* —— THE CENTRE REPORTER THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1913 COOPERATIVE EXPERIENUE Pian of Hlinots Farmers Might be Dupll- eated Locally to the Profit of Investors and Community, The experiences of others is always well worth considering when an indi- vidua!, a company, or an organization of any kind is considering a business venture, True it is that where one succeeds another fails, but if by experi- ence it is shown that a plan is feasible it remains only for those interested to apply good business methods and re- sults will be gimilar, At Centre Hall there is 8 creamery plant about to be elosed on account of the owner removing to another point to accept an attractive position. . There is abundant evidence on all sides that these small creamery plants bring to their owners large returns in pet prof- ite, and it is also coveclusively shown that the of pro- ducers of milk make it possible to con. banding together duct a co-operative factory, It would be an in easy matter to pick a dczen farmers this immediate would support ten vic'nity whose to fifteen could te checked on to purchase this plant, and whose buriness gkill would be amip'e to sucees: fully conduct such a plant, the only remaining requirement being to put into action their money under their own direction, farms 3s ¢h we: whose bank sccounts The possibilities of co-operation is well demonstrated io many sections in the west and t, where farm- prefer to direct their own funds A brief history of a co-operative cream- ery plant in the village of Hebron, north west ers in MeHenry county, Illinois, is here re. printed from the Country Gentleman : the mea- #ell whole large compsnies who enntract by the month for the product a 80 much per hundrad pounds. verage farm price of milk per this system of disposal All to the Milk Commission, that the barn in which the milk is produced be equip or, a dust-tight ventilation and about four square feet of window area per cow, while the animals must be maintained in a healthy, vigorous condition and there must be no disease among the families of any of the milk- ers The fed after the milking process is completed, and the milk house must In the Elgin dairy district jority of the milk farms miik to several The quart udder Tanges this milk requirements undar thr2e cents ia used subject the Chicago which necessitate ped with a conerete fl eeiling, adequate silage must be be located from six the barn, The milk must be immediately enoled below 65 after it is drawn and it must be delivered to the factory in In a word which is producad are rigid and ex- pensive, so that the dsirymen make ttle money at less than three cents a Fis to ten feet from degrees Fahrenheit condition. under a clean, wholesome the ¢ nditions 3 itis thia milk quart. [no addition the farmers that their milk to these companies s contrac must decrease the number of young animals and swine that they maintain they have no skim milk or buttermilk to feed to young hogs Coney selling considerable fertility places on their farms, as gtock or are annually from their in the guise of whole milk, I It was dae to these two factors—the f fact that litlle youag yo raised under this the Farmers’ stock or hogs syatem Cooperative Fac- tory, of Hebron, Illinois, Organ- ized. Bix of th» leading farmers that rich dairy region met and formu- Inted plans for their At a central farms that could 1 that Was private factory near the were (0 supply cream to the butter factory the manager of the projet purchased upon which leestion two acrea of land, he erected a small con. na well as a8 plessant dwelling house for ‘he butter-maker, The countryside predicted the com- plete failure of the new prejeet within the first #ix months The failure never materini’zad, The factory has been successfully operated for three years and at present the demand for the bu'ter, which ia marketed in the neighboring town of two thousand io- habitants, is at a maximum. Were the daily output five times aa large all the butter could be readily marketed at a premiom above Elgin prices ‘I'he remarkable feature of this cooper. ative factory is that its promoters and owners have never had to invest any of their private funds in building and establishing the preject, The factory has not only paid ite way from the start but it has also sccumulated a sufficient surplus to settle all the ex- penses of establishing and managing the plant In every seanae of the word this fa a private farmers’ factory, The six countrymen who own it milk about 120 grade and purebred Holstelne, an average of 20 to the farm. Each msn owna a hand separator aud separates his milk on the home farm. This permits of feeding the skim milk to the young stock and hogs when it is in the best conditior—'hat ls, still warm from the cows. This method of separating the milk on the farm and hauling the cream to the factory mesures (he butter maker of a clean, high testing aream of a uniform quali. ty.y Puere has never been a cause for plaint at this factory regarding quality. All the cream is paid for on the basis of its butterfat teat, the price paid per market, hundred pounds of e¢ream delivered to the factory from the six farms and approximately 150 pounds of butter ure made. The larg st daily output of the factory during the yeur ranges around 500 pounds of quality butter. The four cents a pound above Elgin the year round. “I wonder if you could let a couple of pounds of this take home with "m1 butter-maker, high- have butter to me me asked the he replied, "Lut each day every pound of our output is sold before it is even made, There is a big local demand for our butiter, and even if we daily turning out five times as wo areright were BS mug now we should meet with little trouble in disposing of it 7’ This six-farm factory sold ab 2) - 000 pounds of butter during the current salea promise to If the plant included a many like to nt 1911 he van and greater. separator IArTEe of the other local farms would market their cream there; but as is thelr owners ol j ot