The Raymer enterprise., 1914-03-19
START OF COUNTY CREAMERY
Farmers Near MuFrsssboro, Tenn,
Undertake Co-operativs Assoela-
tion-lts Members Hustle.

The idea OF starting creamery at
Murfreesboro, Rutherford county.
Tenn. sprang from several sources,
among which was. first the large num-
Der OF good grade and registered Jer-
sey cows In the county; second, the
money there was In the business COM
ing directly from the sale OF butter fat
and indirectly from making the farms
richer. and last but not least, Ruther.
ford county was fortunate In having
enough hustling. wide-awake farmers
within her borders to undertake the
iob-and | might add here that 1t Is no
little undertaking, either. writes ]. N.
Miller, in the Southern Agriculturist
1t was last summer that the Ruther
ford County Creamery association was
organized with membership OF over
iifty substantial farmers, who took
stock OF either fifty or one hundred
dollars each.
Plans were laid for new, upto-date
plant. consisting OF substantial brick
building and the most modern appara-
tus for handling the cream. 1t was the
policy OF the association to spare no
expense when 1t came to installing the
best machinery. for It was its purpose
to put on the market nothing but first
class products.
While the machinery was being in
stalled the directors were looking out
for an experienced buttermaker, for it
is here to a great extent where the
success or failure OF the creamery de-
pends. There may be enough cream
brought IN and 1t may be OF the best
quality but unless the buttermaker
knows his business he cannot turn out
first-class products. The directors se-
cured the services OF a man who had
had several years experience as but
termaker In an up-to-date creamery.
The first day of last November the
creamery was busy place Cream was
coming in in such quantity that that
part OF the business was very satis-
factory. The buttermaker, too, was
handling his part OF the work all right,
but there was one thing that the direc-
tors found that they had neglected to
some extent and that was place to
sell their product.
II was thought by all that the only
thing to do was to get creamery to
working and there would be people
grabbing after the product. or course,
with small amount OF butter this
would not have been difficult matter,
but with one months work putting out
$500 pounds OF butter. one can see that
there has to be a selling end to the
business. Had It not been for the uu.
firing efforts OF the directors and the
cooperation OF the stockholders and
patrons in finding markets and In bear
ing a few slight losses, the creamery
would not have operated long. There
is no business where cooperation
seems to work as well and Is SO neces-
sary as In creamery.
Every stockholder and all the go
patrons are striving to make the
creamery success by sending in good
cream and aiding in various ways to
dispose Of the finished products. To
any community thinking OF organizing
a creamery would say that it would
be well to go slowly, as there are 80
many creameries that fail mainly for
lack of cooperation among the stock,
holders.
To give an idea OF what the cream.
cry is doing. 1t is well to state that
from $50 COWS there are sent in twice
each week about $500 pounds OF
cream. The cream, after being ripened,
Is pumped into big churn. and from
this amount OF cream about $50 pounds
OF butter are made, the amount OF but
ter depending. of course, upon the rich
ness of the cream.
The buttermilk trade is small, as no
deliveries are made at present. No
cream routes have yet been estab-
lished. but 1t is the desire OF the asso-
citation to extend the business In yari-
GUS ways In the near future, after be-
coming more familiar with the details
Of the work.