The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1927-08-25
Creamery Manager Wants Answer
From D. S. M.

Creamery Manager Wants Answer
From D. S. M.
To the Editor of The Republican,:
I notice that D. S. NJ, in his last
letter does not reply to my question
as to which statements "were mis-
leading or untrue" although he warns
the farmers in the conclusion of his
first letter, that if we make any more
statements, they will also be untrue.
We have been told that there is
land enough in this vicinity to support
a great many more COWS.
There is land enough, but much of
it is covered with ferns and brush,
which would not support a cow-but
might a goat.
If the farmers are able to keep
more cows, they should have a sur
plus of hay or fodder, and pasture,
but what do we see?
Every spring we see cows turned
out before the pastures are settled
and before the grass has grown suffi-
GENTLY to maintain itself; then the
COWS tramp the wet ground, and the
pasture cannot yield what it should;
and when it gets short the cows are
turned on the meadows as soon as
they are mown, which reduces their
yield the next year. | think the
farmers would not do this if they had
plenty of hay and fodder, and if they
do not have more hay or fodder than
they now use how can they proftably
keep more cows?
1t is much more profitable to feed
few cows we'll than to feed a great
number scantily.
There are few farmers who have
hay to sell, and inquiries made at the
railroad station show that there was
but one-third the amount of hay
shipped from Oakland last year. than
was shipped five or six years ago.
1 agree with D. S. NJ, "Production
can be increased" 1t will be in
creased whether there are two cream
cries here or only one, but this lies
with the farmers. We are willing to
take all the milk and cream produced
in this near vicinity, and pay much
better price than the farmer obtains
by making butter or cottage cheese.
In letter received from the Cen
eral Manager at Parkersburg he
writes in reply to my question:
"If the farmers will put their barns
in suitable condition, and handle the
milk in a manner satisfactory to the
Board of Health of Baltimore or
Philadelphia we are willing to handle
it for that purpose and pay them as
much as they could obtain by selling
through another company.
eve are buying two grades of milk
here in Parkersburg: one is produced
under our regulations to supply our
retail bottle trade in the city, for
which we pay higher price, and the
balance we condense and pay there
fore the same price we pay at Oak
land"
D. S. M. writes-"The idea of get
ting another creamery here is to in
crease production" Would it?
If the Pennsylvania Railroad COM
pany should run branch into Oak
land would that increase the freight?
The American Creamery company
owned this plant for two years, with
out making any profit from it. Would
the overhead be less with two cream
cries than with one?
Is not the trend of business today
to consolidate?
Look at the steel mills; look at the
bank mergers; look at the consolida-
lions of ice cream plants, and dairy
plants.
How then is it that D. S. M. sees
greater profits in smaller units, when
our greatest business men are plan
ming for larger?
This is such small plant, that the
idea of dividing this section and hav-
ing two plants seems unbusiness like.
Who is D. S. M? A farmer? l
think not. A resident of Oakland
l think not, nor resident of Garrett
county.