The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 14, 1891, Page 10

Salisb Chariton County, Factory. Salisbury Butter and Cheese (oak Butter and pene (ee reoy cost, $6,800 ; capacity, 15,000 lbs. milk daily ; now receiving 1,100 per day and run every other day. Last year they received 6,000 lbs. of milk per day, but the company made a great mistake in contracting for milk of all patrons who had over 30 cows at 75 cents per 100 Ibs.; others 50 cents for 4 months ; 75 cents for 4 months and $1.00 for 4 months. After running one year were $3,000 in debt which ran up to $4,700 before they decided to close the factory. Part of this loss was caused by # poor butter and cheese maker, partly by hogs dying ( lost $800 in this way ) and balance by poor management. For last 60 days patrons have been bringing their milk which was made into butter and sold, expenses taken out and balance returned to patrons, but there was very little to return Will be sold at auction in September. With roper management think it could be made a success. Butter sold at Moberly at 20 cents. Norborne, Carroll County, Factory. Norborne Butter and Cheese Company, butter and cheese combined ; cost, $6,900; capacity, 15,000 iba. milk per day; last year received as high as 5,000 lbs. milk per day. This was made into both butter and cheese; paid too much for milk and lost money ; borrowed $2,200, $1,600 of which was used to pay up delinquent stockholders who afterwards refused to pay and the amount could not be collected from them. This season was leased by two of the stockholders and run till July when it was shutdown. Patrons would not haul milk to the factory for prices the company could afford to pay. Hale, Carroll County, Factory. Hale Creamery Company, B. M, Campbell, Secretary and Manager. Butter and cheese combined ; cost, $8,000 ; capacity, 15,000 Ibs, milk per day. This factory had a large run as high as 12,000 lbs. milk per day while being operated asa stock company but owing to poor management and the making of an inferior article of butter and cheese ran $4,000 in debt. February, 91, it was sold toa few of the stockholders for $1,700, the manager being one of them, Are now receiving 3,500 Ibs. milk per day, paying for same according to its butter value ; tests being made with a Babcock test every day ; now paying 13 cents per lb. ef butter fat ; average yield, 3.75 Ibs. fat per 100 lbs. milk. They also gather cream, paying 10 cents per lb. for the butter ; cost of gathering, 3 cents per lb. Markets butter largely in Chicago and Phila- delphia. Butter netted them Jast year 20'4 cents per lb. Many of the patrous have their cows fresh in the fall of the year, which kept = their winter yield. Poor cows and bad dairymen, are greatest draw-backs. Wm. Plummer, Hale, Missouri, also runs a_ separator creamery, 6 miles west of Hale. Cost, $1,100; capacity, 6,000 to 7,000 Ibs. per day ; is now receiving 1,500 lbs. milk per day ; buying on the test plan, paying 13 cents per lb. for butter fat. This and the Hale creamery are the only creameries I know of in the state that are paying for the milk according to its butter value. Mr. Plummer built his own factory and set up his own machinery, which accounts for its extreme cheapness ; also used some second-hand machinery. Markets his butter in Chicago. Tina, Carroll Oouniy, Factory. Tina Creamery Company. Kearn & Cole, Proprietors. Gathered cream system ; cost, $4,000 ; capac- ity, 2,000 lbs, butter per day ; now making 2,500 lbs. per week ; in July made 4,000 lbs. per week ; are now running nine wagons collecting each patron’s cream three times a week ; in winter they collect twice a week. They expect to work on the dividend plan next year, charging the patrons a set niga for collecting cream, making and marketing the butter ; are now paying 0 cents per lb. for cream, which is the lowest they have paid this vear. Last season they have paid as low as 7 cents for cream. Greatest draw-back is patrons are not fixed to raise their cream properly ; of their 400 patrons, not over half a dozen have ice; very few raise their cream by the deep setting process, most of them use crocks and pans, from which first-class butter cannot be made after carrying the cream all day. Sumner, Chariton County, Factory. Butter and cheese company ; cost, $5,200 ; capacity, 15,000 los. ; are now receiving about 2,000 lbs. per day, all of which is made into butter. This factory was run