The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-08-29
COOPERATIVE
CREAMERY WAS
DISCUSSED
SEVERAL pAIRYMEN MET AT THE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE YES
TERDAY FOR THE PURPOSE OF
COOPERATION.

Yesterday afternoon, pursuant TO a
call issued by County Agent R. L
Scott several dairymen OF the city
and county met at the chamber OF
commerce for the purpose OF discuss
ing the feasibility of a cooperative
creamery. The meeting was well at.
tended by representative dairymen,
who were all in favor OF the movement
and pledged it their support provided
the necessary number of cattle could
be secured 10 insure its success.
r. l.. Scott was chosen as tempo
rary chairman and F. X. West secre-
tary. The dairymen present, were
unanimous in their opinion that the
time had arrived when the farmers of
this section must change their meth
cd of farming if they desired TO make
success, the principal theme ad-
vanced was TO get away from cotton
and go into something that was surer
of results and would bring greater re-
turns upon the investment.
A committee consisting of F. X.
West, Morris Sass and Walter Colbert
was selected to investigate among the
farmers and business men of this To-
cality and see if conditions warranted
the organization of a creamery at this
time. This committee will report back
next Saturday the result of their in
vestigation and if favorable, the or
ganzation will be pushed foreward.
About $50 milk cows were pledged
yesterday, but conservative estimates
made by men who have experience in
this line has been, that it takes at
lease 500 to successfully operate a
creamery.
Col. Suggs was called and stated to
the dairymen that although he knew
but little about the dairy business,
he was willing to cooperate with them
in making the creamery a success and
advocated the abandonment of cotton
raising and more time devoted to rails
ing stock to consume the feed raised
on the farm and thereby sell their
corn and feed on the hoof as well
as turning a large amount Of 1t into
butter fat through the medium of the
dairy COW. l.. West, Walter Colbert,
Mr. Langston, and Felix King also
spoke in favor of the proposition and
pointed out local instances to back
their contentious. Morris Sass ad-
vanced plan that appealed to the
dairymen present as a method of fnan-
cling five hundred head of good dairy
cattle as follows He suggested that
25 of the best farmers of the county
wait on the local banks and capital
lists and ask them to carry paper nee
essary to finance that many cattle, let
the farmers have the COWS to be paid
for by fifty per cent of the product of
them at per cent interest until paid.
He said that he believed that it coukl
be done and it would be the begin
ming of putting this section of the
county on a cash basis
The dairymen advanced another ar
gument that was a surprise to many
present, and that was the practice OF
several local confectioneries and So
da fountains using ice cream manu-
factured in Oklahoma City, in prefer
ence to the home product 1t was the
sense of the meeting that these men
be advised that, all thing being equal,
the home industry was entitled to their
trade and local industries fostered in
stead of being discouraged. Mr.. Bos-
tick who has taken great interest in
the creamery movement. advanced
many good suggestions that will no
doubt be adopted when the permanent
organization is perfected. The COM
mittees and dairymen will meet at
the chamber of commerce next Satur-
day to report progress, and If all is
favorable, a cooperative creamery will