Arizona republican., 1921-07-19

inspection which every can of milk receives before leaving the factory.
 The recent revival of the local dairy industry has justly rewarded this company for it's faith in keeping it's doors open during the dishearten- ing days which have just passed. It is pointed out that the ultimate plan of practically every valley farmer now includes the production of feed and the procuring of some cows. The company is now producing daily about a ton and half of butter. two tons of cheese, and 12,000 cans of evaporated milk. in addition to which 1t has a large trade with the principal ice cream manufacturers of the Southwest
 Product Fast Increasing
 The volume of milk manufactured into the evaporated product is in creasing in leaps and bounds, being about so per cent greater than 1t was at this time last year, and the company's output is now marketed practically exclusively through the large wholesale jobbers of the state, there being 14 of these now handling the product in the principal cities of Arizona. Mir Webster recently re- ceived a letter from one of the largest grocery concerns on the Pa cific coast, in which ''Maricopa" milk was given san exceptional conpli- ment. This concern offered to ex- clude every other brand of evapora. ted milk from 72 of the largest retail stores in Southern California and to substitute the local brand therefor. provided sufficient shipments could l be guaranteed. MT. Webster ex- 1 plained that he would hardly be in- terested in this business, however, until possibly next spring. when the greater production may make it ad- visab1e to accept this offer. Whether ] or not the mines reopen in the mean time will have much to do with this, he stated.
 It was explained that evaporated milk is all sold on a delivered basis and that ordinarily the high freight which the creamery must absorb on distant shipments results in an eeo- homie loss to the local dairy indus l try. It is much better that Califor- mia, for instance, consume her own l evaporated milk, keeping out of Ari- zona territory, while permitting Ari- zona5 to pursue a similar course with reference to home markets and those of California. Especially is this true l at this time, MT. Webster explained, when stocks of evaporated and con- densed milk on hand in the United States amounted to 120.000,000 pounds on June 1, 1921, an increase of about 50,000.00 pounds over the previous month. With the butter market strengthening and evaporated weak ening, and with all condenseries fighting for markets and demoraliz- ing prices it is expected that many producers will shortly turn to cream production, taking advantage of the exceptional opportunities presented at this time for the utilization of skim milk and present cheap grains for the raising of calves and hogs.
 Plant Is . Model
 . The Phoenix plant of the Maricopa Creamery is a model of convenience ] and sanitation. All milk is carefully . graded on the receiving platform; al the farmers cans are immediately washed when emptied. then sterilized and dried with superheated air, in suring best of quality from the pro- ducers. The plant is equipped throughout with sanitary piping which is sterilized twice daily by live steam. All factory employees are dressed in white. In the condensers department there is a battery ol three 80 horsepower boilers. three refrigerating machines, one vacuum pan, one vacuum pump. Wisconsin sterilizer, shaker, automatic label Il ling machines, etc, and an S00- -gallor homogenizer, said to be the largest capacity machine of this description in either Arizona, New Mexico ol Texas, and as large as any upon th' Pacific coast. The "Monjonnier' testing laboratory. where the intri. on milk products, resembles a sur geon's laboratory in it's immaculate white, baked enamel finish.
 In the hope of better conditions il the evaporated milk market anothe year. the company has ordered al additional large copper vacuum pal to be installed the coming winter which. it is said, will place the loca plant in position to double it's pres ent capacity of evaporated milk, il the event markets and conditions jus
 tify producers in selling whole mil
 instead of cream. At the presen
 time the company is running at abou
 three-fourths capacity in it's milk de
 partment, and only one-third capaci
 ty in it's cream department.
 Neglect Skim Milk By-Products
 It is the company's contention ths
 the greatest net return to the pro
 ducer in this valley has resulted fror
 the separation of the milk on tn
 farm and the utilization of the skim
 milk by-product by the dairyman.
 Tt was this tried and proven meth
 cd of husbandry which once befoI
 built up the dairy industry of tf
 valley" declared MT. Webster. "Te
 many of our dairymen,' he contir
 ued, "are failing to receive the proi
 it's of this valuable by-product whic
 they should be receiving in the for of calves and hogs and which in u
 early years before the war were d,
 clared by many to represent the