Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-01-21
GRAIN ELEVATOR BIG AID
TO FARMERS OF LAURENS

bushel. AS a matter Of fact with
our facilities for storage and for
handling corn we expect to continue
in the future as we have in the past.
to furnish the farmers who require
it, corn at a price far below the
western price. In other words. our
elevator is today paying price far
in advance of the western price, and
we propose to sell it to the farmer
next spring at figure that will net
them big saving.
Elevator Aids Farmers
"Our elevator has every equip
ment necessary to facilitate the han.
ding not only of corn, but velvet
beans, peas and other farm prod
ucts. One Of the things that we
have accomplished Is the provision
of means to lessen the burdens of
the farmer. The average farmer
doesn't understand that his corn
must be shucked and shelled before
it is possible for him to market it
advantageously. We have at our
elevator facilities for shucking and
Smelling the corn, for sacking it, if
necessary, to expedite it's shipment.
We have, in word, sought to take
our elevator to the cornfield.
"In addition to the elevator, we
have on our tract of land, which
embraces fifty acres, q grist and a
feed mill, and we are grinding both
meal for home consumption and
feedstuff for cattle.
"Under our charter, it is possible
for the elevator to pay dividend of
only per cent on the investment,
and after that it's profits are dis
tributed among the farmers in pro-
portion to the extent of their patron
age"
Mr.. Kittren stated that the eleva-
tor and the activities of the COOP
erative association has occasioned
some complaint and criticism in
owners.
Creamery
Besides a cooperative grain ele-
vator, there is at Dublin a cream
cry manufacturing butter, which I'M
questionably is going to help the
situation. It is known as the Gees
lin Creamery and Ice Cream COM
pany, owned by J. w. Geeslin and
managed by A. o. Giovanni. It has
a 6O0-pound Dual churn, No. 4, and
on the Saturday before my visit to
Dublin they had made their first
run, $50 pounds Of butter from sour
cream.
Mr.. Giovanni told me that the
creamery is undeV contract with
Morris & Co. for their output of
butter at the Chicago price, which
is the price that the enterprise is
paying the farmers for their sour
cream on a butter fat basis.
81 think it important to impress
the fact that our creamery at Dub
lin is not running in competition
with the Ashburn creamery, or any
other creamery in Georgia. We are
seeking to give the farmers of Lau-
rens and adjoining counties an out
let for their sour cream, and we are
exerting every effort to encourage
the dairying industry. We have es-
tablished tentatively cream stations
at Sandersville, Tennille, Vidalia,
Wrightsville, Soperton, Danville,
Jeffersonville, Warthen, Collins and
Mt. Vernon, and we are trying to
induce the farmers in these Vicini-
ties to improve their grade of cat
tie. We believe it will help US and
we know it will help them"
I learned something at the Dublin
creamery, and that is, the possibility
OF bottling chocolate milk. They are
putting it up in bottles just like
they do coca-cola and chero-cola,
and it is the claim of the Dublin
creamery that they have perfected
means of keeping it fresh and pal
atable indefinitely.
Business Men Busy
While the cooperative association