for a little over a year as a stock company, and then (May 15) was leased by Lewis & Kaye, since which time has been run by them; are now paying 50 cents per 100 Ibs. ; butter marketed in Hannibal and Chicago ; ringing about 15 cents in summer, and 26 cents in winter. The mouth disease has caused a falling off in the milk supply ; many of the farms are large, and too much attention given to steers and hogs are serious draw- backs. The factory showed a lack of cleanliness, necessary to the successful operation of any creamery. Want institute badly. Chillicothe, Livingston County, Factory. proprietor ; gathered cream factory. ‘I'his creamery has been in successful operation for about 15 years; are now muking 500 lbs. butter per day, which is about 1-3 less than they made at the same time last year; are now paying 11 cents for cream ; have not been below 10 cents this season, while ast year they dropped to 9 cents; while in winter they pay as high as 18 cents ; now employ eight wagons to collect cream ; paying them $2.00 per day for man and team. Adams & Son have spent much time on their routes instructing their patrons how to raise and handle their cream so as to get the best results; about 12 per cent. have ice, and nearly all use cans and tanks; market their butter mostly in Kansas City and local points ; lack of business management on part of the patrons the greatest draw-back. I attribute the success of this creamery more to business management than to anything else. Gallatin, Daviess County, Factory. S. F. Haynes & Son, get Butter and cheese cumbined ; cust, $6,800 ; capacity, 15,000 ibs. per day ; built two years ago and run 14 months ; part of time as stock company and then rented to buttermaker. This creamery received as hgh as 6,000 Ibs. per day the first year, but like many other places paid too much for their milk, 75 cents per 100 Ibs. ; plenty of cows, feed and water, but lack dairy management and experience in operating factories. Mr. Haynes will guarantee an average run of 3,000 Ibs. per day, and will ive the use of the factory the first year provided the operator will run it lor three years. Maryville, Nodaway County, Factory. Butter and cheese association ; butwer and cheese combined ; cost, $6,850; capacity, 15,000 Ibs. ; are now making butter and cheese, the latter both full cream and % skim; Last year they received 11,000 lbs. per day ; this year the highest was 7,500 and are now getting 5,000 Ibs. ; paying 40 cents per 100 lbs. for same ; 0 cents in winter. Most of their milk comes in September and October, which has the advantage of fall and winter prices. Home market for most of their product ; butter sells at from 18 cents in summer to 25 cents in winter. About one-eighth of their cheese marketed at home, at 9 cents value in St. Louis, which net them 7 cents per lb. They have a _— deal of trouble in getting the milk delivered at the factory in good ape, which prevents making a first quality cheese. Stanberry, Gentry County, Factory. Stanberry Butter and Cheese Company ; F’. J. Golden, proprietor. Cost about $6,000 ; capacity, 15,000 lbs. ‘This factory only ran ashort time before the company failed and Mr. Colden bought it at a great sacrifice and now is very anxious to sell ; is uot a creamery man and will not open the factory again. Meadville, Linn County, Factory. Smith & Son, proprietors ; gathered cream factory. ‘I'his creamery has been in very successful Operation for 6 years ; are now making about 1,000 Ibs. butter per week ; last spring were making 2,000 Ibs. per week ; are now paying 10 cents for cream, and get up to 18 cents in winter. They also operated a skimming station 5 miles away; where from 2,000 to 3,500 pounds of milk were received daily, paying 50 cents per 100 in summer, and 80 cents in winter; but the patrons preferred to raise their cream rather than deliver milk ; butter is shipped to local points, except in June and July, when it is largely shipped to New York ; selling for 17 cents in summer, and 24 to 25 cents in winter. ‘This 1s the best kept factory I have seen, there being no smell whatever about the place; about 20 of the patrons use ice, which helps greatly in getting the cream to the factory in good shape. Adams & Son COLD WAVE AND FROST WARNINGS. Iam instructed by the Chief of the U. S. Weather Bureau to arrange for extending the usefulness of the service by giving a wider dissemination to the cold wave and frost warnings