Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1915-04-29
PROFITS FROM A CREAMERY.
'Dairymen Receive the Highest Mar
ket Price for Their Product,
with no Profit to the
Middleman.

to the proposed new cooperative
reatnery TO be established at jerome,
is progressing very satisfactorily, and
thosc who have the matter In hand
predict that their efforts will prove
successful. 1t takes Il little eXplana-
tion 80 convince some that this is the
only practical method OF disposing OF
their dairy products. as thus far the
Experience OF our farmers in co-ope-
ratiNe organizations has no. proven
MS succcs sful as Was anticipai ed. The
creamer, business Is no new venture
4 however, and successful co-opera tive
creameries can be pointed To without
number throughout the eastern and
middle states. and We might also add |
that in the dairy sections where these
creameries exist. can be found class |
or most successful farmers.
Some take exceptions to binding
themselves to furnish the product of
their COWS for any given time. But
herein lies the success OF the cream
cry business That there will be com
petition in the price OF cream for
time goes without saying, but with
a certain number OF cows pledged.
there is no question of the ultimate
success OF IA home institution. and II
is with this object in view that pledg-
es are required from those who wish
to become patrons OF home cream
cry.
We have before US reports from
several OF the cooperative creamer-
les throughout the great dairy section
OF Minnesota. all OF which are very
fattering from the standpoint of the
dairy farmer The report OF the Med
ford Creamery Co.. at Medford. Min.
Tor 1914. shows that they paid their
patrons AN average price OF "a &c per
pound for butter Fat during the year
The highest price paid MAS 42c in
December and the lowest price was
29c in June Compare these prices
with those that you have been re
ceiving here during 1914. The re-
port also shows that the company
paid the farmers OF that section
$5s,l3SS6 for cream during the
year. besides distributing $S26.6S as
ulNlutIuS ~ lH'll SAO' ihis
is u fair average of creameries as the
one in question was of medium size
making on an average OF little less
than 1000 pounds of butter pei
month. yet so successful have they
been that the plant is being enlarged
and modern plant erected. During
the year the creamery received l62.
4lO pouds OF butter fat from whicl
was made 1923 pounds OF butter
showing an overrun OF -. AZ per cent
1t has been stated by some that
pound OF butter fat would make !
pounds of butter. but this is not cor
rect, AZ experience will show that tn
average overrun will seldom excee
20 per cent But even at this II
usually found sufficient to pay all tn
running expenses OF the creamery.
The proposition now before III
farmers of the Jerome section is on
that they should study well befoI
declining TO accept. True 1t is tn;
the history of the cooperative cream
cries In Idaho is not such as to or
ate much enthusiasm in the minds
the dairymen. but il the cause for Il
failure OF many of these creameri
will be investigated a little 1t will
found that the principal trouble W
the lack OF sufficient support to ke
them running. However. those whi
have exacted binding obligatio
upon their patrons in the matter
furnishing cream continuously. a
proving very successful, and the r'
ords OF these show that the patro
are receiving an average of about
cents per pound for their butter
over what the creamery compan
have been paying. This in itself
sufficient to pay the cost of
creamery and still have a surp
left. The proposition here is to
tain cents per pound each MOI
from the butter fat delivered to !
for the stock. According to the abe
figures the patron will thus pay
his stock upon which he will aft
wards receive dividends. and still
ceive a cent more for his butter
than he has heretofore been rec,
ing.
As an evidence of what can be
complished by cooperative cream
les in Idaho. we give below
patch to the Capital News from CT
we'll. under date of April 27th, wi
is self-explanatory:
Caldwell, April 27.-The Cald'
Cooperative Creamery has put o
double shift of butter makers, an
now operating its plant here
hours a day in order to keep up ,
its rapidly growing business. wi
under them anagement OF Gee
Bassett is growing by leaps