Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1915-12-02
.so,rp nF THE ADVANTAGES OF.
1 COOPERATIVE CREAMERY.
r ;, baldwin Writes About the Value
i cooperation; Describes Local
Creamery Prospects.

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- r-a Democrat has furnished the
erffcie below on the possibilities OF a
co-oaerative creamery in Henderson
county.
cr3. an effort is being made to con-
vf~t the Blue Ridge. Creamery, owned
nv Mr.. Baldwin and G. E. Fletcher,
into I cooperative enterprise. That
Iarqn number of shares have been sold
wiIi be good news to the farmers.
following is Mr.. 'BaIdwin's thought
FL article on the value of cooperation
among the farmers and the advantages
nj = cooperative creamery:
Probably one of the greatest ques-
+:,,,s to solve in relation to agriculture
IN rhe United States today is how to
rrrsuade the farmers of the value Of
cr-oDeration. Almost every line Of
business practices cooperation more
or less. but the farmer, who needs II
most is the hardest to convince of its
y.iue. The farmer has become a fac
tory but the farmers have failed to re
re- lie It. Business management Is
reou.red to bring farming to its proper
mace. When efficiency is studied thea
will the farmer know that he must
afCTt cooperation. 1t will make
f.ra,:nn pay thereby bring farm life Co
where i be.ongs-the freest life, with
tins greatest luXuries of living. The
sra-r farm or plantation may be
allie to Get along without cooperation
hF-. the average farm must have it.
Fluirment of a farm is expen-
rcG=.vs and generally OF short use dur
i,.~ --5 year. The more machinery
t,.r can be owned in common the
s-a.-a. the saving in running expense.
T-g r.~re men who can join in owner
SIN Ct the male of any kind of stock,
tn finer can that male be and the less
t.. 5uves. .ment of the individual. b.
jct ownership Of say, bull the more
critic Of Cne breed viii be insthat com
ngui-v. This has pros 7ass
the eIa5e Of the stssek Is F4ESte1f IL g42er,
aul 10y this prices are higher-foF the
one breed attracts buyers. Ii. Ger
-i7fp community has any Jersey cattle,
miGe stinulates every farmer - try
for the best, and the result is, another
section desiring to stock with Jerseys
will come in and pick up a car load and
pay more to be able to get number
than would be the case if ony one or
tvs could be found One kind of CO.
GreratiOn.
A man came into Hendersonville the
other day with a dressed hog he had
engaged. The buyer for some reason
could not use it and the man had to
take it home. 1t was his money crop.
suppose a number of men in neign-
torhood were each keeping few cows
ans one or more sows, the same breed
of COWS and the sows all of one breed
No man has but few pigs at time
no chance to sell to advantage. But
together they would have carload of
hogs of one type and size, a buyer for
a packing center would gladly come
Into that neighborhood to buy that car
OF hogs and pay good price on foot
ard cash on loading.
Creamery Cooperation.
hundred farmers in the section are
making little butter and each one
locking for his own market Result
no great quantity of butter fat produe-
eG and very mixed in character, ana
low in price. Often the butter must be
disposed of in trade No stimulation
here in dairying That was the situa-
ton in Catawba county six years ago.
Today where there was no dairy in
CUstries, there is one of the largest
cFeameries in the country and cooper
alton, farm after farm with fine cattle.
and progressive farming section.
The cooperative creamery buys feed
by the car load for its patrons and
much money is saved in that way. IL
buys their eggs and makes them more
money in that line. 1t has stimulated
the forming of sweet potato growers
association which has increased the re-
turns in that line very much. And
besides the growth of Catawbat there
nave resulted out Of its territory sew
eral other cooperative creameries.
Fine Dairying Possibilities.
Now for Henderson and Transylva-
Ma. We have the finest dairying coun-
try in the world very broad state
1nent, but capable of proof, we believe.
We have mild winters, that means
short heavy feeding season; cool sum-
merss that means growth of grasses
aid crops all summer. The north has
70 feed during long, cold winter to
provide warmth before they get to
milk and yet Wisconsin is the greatest
dairy state in the United States, with
the smallest percentage of poverty.
Here We can Craze stock on and on all
winter if We take the precaution TO.
seed our cover crops early enough and.
at the same time get cover crops and
iced and full value again on turning.
under a few weeks of late spring
growth for our corn. crop. In the
South they have to do their feeding
raostly in the summer because in the
great heat of summer the grasses quit
growing. Our mountain climate is
Dest for both man and beast.
II we will give proper attention to a
cooperative creamery there is hardly
limit to what we can accomplish
through it. It will not develop itself.
but rightly managed it win in time be
very valuable not alone to share own