The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1916-10-18
$1,000 CREAMERY FOR
CITY OF ORANGEBURG
Practically All OF the Stocks Raised
at u Meeting Last Tuesday. Talk b,
DIR. w. W. Long.

nt Meeting Last Tuesday. Talk by
DR.. w. W. Long.
Orangcburg, Oct -Orangeburg is
! K have Farmers Co-Opcratiyc
Creamery. This became an assured
fact this week at Il meeting OF bust
ness men and farmers at the Oranpc-
burg county court house, when follow
ing brief presentation Of the subject
by DR.. w. w. Long, director Of extcn-
sion of Clemson College practically all
the stock for $4,000 creamery was
subscribed as rapidly as the names OF
prominent business men and farmers
could be taken diwn.
The meeting which resulted in the
organization Of a creamery marked
the beginning of the South Carolina
Live Stock Conference and Exposition
to be held here on October l. and IL
under the auspices Of the Southern
settlement and Development organi-
Zation and State and Federal dcpart :
ment of agriculture and Clemson Col
lcgc, which promises to be the biggest
and most important meeting of its
kind ever held in South Carolina.
The meeting was called to order by
j.. 5. Wolfe, county agent for Orange
burg county who has been indefati-
sable in his efforts to make an invcn-
Tory OF milch COWS in the territory
| tributary to Orangcburg and TO whose
J ~ h,,t in i,,in Co.,
moss men the success Of The cntCrp,isc
! $ LARGELY due. Judge 3. H. Moss Was
! elected chairman Of tho meeting and
he introduced DR.. W. W. Long. the
principal speaker
! Dr. Long outlined briefly The plan
! OF organiHation and management OF
! thc proposed creamery. lie said that
I;t.i four Of the cooperative crcamcr-
les now in operation in the state arl
on self supporting basis and that
The product Of all, handled and sold
under the direction OF Clemson Col
'cgc, is bringing the producers OF
cream one cent per pound more than
ihc El"in. Ill., price all Of it bearing
the Palmetto brand. lie explained
thai the stockholders were permitted
TO earn a profit OF only eight per cent.
the surplus over and above that
amount going into sinking fund
which is divided among the patrons
OF the creamery; he said that the av-
eraeo earnings to he expected if the
creamery h,n ,,l
would amount to from Is TO 20 per
cent, but he warned farmers against
expecting too much, saying that Il COW
valued at $40 which would give only
TWO gallons OF milk a day could nit
be expected TO make profit or over
SIG TO $50 year. whereas the best
COWS would net as high as SO 10 $50.
. ne pointed out that the great profit
) would consist in making the COW a
! proiltablc market for lhc rufiagc
, grown on The farm and hclpng the
; farmer TO come clean al the end OF
) 'hc year with his cotton crop unon-
numbered; In this connection he re-
erred 10 one tenant farmer in south
Carolina who had three cows whose
MIX he sold TO the co-opcraiivc
creamery. For the FIRST time in his
| HE that farmer was out of debt al
+ me end Of the year. WAS able 10 add
one COW 10 his herd and expected 10
be able TO buy Il farm for himself next
year. lie pointed out that 800 cow.
| would be necessary in the lcrritory
supporting Il creamery and suggested
! that the creamery be stated i'm lhc
spring OF the Year when the cows were
) fresh. Mr. Wolfc's report indicated
that the number of COWS required
would be available by the time the
: creamery was ready to begin opera :
ton. In order to insure uniform
: quality Of butter and toayoid failure
which often results from inexpcricnc-
; cd business management Dr.. Long cx-
nlaincd that one OF the conditions i'm
posed was that Clemson College would
furnish manager.