The Monroe journal., 1915-07-13
IMPRESSIONS OF CREAMERY.
Mrs. Boylin, Who Came With the An
son Visitors, Tells Home Folks
What She Saw.

son Visitors, Tells Home Folk
What She Saw.
Mrs. ]. G. Boylin in Messenger an,
Intelligencer.
On last Friday Mr.. ]. w. Cameron
accompanied by Messrs. T. H. Knots
S. b. Lee, ]. H. Lee, Tell Lee ant
Mrs. ]. G, Boylin. went to Monroe t.
consult with Mr.. T. j. w. Broom
county demonstration of Union county
as TO the advisability of establishins
cream routes through Arson for ths
purpose of shipping cream to Monroe
creamery.
Mr. Broom accompanied the visit.
ors TO the creamery which is in
charge of Mr.. Braswell, who is a
man of experience in his line. Mr.
Braswell has one assistant, boy OF
sixteen years. Cream was tested for
us. His process of ripening was ex-
planned, and the butter was tested,
by tasting, by the visitors.
While the visitors were talking to
Mr.. Braswell, Mr.. X. w. Elliott drove
up with wagon load of cream cans
holding from 10 gallons to one gal
Ion. His wagon was covered with an
oil cloth to keep out all dust that
might fall on the lids. He said he
travelled % miles on Monday Wednes-
day and Friday. He had thirteen
cream patrons who had from one to
ten cows. He himself lived seven
miles from the creamery. and he own
ed seven cows. Last month his cream
check was $55. and he had spent $40
for feed. besides his pasture. He said
he had only scrub cows, which gave
from two to three gallons of milk.
asked him If he used separator. He
said he did. then asked him if he
paid for it in cream. He said, "I'll
tell you how 1t was. | just told the
hardware man that | had the money
TO pay for ii, but | believed ii would
be better to buy another COW and pay
for the separator by the month, so |
paid IS month until finished pay
ing for my separator" One month
he said he was discouraged and was
about TO quit. but said to his wife
they would keep on. So the next
month he got good check again.
There are three regular cream
routes. A number of patrons carry
their own cream. The carrier gets
3 cents per gallon for every gallon of
cream he brings TO the creamery.
This is paid by the creamery.
One bank of Monroe has offered to
buy carload of thoroughbred cows
as soon as the patrons are ready to
invest in them
Editors Eugene Ashcraft and r. +. |
Beasley and Mr.. Lee, President of
the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
their hospitality to the Wis
itors by taking them to the farms
which patronized the creamery in
their automobiles. The section of the
country through which we passed is
more level than Arson. The crops
were chiefly corn and cotton. Mr..
Broom said that everybody would live
from their own pantry and smoke
house In Union next year; that 1t was
TO sell anything but
'ream, and this was shipped as but
.er to northern markets. II | re-
member the figures, Mr.. Braswell
said they shipped 1926 pounds of
1utter last month to New York, for
which they received thirty-fve cents
Ter pound.
Mr. Broom talked interestingly of
low the farmers had used every eff
ort, both scientific and practical. to
make money on cotton, and had not
now they would have to
urn their attention TO something else. .
With good cows to give the milk.
eparator to make the cream, a lot of i,
igs, and the barn yard manure to
row diversified crops. the war trou- d.
les would be solved financially. Mr..
'room also spoke of the tightening OF .
he labor on the farm women. even
she could get a decent price for :
er butter.
The farm women we visited spoke :
( the check that comes In. One man
ad ten cows and sold SIS dollars in
ream last month. They have no ST. =
IS at present-no very good pastures.
| asked how they kept their cream u
rom going to whey. They said where
hey had no cellars they kept 1t In a :,
ID of we'll water in cool house, and !.
Tired 1t twice day. :.
The creamery pays 2S to 80 cents :.
pound for butter fat. Each gallon
milk weighs eight to nine pounds, 4.
len II you have your cows tested for :
utter fat you can estimate what 1t p
i'll pay you. !,
The baggage check which carries =
lie cream costs about fourteen cents :, -
ON Wadesboro to Monroe for five !"
allons; twelve cents from Polkton. q 2,