American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1915-12-09

nr.n.s are men who have worked in the home
plant.
The three plants employ altogether about sixty
,aonle Mos, of the cream is produced within a
radius Of sixty miles Of the creameries, although
some cans are shipped as high as a hundred miles.
The most profitable business is that which origin
ates az no considerable distance from the factor
les. Nearby farmers are able to send their pro-
duct to the plants oftener and in better condition
than patrons living al greater distances. Better
cream means higher priced butter. Prices paid
for butter-fat vary from week to week and are, OF
course, based upon the price Of butter.
The plan OF paying for each can OF cream the
day 1t is received does not involve the immense
amount Of bookkeeping that one might suppose.
Each can OF cream as received Is OF course tested
for butter-fat, and the weight add test, together
with the shippers name or number, are sent at
once to the office. The office memorandum slip
is merely a carbon copy of the shippers state
ment and check. SO that each shipment Is really a
cash transaction, which does away with a consid-
cradle amount of ledger work. Cream checks are
issued directly from the receiving creamery, but
the main plant at Watseka receives daily reports
from the others and attends to all marketing OF
the finished product.
Two to four road men or solicitors are regu-
ldAly PAO W R1DhN
vided with automobiles and are able by this means
to visit a large number Of farms In a day. These
men are not mere trade getters but are selected
for their practical knowledge OF dairying as ap-
piled to Illinois and Western Indiana farms. Most
Of these men are graduates of agriculture colleges
and some of them are iectureres and farmers in
stitute workers.
1t Is part of their business to give all possible
aid and advice to patrons and others In meeting
farm problems. In addition TO the work Of the
solicitors, the management issues thousands OF
pamphlets Of timely interest to milk producers
l have before me copies Of a number of such pam
phlets that we're issued last year: The Pure
Bred Sire. Silage for Dairy Cows, Skim Milk for
Hogs, and so on. Just now the creameries are
distributing a large number of copies Of Farmers
Bulletin No. 6O2, Production of Clean Milk.
The earnings have been eminently satisfactory
from the start, and the growth Of the business Is
ample proof that the patrons are satisfied. Each
day more than $4,000 is paid out to farmers fol
cream and 1t should be understood that practically
every dollar of this sum comes from the manufac-
turing districts of the East and Is distributed to
the Corn Belt farmers. The product of the cream
cry for which this money is paid takes very little
fertility from the soil.
Merchants in Watseka have told me that since
the creamery was established there a decided
change has been brught about in local merchan
dising methods. They say that the creamery Il
directly responsible for a change from a credit t.
practically a cash basis so far as their rural trad
is concerned. The first week in July this year th'
home office at watseka checked out more thai
$25, 900 TO farmers for cream received that week
Top prices are always paid for cream and tn
market is never closed. II is open every day 4
,ha 10 shS,uar laroa n ~ s~al ,ha opr
stipulation being that he must ship a clean pro
duct On this point. however. but little trouble ha
been encountered, as there is a spirit of friendli
ness and cooperation on the part OF patrons, du
in a large measure to the personal interest whlc
the management has taken in the success of tn
patrons, every one OF whom Is visited at interval
by a representative Of the creamery.
The extraordinary success Of the e~nterpris
must be attributed TO the thoroughness with whic
Mr.. Hcrueman mastered the details OF butter man
ufacturing before engaging in 1t upon his own &C
count. Coupled with his knowledge OF the dair
and creamery business is his unusual ability as a
organizer, which. in less than five years. has en
abled him to develop the largest creamery in Ill
nois.
Two years ago the dream farm became a reality
He purchased a beautiful farm OF neariy two hur
dred acres adjoining the village of watseka. Sine
the purchase Of this farm a herd OF pure bre
Ho!s;e;a Friesians. numbering upward OF sixt
head. has been assembled. A new dairy barn this
is sanitary and convenient has just been complete
And this Is the story Of a young man who ha
an ideal and how he went about the business
realizing It Entering college ten years ago will
out capital he worked his way through, and rel,
ing wholly upon his own initiative, has, in a 70
years time established a business which is now a
institution. To accomplish this result entaile
much hard work an dnot a little worry, as tn
sailing over most Of the course has been a b
rough. but always upon the horizon was the VII
ion Of that farm and OF its Holsteins. And h
dream came true.-Country Gentleman.