in the agricultural and commercial interests of the country so that ull interests liable to be affected by cold Weather or rapid falls in temperature may be able to take the necessary precautions by being informed of the coming of cold waves or the occur- rence of frost. “The cold wave flag will be the frost warning symbol, and display stations will be established wherever a displayman can be secured, who will parchase or secure by aid of the community a flag, and display it from | a tall staff, for the benefit of the section. Tie information can also be disseminated by bulletins posted in public places, through the press, by telephones, mill whistles, etc. The warnings will be sent by telegraph at government expense, and the only cost to the community will be the purchase of the flag (it can be | home made, if of regulation size and character, six (6) feet square, white with black square in center,) the erection of staff and display of the flag. At points where daily forecasts are now sent, the displayman is requested to provide a second staff from which to display the frost warn- ing symbol. The display of the cold wave flag ( white flag with black square in center ) indicates that there will be a sudden and decided fall in tempera- | ture, amounting to sixteen d or more. The fall should occur within twenty-four or thirty hours. The display of the flag during the growing season indicates that injury to vegetation may be expected | from frost, and at other times that the cold may prove injurious to stock, and to farm products, etc., exposed in shipment. The warnings will usually be issued for a period of twenty-four hours in advance of the anticipated cold wave or frost. Pronounced cold waves may at times be foretold forty-eight hours in advance. The cold wave flag will be lowered at the expiration of the time men- | tioned in the order to hoist, unless a second warning is received. The flag should be at least six feet square if displayed from a staff or building 35 to 50 feet high, and for a taller staff or building a larger flag should be used. This office will be glad to correspond with parties in the different counties of the State relative to the establishment of Frost Warning | Stations. As the season of frosts is at hand, prompt action will be required if the system is to be perfected for this season. rees, EXPLANATION OF THE FLAG AND WHISTLE SIGNALS ADOPTED BY THE UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU, 1. The Weather Bureau furnishes also, when practicable, for the & benefit of the general public and those interests dependent to a greater or less extent upon weather conditions, the ‘‘ Forecasts” which are prepared | daily, at 10 a. m. and 10 p. m., for the following day. These weather | forecasts are telegraphed to observers at stations of the Weather Bureau, | railway officials, and many others, and are so. worded as to be readily | communicated to the public by means of flags or steam whistles, The | flags adopted for this purpose are five in number, and of the form and | dimensions indicated below : : | Explanation of Flag Signals. | No. 3. No. 4. White Flag with black No.1. No. 2. White and Blue Black Triangular square in center. White Flag. Blue Flag. Flag. Flag. No. 5. a waite sive Clear or Fair Rain or Local Temperature Cold weather. Snow. Rains. signal. Wave. Number 1, white flag, six feet square, indicates clear or fair weather. Number 2, blue flag, six feet square, indicates rain or snow. Number 3, white and blue flag (parallel bars of white and blue), six feet square, indicates that local rains or showers will occur, and that the rainfall will not be general. Number 4, black triangular flag, four feet at the base and six feet in length, always refers to temperature; when placed above numbers 1, 2 or 3 it indicates warmer weather; when placed below numbers 1, 2 or 3 it indicates colder weather; when not displayed, the indications are that the temperature will remain stationary, or that the change in temperature will not vary’ more than four degrees from the temperature of the same hour of the preceding day from March to October, inclusive, and not more than six degrees for the remaining | months of the year. Number 5, white flag, six feet square, with black square in center, indicates the approach of a sudden and decided fall in temperature. This signal is not to be displayed unless it is expected that the temperature will fall to forty-two degrees, or lower, and is usually ordered at least twenty-four hours in advance of the cold wave. When number 5 is displayed, number 4 is always omitted. 