The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1920-07-10
WHY NOT A CREAMERY?


rae installation OF a 9o-ton silo by
Ralph Peabody ON his farm just east
of this city has brought forward con-
siderable comment by not only farm
e-s and stock men. but also men In
other lines OF business. The install
lation OF this important adjunct 10
t:e stock and dairy business OF this
community Is not In the nature Of an
experiment. but for the purpose OF
q monstrating its usefulness In the
advancement OF the stock Industry.
The First National Bank OF Burns
T. backing ,this venture. II Is not
doing Il as a speculation nut merely
functioning: this institution IN an i'm
portant factor I'm the advancement
~ the financial interests OF this coun-
~ and Is particularly interested In
the development OF the stock indus-
try. therefore II " financing the
erection OF the siio to convince others
that Il is n success and worth while.
The recent stock convention In this
city brought further proof OF the siio
method OF feeding stock not only for
the dairy but also for beef.
The erection OF this silo and the
f,rther evidence OF the profitable
growing Of the material to make sill
ase brings to mind the possibilities
in other lines OF the stock industry.
particularly the dairy business. The
writer has noticed on several occas-
ions lately that much cream ls be-
Ing shipped out To creamcries. some
as far as Seattle. The local farmers
are receiving satisfactory prices for
their cream. otherwise they would
keep II on the farm aud make butter
at home, Why Is this necessary?
Why not a creamery at home where
at least the net price should be as
high as sending Il to an outside
creamery. IN fact Il should command
higher sprice. because n certainly
cannot be classcd iirsi grade after tho
long auto and train haul with the
r"ce.sary time To rssch rs distina-
on without proper care In transit.
Il u does not bring quite M much We
siIl be just as we'll OF a now u IL
shipped out and the finished produce
brought back IN nany instances.
I'ereiore causing the haul both ways
A crea merry was discussed here two
nr fhra. yaara aga apt ~ w.s thai,
considered feasible by men who IN
,sstigated. the matter was turned
oyer To some farmers and dairy peo-
pie OF this vicinity but thcy failed
10 get results. Why? Some said
there was not sufficient number %
dairy COW owners ready 10 sign ~
20 furnish milk; another excuse ad-
vanccd was that The stock men OF
TIE community had gotten the habit
Of having their cows freshen Ia the
spring and that by winter time they
I'D not give sufficient milk TO justify
the operation OF creamery In the
winter time,
Business men az Burns offered 10
rnish the capital TO finance "A
,'esmery but this was turned down
by some on the ground that In order
TO be a success the stock of the con-
cern should be held by the produc-
ers as thus they would feel obligated
to furnish the cream In the face OF
advanced prices that might be offered
by big corporations outside for the
rnrpose Of crippiing the local concern
ss had been done In the past at other
places. However IL was. the venture
died before It had a good start.
With the more favorable weather
conditions evidenced during this
s1ring the active work on the irri-
cation project. the establishment of
a siio aud the further stimulus Civ
en- general farming and stock rats
nag BY the employment OF county
agricultural agent and his active
work IN organizing the Farm Bureau
and stock association, II would seem
proper time TO again take up the
proposition OF q cooperative cream
cry. The question OF financing 1t need
not enter into the problem provided
it can be shown there are a sufficient
number of cows pledged for definite
time to furnish the cream
Let's get out Of the habit of send
ing away for our goods: sending our
cream out to another market and
then later ship butter back; sending
out for ham. bacon, lard. eggs, poul-
try. groceries, dry goods. We can
Just as we'll help ourselves and the
entire community as to be helping
some big department store or corpor-
alton outside that never gives hand I
to our schools, churches, hospitals, !