Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-11-22

Of shipping whole milk. The cream
ery--and this applies to the Belmont
company, just as it applies to other
creameries doesn't care a rap
whether the cream is shipped in iced
containers or shipped just so.
The Belmont dairy, with it's won
derfuliy wholesome, modern and in
viting plant, pasteurizes every ounce
of cream that is received before it
goes into the churn to be made into
butter. Whether it is sour and warm
makes not \one whit of difference aft
er it reaches the creamery. The prod.
uct goes through the mill and is
thoroughly cleaned and sterilized.
The value Of the skinned milk
on the farm-its value in feeding
pigs and chickens-not to mention
the value Of cattle as rebuilders Of
Impoverished land, must be consider
ed by the farmer in computing his
financial gains from selling sour
| cream. Experience has demonstrate
, ed that one cow will fattan hog and
a chicken, so that the value of these
| must be considered in estimating
tho returns from good milk COW.
Farmers Should Act
It has been the experience Of dali
rymen at Selma and all over the
country that there is no money to
be made from the industry unless
| it is personally attended and the
feedstuff required by the cattle is
| farm-raised. No man can earn a
profit from dairying who has to buy
feed for his cattle. /
''And that is one of the big points
! in this thing remarked Mr.. Zim-
mer. IA survey of the state has
shown big surplus of feedstuff, with
no available market for it's sale. If
the farmers will convert these things
into cream products they will find a
market Immediately"
A great difficulty just now is that
there are relatively few real mich
cows in the state. There are lots of
cows, but most of them are scrubs,
and the milking of them will not pay
for their upkeep. The farms must
be restocked with real mich COWS
| before satisfactory returns from the
sale of sour cream can be expected,
and here is where the banks can
help a whole lot.
In Selma, as has been pointed out
heretofore, the banks helped the
farmers restock their farms with
real mich cows. The City National
bank, Of Selma, at one time had up
ward Of 100000 in COW loans, and
it didn't lose a cent. The pure-bred
COWS paid for themselves in a few
months with the cream they pro
! duced, and today the farmers in the
Selma territory are selling instead of
buying pure-bredS.
1t is not the desire or expectation
of the Belmont Dairy company, with
it's buttermaking equipment, to com
pete with the enterprise that has
been set in motion at Ashburn, OF
with any of the other creameries in
operation in Georgia.
1--WE realize that there is rela
lively. little cream produced in Geor
gia," said Mr.. thinner, land oul
equipment here has been installed
in the hope of providing an acces
sible market for this community
We can not expect, in the present
circumstances, to produce butter il
sufficient quantities to make it prof
liable, because there isn't available
sufficient raw material to keep III
going. But we do hope to encour
age the production of sour cream
because we believe it will prove {
great boon to the farmers Of thu
: state, whether or not they sell theil
: cream. In time, if the farmers i'm
prove the opportunities afforded, w,
expect to make quantities Of butter
and then it will be time enough tt
consider returns upon our invest
; ment and the enlarging of oll