2. When displayed on poles the signals should be arranged to read downward; when displayed from horizontal supports a small streamer should be attached to indicate the point from which the signals are to be read. Interpretation of displays. 1, alone, indicates fair weather, stationary temperature. 2, alone, indicates rain or snow, stationary temperature. 3, alone, indicates local rain, stationary temperature. 1, with No. 4 above it, indicates fair weather, warmer. 1, with No. 4 below it, indicates fair weather, colder. 2, with No. 4 above it, indicates warmer weather, rain or snow. 2, with No. 4 below it, indicates colder weather, rain or snow. 3, with No. 4 above it, indicates warmer weather with local rains. 3, with No. 4 below it, indicates colder weather with local rains. 1, with No. 5 above it, indicates fair weather, cold wave. 2, with No. 5 above it, indicates wet weather, cold wave. Explanation of Whistle Signals. 3. Note.—The warning signal, to attract attention, will be a long blast of from fifteen to twenty seconds’ duration, After this warning sig- nal has been sounded, long blasts (of from four to six seconds’ duration) refer to weather, and short blasts(of from one to three seconds’ duration) refer to temperature ; those for weather to be sounded first. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. Blasts Indicate, One long.... -- Fair weather. Two long Rain or snow. Three long. One short.. ‘Two short.. Three short.. Local rains. Lower temperature. 5 Higher temperature. + - s++++-Cold wave. Interpretation of Combination Biasts. One long, alone.... ....-Fair weather, stationary temperature. Two long, alone... Rain or snow, stationary temperature. | One long and one short. --Fair weather, lower temperature, Two long and two short... --Rain or snow, higher temperature. One long and three short . Fair weather, cold wave. Three long and two short... - -Local rains, higher temperature. (By repeating each combination 2 few times, with an interval of ten seconds between, possibilities of error in reading the forecasts will be avoided, such as may arise from variable winds, or failure to hear the warning signal.) | month was 67°. ending Sept. 24, 104° being recorded on that date at Oak Ridge. 14.25 inches. | 10:50 o’clock. 7. The system of whistle signals may be utilized to better ad in many places where flags could not be seen at long distances, cu cation having been given to the surrounding community through the press ‘and otherwise that, at a designated hour, the steam whistle at a certain place will sound the signal to indicste the probable weather and tempera ture for the ensuing twenty-four hou 8. The flag displays here outlined may be greatly extended and become one of the most valuable aids to farmers, shippers, and the public generally, by a little exertion and a small outlay for flags on the part of those who would be benefited. Many the same time advertising their b meanings on the back of their b 9. There being but a lin Chief of the Weather Bur individuals, or firms, receiv facture or procure their own signals for such displays. 10. Communications with reference to the display or sounding of these symbols and signals should be addressed to the Director of the State Service, Columbia, or to the Chief of the Weather Bureau, Washington, pb. Cc. Levi Cuupscek, Director State Weather Service. Meteorological Report Missouri State Board of Awreuture , S. Weather Burean.) SEPTEMBER, 1891. TEMPERATURE for the month of September was 3° above the normal for the State. which is about 70° ne firms are exhibiting the flags, and ss by printing the signals and their s cards. ppropriation at the disposition of the the purchase of flags, in many instances the forecasts al government expense mann- (Co-operating with the L The mean daily temperature for the The highest temperature was reached during the week Cool waves passed over the State on the 4th and 29tn, resulting in light frosts, | on the latter date throughout the State. RAINFALL was very limited, more so than for any September on record in this office, being only .61 of an inch. series of ten years is 3.47 inches. The average for this month for a During September, 1890, the rainfall was From only seven points in the State was more than one inch reported, the