Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1914-12-11

drying up almost entirely during tue
winter months. But We will suppose
that you have nothing but dairy
stock. In figuring these give on nm
average of three gallons Of milk per
day. with an average test Of three
and six-tenths per cent of butter
fat. which in order To be safe, ~
about all that you can figure; they
would produce 63Ij pounds of milk.
ar figuring at the above percentage,
l29 pounds of butter fat; also fgur-
ing your overrun at 200, which
would give you approximately twen-
ty-fve pounds of butter overrun
daily. During the flush of the year
your local merchants buy butter, de-
livcred in Dcming, for about 20 or
30 cents per pound, You cannot fig
urc that they or anyone else would
pay You premium. because you
happen 10 b. II local concern, but
you have goi To figure il Ms actual
market value of butter. We will
take therefore u basis of zoe per
pound for butter. and also figure
that you are paying Zoe per pound
for that fat. the butter fat would
cost YOU $3.50. Out of this 100
pounds of butter fat YOU will manu-
facture l5l pounds of butter, or
Sl6.2O. leaving II balance of $3.50
per day for running expenses, etc.
II YOU have u competent man Ia han
die this proposition for you. would
cost you in the ncighborhood of
$1,000 month or approximately
$500 per day. which will leave you
$3.50 to pay rent. interest IN invest
men,. fuel. power. lights. ice, car
tons and other supplies. and will cost
YOU almost cent pound to place
this product in marketable condition.
So you can see that with the figures
you have given that il would be an
impos-iblity To make creamery
with only this limited amount of sup
port. II success.
Again. You state that the plant
will cost in the ncighborhood of g.
600. \ fir, class creamery equip
menl, no, including building, will
cost YOU every cent of that amount.
regardless of how economically you
may buy or how small il may be-.
a If Won think YOU can start Il cream
cry and add new equipment from
= time 10 time YOU are mistaken. the
first impression is the lasting one
:, with the consumer, and if your prod
' ucts are not M to the standard. You
" will find that you will be very much
handicapped. In order to make n
= first class product, i, is necessary
\ To have an up-to-datc equipment,
" and believe you will make n mis-
take to do business on any other
basis.
Again. the article states that this
is to be strictly II cooperative al
fair. There possibly have been 2Oo0
coopcrative crcameries organized
throughout the United States. and
can safely say that there are not
fifty which are running proiiiably
and 1900 of this amount are closed
While it may be possible for farm
II crs to buy oil on cooperative basis
II and other supplies when il comes
down to managing n business, es-
pecially one rs complicated rs the
creamery business. you will find that
YOU will have disharmony and grieI
all the way through.
Your fngres on buttermllk a's'
- appear to be somewhat out OF line
We will sell you or anyone else II
Deming who happens to be inter
cstcd, all the buttermilk they ma!
handle right now ut 20 gallon, Al
buouerouc. We are selling butter
milk for retail purposes at lOc, bu
what we are selling for hog feet
We are getting lilc. Dcmlng WI
only call for limited amount q
buttemilk. possibly 10 gallons pc
day, and ! would like to know HOY
Won figure you would get Zoe pc
gnllon for the remaining AZ gallons
The purpose of this letter is M
to knock your ideas. bat to show yo
lust II few of the pitfalls. An
creamery that is unsuccessful
whether it is our own ar yours, vi
give the dairy industry of this count
nv Just that much cf n black ey
Hence. our interest in the matte
II there is any information tn
We can give you, or if we can be
any assistance in amy way shape
form. we shall he only too glad
do 50. As formerly stated in pc
son that believe that the dairy &c
is the only salvation to your coi
. munity as well as to a great ma
otbers throuphout the state.