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The Coos Bay Creamery,
KY ONG 01- Till; PATRONS
il I S Cieumery has
ju.M lltiished its tenth
year of llutter Mnk
ing. Ami hats been
gradually gaining
It n s i i! v h ii a t It
lunmwng figures will show Ttiii cream
erv begin its woik of Imit'T making m
IS'.)- ninl during tlint vc.irwoha' .'!
tuition, ami received :i'J(5l IImoI butter
f.t Mliicli lirouulit fb'.KCt'.ll.
Muring the ye.ir I'.MJ ill creamery
had 71 patron, and received If t.(Ki he
ni butter fat w huh brought fVt'JtlV.il
In addition to tm nbove, t he ciean.erv
feed lotsof hog on what t-k.un milk the
patron douttie tor feeding calves
Title is a paiate account ami is carrl
III tllOtlgll tilt- ffHKUI. T' L' S.IIIIU pllVfl'g
its own expente, and nt t lio chiMuif the
season tin milk hi.iI cream nfliir deduct
it.g the butter fat is divided into lli
net proceed and each patron in credited
uccoidtng to tlie amount fuuiii-licil,
Tlie urltt-r of Iih article lint U-en
talking w lib some of our patroiiH tlmt
Lave been sending milk ti this creamery
foryeirs, uud was told thuy did not tin
stand the plan on which too creamery
xi a running, ami also could not ne
where they got the over churn an lliere
ni no item of that kind on the s'ate.
inent. Therefore I will give herewith
the flail on which the Coo Hay cream
ery has been miming, ami also the way
they get the over churn. The Coo Hay
creamer v is running on the co operative
plan. I'.'ery patron that sends n.ilk or
i ream to this creamery are like partners
and each lb of butter (at stands its part
of the expense. Patrons who are Mock
holders and patron- who are not Hock
holders gets" the fame price, nnd pay
the same proportion per lb of theexpece
aud have the same voice in the business,
except the stock holders have a vote in
electing directors and net intereset on
money invested in Mock. This expense
is divided in two clattes, a general and
a special expenc.
The general is an exp-nse thai is
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Gxjs Bay Creamery
(Hir-jims Aleri sml Okii. Itiier I'liloailimt .Milk)
tieneriil through the enou, micIi as
inleiiht laxes.l'iitler Ikxc, hook)', le
pairi etcaml the mine I taken from
the total butler fat of the seaxiu.
The secial expensn is labor, fuel, salt
butter i loth and all the supplies that tire
used during llm month, mid is taken
from tho butter fat of mouth in which
the on mo i mid.
Tho creamery only has a settlement
once a ear for the reiifon they mako
cheese every spring whfti iheh'utter is
low- and the milk is the pooret, ami
holds the cheese un III the market is
grod for th" mine in I he fall, but talroiis
can draw on their butter fat on certain
basis aud get the balance when the
years work is llgnied tip, The over
churn I the differmice tmtwet-n the lbs
butler fat aud lht of butter iiiiulit which
lii'ennlly It! to Tr lbs per hundred
more butter then butter fat
The butler I all sold together and
now-the money for the rami) i all ti
velher, but the butler fat which Is the
foumlatlon is nlw-ays ciedlled to ei.rh
pattonas his lest shown, ami the same
(alwiija ii'ed lo fitiiire liom. At (he
end of the teaou when butler mid
cheiseis all sold and returns made, the
years work it figured up, first deducling
the ah ve general ixpeme from total
rash after which (he special cxpciiMi is
deil'ictiil by iiinul lis as above
The balance I the net proierds and Is
what helo-iL-s to the patrons, the over
churn being in this balance, and record
Inning lieen kept of butter made and
""III by mouths caili mouths hotter fat
in divided in the tvil i-hsIi of each mouth
lo get the net price per lb, afti r which
nrh palron's butler fat in multiplied
wilh this price which is tomiillmes
ir.ore (hen the butter ruld for, ami there
Is where we get Urn over churn
'I his may teem silly to those that are
tiled to Hunting, hut 1 want lo make this
matter plain to ihoie of tin that do not
llgu-e, The Cimh Hay Creamery for the
past ten years had no opiosltlou ami but
wry little rli king, The palroiH being
sntirfint that the business was run on
the Miime as their sliitemnuln ae
idw a) n showed. Nnur hrothur pitrous
wo are going lo have opopliitlon hut of
course the Coos Hay Creamery will not
change from It former plan of running,
mill ou depend on tlie fuel that no
oilier creamery ran make your butler
for c money then the Coos Hay
Creamery, as we can see the more mill,
and cream we reir.l the less the cost per
lb as there Is no profit for the creamery.
The coot of makliiK butter (Ills )mr
nt tho Coosllay Creamery when we were
scmlliik' the most lit I Ik and cream, and
the expei.se was the hlglieU, was n little
his then nine tenths of it cent per Hi,
ami when we was sending the least il
was cooing us more then three cents
per lb, hut llioswrnuo for the season
will be about 'J or 1 coots per lb. Thl
includes intereit on stock audall expense
for the season.
Our butler uinker Is one of the
best the creamery ever hsd. An the
enrro'poudauro will show therein not
one item of fault found with his butler
in I he plsce where it Is sold. Mr lli-sicy
our book keeper ami malinger I nu ex
pen in flgiitlug, ami a rarelul manager.
Mr Kugeis our treasurer whohnn served
us mi well the past leu )ears and who
l cno if tho iMtst and most icsikiii
tihlo business men of the county, and
as long as we can n cure the service of
them men, II. I,, llessey as malinger,
.S. O. Hogeia us Ireanuer, mid Mr ieo
Hctirtder is butter maker, and wo all
stay together ami feud I hem lots of
milk ami cream we can defy any cream
cry in Ihecouuly In miiku butler cheap
er or make ll any lieltor
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Scene on North Coos River,
View of Marshficld Shipyard