Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-07-04
CHEESE FACTORY
VERY BUSY PLACE
Plant at Nyssa Has Capacity
of 10000 Pounds of
Milk Daily.
fstan CorresnondenceN


Cheese company of Nyssa will move
into it's own new factory about July
10. The capacity of the new factory,
which is built expressly for the cheese
making business, is 10000 pounds of
milk daily The new plant is 2sx5O
feet with full easement. At the rear
is the boiler room, 10x14 feet. The
cheese making room is the full size OF
the main floor of the building, 2sx5O
feet The full basement, which has
concrete walls and cement floor, will
be used for the storage room. The
cost of the building is $1,000.
The factory will be equipped with a
new 12-horse power boiler, two watts
each having a capacity of 5000 pounds
OF milk, cheese press, etc. There is.
an elevator for conveying the cheese
from the main floor to the storage
room below.
The new factory will be as fiy-proof
as is possible to make it. 1t will be
double screened throughout. The milk
receiving station on the north side of
the factory is so arranged as to make
it almost impossible for flies to get
into the factory proper.
Friis & Teutsch of Nyssa have the
building contract ana George G@Nen
has the contract for the concrete and
cement work. Both contractors have
their WORT nearly completed.
225,Ooo Pounds of Milk In June.
Two hundred and twenty five thou
sand pounds of milk was received at
the Nyssa cheese factory during the
month of June and from this was
made 23.500 pounds of cheese. The
225OO0 pounds OF milk contained 5000
pounds Of butter fat, for which the
farmers received 81 cents per pound,
or a total of $243O for one month.
on the tenth of each month the far
mers get paid for the milk furnished
the preceding month. The factory
maintains three milk routes and hauls
all the milk to the factory and hgnls
all the whey back to the farmers free
Of charge to the farmers. The farmers
milk the COWS and put the cans of
milk at the roadside on convenient
platforms, from where the cans of
milk are gathered by the wagons OPP
Grated on the cheese factory's milk
routes
Hubert s. Smith is the expert cheese
maker at the Nyssa factory He has
been a successful cheese maker for
years in the famous Tilamook district
in western Oregon. He came to Nyssa
Jan. TO- 1913, and started the first
cheese factory in Nyssa, or in Malheur
county, on Feb. g. 1913. on Nov. 1, 1913,
he sold this factory to a stock COM
pany composed of substantial Nyssa
farmers, who still are operating it and
are building the new factory here that
in a few days viii be ready for oc-
cupancy.
Mr.. Smith states the first day the
factory was opened here he received
only 800 pounds of milk. The receipts
have increased daily until now they
approximate about 1900 pounds daily.
Hay $15 Ton When Fed to Cows.
Mr.. Smith states there is not a
single dissatisfied farmer who sells his
milk to the cheese factory. They figure
their alfalfa hay averages about SIS
per ton when fed to their dairy stock.
AS their dairy stock improves in quail
ity. so will their average returns from
the COWS increase. Much of the dairy
stock here now is stock cattle. But
the farmers here are improving their
herds right along. There are several
Hostein bulls here now, and the far
mers are going more and more into
Nyssa. Ontario and Kinsman colony
are talking strongly of forming milk
test associations. In this manner is
weeded out the Improbable cows,
thereby building up better and more
efficient dairy herds.
Increasing Dairy Herds.
Among those who will increase their
dairy herds here are Peter Tensen,
who now has 20 cows, viii have so this
fall John Stamm now has 10, will
have 40 next fall. w. L. Gibson now
has %. will have 40 in the spring. C.
c. Hunt now has seven, will have "a
next spring. DR.. Sarazin has none
now. will have II next spring. Others
can be named, but this shows how the
dairy business here is growing.
The officers of the Nyssa cheese fac
vice president. Peter Tensen: secre-
treasurer. e. NJ Dean; cheese
maker, Hubert $. Smith.
There is a ready market for every
pound of cheese made at this factory.
Big Birthday Party.
A big birthday party was given
Thursday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. B. F. Farmer for Harry Cos
hert, who was q years old that day.
Seventy young people helped him cele-
hrate the happy event. He rece. yed
many pretty presents. Dainty refresh
ments were served. The party was
given on the lawn which was brightly
Illuminated for the occasion. All pres-