The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-15
RECEIVING STATION MAY
Be COMPLETED BY JUNE |
Formal Announcement Of Con-
structiOn Made Tuesday Before
225 Farmers And Business Men
OLD HOTEL SPOT is SITE

OLD HOTEL SPOT is SITE
Hopes of having the new milk
receiving station of the Carna-
ton Milk Company completed
and operating by the first of
June, were expressed Tuesday
night at meeting of farmers
and business men in the Court
House, Oakland, when a formal
announcement of the decision to
build was made by Vern P. Mel
hush, assistant general field represent
tative. A letter to John H. Carter,
county agent, from Mr.. Melhuish last
week definitely announced the COM
pany's intention to construct $4,000
receiving station here, but the formal
announcement and other details vera
kept until Tuesday when farmers and
business men had an opportunity to
assemble and meet company represent
tatives personally.
About 225 interested persons were
in the court room Tuesday night in
| spite of the disagreeable weather. The
men heard talks by Mr.. Melhuish, A.
C. Oosterhuis, director of dairy ex-
tension for the Carnation company,
and president of the National Holstein
Association Of America, and L. S.
Hartley, agricultural agent for the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
The site selected for the receiving
plant is on the old Oakland Hotel
grounds, adjoining town, on Route 7,
| toward Crellin. 1t is understood the
company has purchased four or more
acres of land there from the B. & o.
and will begin construction of a con-
crete plant as soon as weather permits.
The Oakland receiving station is the
third unit in the project for this area,
and will supply the $250,000 conden-
sery at Clarksburg, West Va. Another
receiving station at Cameron, w. Va,
completes the set-up.
The Oakland receiving station will
accept milk from farmers in Somer-
set county, Pa; Garrett county, Md,
and Preston county, W. Va. There will
be no limit in the amount which they
will accept.
Mr.. Melhuish pointed out that his
company was hoping to be of some
service to the community. eff we can't
give satisfactory service, we would be
foolish to invest our money here" he
said. eve have no desire to destroy
any industry that is already estab-
hshed here, but it is our purpose to
give this community an additional
market and to make this and adjoining
counties real dairy center"
Mr.. Melhuish also announced that
the price to be paid for milk depended
upon the Chicago butter market, but
at the present time the company was
paying $1.65 per hundred for four per
cent butterfat.
He outlined the few requirements
that they ask farmers to observe who
expect to sell them milk:
Clean, sweet milk; tin pals; brush
to clean pals; boiling water for ster-
ilization; single service strainer; clean
stable; cooling arrangement of some
sort.
"These requirements don't require
any cash outlay other than few dol
lars, and are nothing additional to
what any intelligent farmer is already
doing in the way Of cleanliness and
sanitation.
Mr.. Carter and Mr.. Hartley pointed
out the necessity of farmers being ex-
tremely careful in buying cattle to in
crease their herds and to be sure that
the cattle are free from disease.
With the jump almost over night
into dairy section, they said it would
be the tendency of a number of people
to try to sell them worthless cows and
cows that would tend to lose money for
them. Garrett county is an accredited
area for freedom of Bangs disease and
is also tested for tuberculosis, and an
influx of diseased cows would be dis
astrous, they stated. Mr.. Carter said
the Livestock Sanitary service of the
State was always at the service of the
farmer for information and assistance
with his problems.
The Carnation Company is the larg-
est producer of evaporated milk in the
world. 1t was founded forty years ago
by Mr.. Stewart, of North Carolina,
who went west as young man as
railroad worker. Later he entered the
grocery business and then purchased
milk plant that had gone into bank
ruptcy.
The company now has sixty plants,
and into every community in which it
came there has been an increase in
dairying and consequently more pros
perity for the farmers.