to maintaining hand separalors snd separatiog the milk on their home farms fhe owners of the fat not bemoaning this l«eck of apprecia- tion of the prj» the factory is efficiently sary purpose for which it was de st by their neighbors ; the and ne igned at least six farms of this Northern [ilinois region are reslizing tive profit from their an Aattrac- dairving opers ning reta K tions, as well as milk snd buttermilk fo cif and swine men The 1 and $2000 gtruciure about 40 b na and, house, sctory bulldir : ly cquipme: cost ox imal winaratehinek Io Fhe factory is addi- tion to the churn ro amsll engine room w tailing a that rating bs ry gix-horse.power gasoline engi for op a ne furnishes all the power well as arate en The witli Aan the machinery as ing and s'orage rooms cooling rom is supplied abundance of epring wat-r that is clear as ervalal, furnishes 8» much eold at nad ‘a This spring ti of ie th have ta be Fhe wooden ' 10 meity of 120 that water otherwise would 184 moun lessened, measurably fee house has 8 0a tons § and is filled once a8 year The churn room cqquipped which makes modern machinery production of superior butter an actual ity equipment rather than a possibility, The incluleas a large otary large wk paraphernsiia of the churn, two cream vata, 8 WARK box, scales, printer, a Babe testing outfit and similar creamery. A up-to-date notable feature of thia factory Is that it i erated and mansged by only one but- ter-maker The buttermilk is « between the f Bix farmers « they carry divided gch their jin iy day it bse to where it ia fed, farme, hie batter is ph ked in fancy cartons ws and sold private trade or or in t i local hotels, 0 the restaurants and grocery stores, ————— A ————— Th otch peer, the Bari of Levon, who rebuked a snip news re 3 * nim by deciar- it sprouting S reertor whan or ing that “no gentien anoth without iO ever speaks wo it isn't done.” is an o friend of Francis Australian that | wan't the Levon, but he know ti British er simply Janes Dwyer, the novelist 8 ally E Knows his sweetly *1 ought to,” sald broke in London and learned to know the true Briton Once 1 an- swered an advert went for a literary secretary 'v make certain that my letter would read 1 wired the vertiser as follows: “Do not engage a literary secretary until you have read my letter of ap- plication.’ “That letter was a gem. would land the place with it sare. 1 was certain of it when a large, square Dwyer d actu irl of sort, “1 be ed address at a given hour, It was a RL squandered the fourpence without a miserly thought. A ushered me into a black oak library, where the original stuffed John Bull gat at a table. [| sat down meekly and waited to be spoken to, “Blam! He hit the elinched hand, * ‘You cannot dictate to an English- man,’ sald this old image. * ‘No, sir,’ 1 said. **1 tell you,” he shouted, ‘you cannot dictate to an Englishman!’ * ‘Certainly not,’ 1 said “‘But you tried to,’ he said, sent we this impertinent telegram. Englishman wonld have done that. was an American trick.’ “I tried to soothe him, for 1 wanted that job. Hut he got hotter and hotter. Finally be told me outright that he had hired a young man who once had work: ed for a lord. . "1 bave sent for you,’ sald he, ‘and you should be grateful to me in order to teach you a proper respect for the traditions of England and for the Brit ish flag.’ * ‘You old fossil,’ sald I “If I had a British flag here I'd tear it in two and choke you to death with it.’ "~Chicago News, “What on earth made you buy that comfortable when we have more how in the house than we need?’ i “] guess it was because [| saw It marked ‘down.’ "Exchange. wo. ‘You it FUN FOR THE ROWDIES. Revelries of the Mohocks In London In the Old Days. us particulars of the dan- in the old days “Ihe i i Seow British 1etice of the gome tavern ut the sroprietor and his ClUS- nises and, ) all, roa : | the Mahocks, one whose istimes was to ] and roll them down 1712 a roy- al | rew any M of wroclnmation wi i ( offering a rd of £1 » apprehension of of 1820 there ncecession i HADOW OF THE MOON. its Rapidity Shown In Pr torit ing tra afforded det but come. the m min intieriy . purpose How He Lost ine n His Dog. “I've lost i a German re “Those dog cnt “Mey be des pound fe him?” “They plied the loser sa asked hi took him 1 der yard,” re New York Press Perhaps She Was Skeptical “Just my jJuck.’ “What's the matter now?” 10 o'clock last night.” “And conldo’'t make it, | suppose? “No: | got In at just 0:45, hut she eredit for iL” — Detroit Free Press. The Other Way. “If 1 were younger,” sald the rich old man, “1 believe | might win you for my wife” “Yes,” replied the cold beauty, dreamily considering his sixty vears, “or. say, fifteen or twenty years old: er.” Philadelphia Press, Continuous Performance. Wigwag-—-My Henpeckke Huh! My wife doesn’t need nny platform. Philadelphia Record. A AR. aaa This world belongs to the energetic. - Emerson, ——————— i YM AR Advertise it in the Reporter, ! E JUNK Nith Eyes Painted on Its Masts. SOME TOPSY TURVY METHODS The Crew's Quarters Are Aft, Not For- Blandly Sets His Course East South and Tells You the Wind Is Blowing From West North. ward, and John ancient old world Chinese, 18 in- first Chinese rity, but its been a marine mon- Juhu by be that is. View carried of for eat and passengers deck nstend ward below ihe sleep near the ster The are accommodated in the forward end In China Plimsoll mark and no government inspector ready to check off the number of passengers as they go abonrd Neifther there any instance upon such requirements ar life belts, fire dapplinness and life- boats. When everything is ready John starts forth on his vovage feeling safe In the happy possession of his pratique or clearance papers, wherehy he is commanded to refrain from many prac. tices. These Include about everything from smuggling to the carrying of stinkpots. This pratiqne also com- mends his soul to the gods and bids him an affectionate farewell and wishes for a safe passage. 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