598 BOAED OF AGRICULTURE. 



to see us and say that we live fourteen miles from anywhere. We are 

 that far from a railroad and in a neighborhood that is not a dairy country. 

 Never has been a dairy country, but I am thaid<ful to say it is getting that 

 way. 



The topic I was to talk about was in regard to getting milk to the 

 creamery. The way we get it, we haul it. and I take it from* what I can 

 learn, we have a little different method from most other creameries in the 

 State. We hire onr teams to haul the milk. We have ten teams engaged, 

 and we get all tlic milk we can get in the radius of ten miles. The plan 

 is not entirely satisfactory at present. The increase in milk has not kept 

 up with the increase in the price of the drivers. This getting milk to the 

 creamery is the greatest obstacle in our way that we have to deal with. 

 Of course, the Iiclp is scarce, and our drivers are continually wanting an 

 increase in wages, while tney do not increase their loads in proportion. 

 The method we liave, we are paying our drivers ^ISjO a trip. They will 

 range in loads from 800 pounds to a ton eacii. At our last annual meeting 

 I advanced the plan to the board of directors tliat we dispose of the driv- 

 ers, and see if we could not get the patrons to haul their own milk, but 

 they thought we were not quite ready for that yet, and so we are going 

 on in the old way, and our creamery jiaid out tliis year, but our profits 

 were small. T1h> main trouble with ns is too many one, two and three 

 cow men. We have very few men that have a dozen cows, but the peoi)le 

 seem to be well satisfied that way. I think two years ago Ave had but one 

 man in a radius of twelve or fifteen miles that had over ten cows, while 

 now we have several of them, and 1 woidd like to talk to some of the 

 creamery men here so that I might find out the different plans of getting 

 the milk to the creamery. I talked with the manager of the creamery in 

 Lagi-ange County, and they are experiencing the same trouble we are. Our 

 creamery has done quite a business. 1 tliink, for its location, twelve miles 

 from a railroad, hauling all our coal from the railroad and all our product 

 to the railroad. Of course, our expenses are greater than if we were on a 

 railroad. 



During the year 1902 we received at the creamery 2,593,775 pounds 

 of milk. The total butter made was 117,0o7 pounds. Our creamery is co- 

 operative. The patrons have a perfect right to draw out part or all the 

 butter they make. During the year they drew out for tlieir private use 

 22,000 jionnds lliat w;is peddled out in that little county, and I want to 

 say that we have an industi-y started in that county that Avill be heard 

 fi-om before many more years. 1 could talk lietter, perhaps, if some one 

 would aslv (piestions. 



JMr. Schlosser: How long has your creamery run? 



Mr. Salisbury: About two years and a half. 



Mr. Schlosser: What is yoiu- average price per pound for your butter? 



