. o. w. brand. This
&c toll TO h ;ol,
dows and tight doors, as a protection
from dust, and here each pound of but
ter is carefully weighed on pair Of
scales, tested regularly by the weight
inspector. Every churning is tested
by the expert employed at the factory
The object kept in mind while build
ing the factory, according to the 10
cal superintendent, F. l.. Allen, was to
make every detail in the process as
sanitary as possible. The partitions
necessary on the first floor are raised
several inches from the floor, to read
lily permit scrubbing The drains are
made in the form of open bitches to
carry off the water, so that they can
easily be cleaned AS a precaution to
insure perfect drainage, two differ
tHl lines u Tie Ildlu sewer were III
stalled.
Everything Clearly.
The ceiling of the first story Is four
teen feet high, giving room for air to
circulate. The refrigerator is cooled
by a special brine circulation and an
amonia compressor. weighing ten tons.
The paint used on the exterior is
hard enamel water proof mixture, and
the cans used are all washed in a So
luton and sterilized in steam The
plant is set back from the street to
avoid dust and there is scarcely an i'm
provement known in the creamery
business that has not been put into
use.
The corporation of which this plant
is branch, is building modern factor
les of this kind in Ohio and at the pre-
sent is erecting plant at Celina, Ohio
Judge J. w. Irwin. of Dayton. Ohio
is president of the company, I. o. Win
tiers, of Greenville, general manager,