most being 1.95 inches at Jefferson City. Barometric READINGS. The highest reading of the barometer was 30 418 (inches) at Glasgow on the 11th, the lowest, 28.9 at Oregon on the 27th. With but the one exception of the 11th at Glasgow, the 9th was the date of the highest pressure throughout the State, and the 27th was that of the lowest. Casual PHENOMENA. By the table of casual phenomena it will be seen that the month was remarkably free from these, the most unusual occurrence being a slight earthquake shock on the night of the 26th at It seems to have been felt throughout this and adjoining States on the east. No damage has been reported. TABULAR STATEMENT. RAIN- | TEMPERATURE. FALL! STATION. EIS | 2iF FF FS =) opserver. (RIS |Brs 18! Ess fee Be fe conte VS | alee ig & 2 Adrian. | i 66 3 Dr. H. W. Tuttle. Appleton City. 70 4 Louis Theilmann. Austin........ 74 1 Dr. D. H. Webster. Brunswick. . 70 1 |Louis Benecke, Cairo, Ill..... 7 1 S. L. Mosely. Carrollton. ... 72 3 Pettit & Welch. Chillicothe (1) 72 | 208 2 N. J. Swetland & Co. | Chillicothe(2) . 60 |. 1, |W. C. Wood. Columbia ... 72 4603 75 Levi Chubbuck. Conception . 66 4201) 66/Fr. Paul, O. 8, B- Concordia. . 87 | 2 \Henry Miller. Dadeville ... re 2 Wick Morgan. East Lynn. . 2 7 | 5 David Sharp. Eight Mile p 69 60 6. iJ. H. Sharp. Eldon...... .... 50, 300 73 -07 4 S. Newton. Excelsior Springs 37. 29° 67 05; 1 A. Reinisch. Fayette.. ...... 41.) 4 (71 42) 2 T. Berry Smith. Fox Creek \46. \ 4 69 | 6; 2 Wm. Muir. Glasgow ... 39. | 4 70 | .39 1 66C.W. Pritchett. Gordonville . 416. 300 7 -64) 1 L. M. Bean. Harris..... 40, 129 61 | 1 H. J. Clevenger. Hermann 50. 29° 71 -36) 3 S. W. Maushund. Jefferson City... 46.13 7 95) 3 C. B. Lane. Kansas City.. (1). - (29° 71 3604 P. Conner. Kansas City (2).. 2971 33 3 S. J. Spurgeon. Keokuk, Iowa .. i471 40) 4 F. Z. Gosewisch. LaMonte (2)...... 60. see teens cece cece sees 54 4 'W. D, Wade. Lebanon...... 71 255) 1 M. W. Serl. Liberty.... 7 40 3 J. R. Eaton. Marble Hill. . | 78 : 1 E.R. Graham. Mine LaMotte | 2. 12 {70 65 2) J.D. Sanders. Oak Ridge... . | 2451 15 (69 2248 Henry Bruibl . Oregon 0 f | 22 \70 -67 7, 61. Wm. Kaucher. Oregon (2) 69 -61 6 S$. M. Ruley. Pickering. cceelee 2835. \M. B. W. Harman. Platte River. i290 71 40 4 |W. A. McDowell. Princeton... 4 {71 T 38 ‘Wm. Hirons. St. Charles (2 4 71 1.04 2 \Louis C. Saeger. St. Louis (2) 5 68 1.25 3, 7F. H. Duenckel. Sedalia... 29 72 -69) 4 Chas. G. Taylor. Springfield 4 (TL | 1.29) 4 T. 8S. Collins. 29°¢«T -64 4 Geo. L. Osborne. 29 2 'G. W. Goodiett. ; J. R. Dudley. \A. Zeitinger. TABLE OF CASUAL PHENOMENA FOR SEPTEMBER, 1891. EXPLaNaTIoN.—In the following table the figures on the upper margin are the days of the month during which the different phenomena occurred, the place being given on the left margin. 1 indicates frost; 2, thunder storm ; 3, hail; 4, sleet ; 5, aurora; 6, solar halo; 7, lunar halo ; 8, polar bands ; 9, meteors ; 0, earthquakes. 12345 67 East L: 4. As the weather forecasts are telegraphed daily to a large number | Eidon of stations of the Weather Bureau, to railroads, etc., in various sections of | the country, there are many small towns which may obtain them by tele- | phone, free of expense. Those desiring to display or sound the signals, | should communicate direct with the Director of ‘the State Weather Ser- | vice, when, if practicable, the predictions will be telegraphed to them at | the expense of the Weather Burean. | te | 5. In no case will both a. m. and p. m. forecasts be sent to the | same address at government expense ; nor will the telegrams be sent to! more than one person, or firm, in any one place, except at the expense of | the applicant. 6. Flag weather signals system have been adopted with the view of §& securing uniformity, and is recommended after a careful test, The | method is not complicated ; the solid colors insure legibility, and the flags | may be obtained at small expense, or, if desired, material may be procured | and the symbols be of home manufacture, no restriction being placed upon the size of the flags used, so long as they conform to the t aystem above out- | lined, but no flags should be less than six feet square. Co ’ Fox Creek me § lo 22 Glasgow jon Harris. . Hermann Jefferson City Kansas City Keokak, Io Monte . Liberty... Marble Hill Mine LaMo' — oe Warrensburg. LEVI CHUBBUCK, Secretary State Board of Agriculture and Director State Weather Service. a wemmecsrcccoces