The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . Among the latest of the domestic inchistriesto leave the household and enter the factory isthe working- of milk and cream. Until about ayear ago the liousewives on the farms aboutStreator worked up the output of their cattle athome, or had to ship it to creameries at a dis-tance. Within the year a creamery has beenestablished in S
The story of StreatorBeing an account of the growth of its institutions civic, social and industrial, with special reference to its manufacturing and business interests; together with an outline of its early history and life sketches of some of its leading citizens . Among the latest of the domestic inchistriesto leave the household and enter the factory isthe working- of milk and cream. Until about ayear ago the liousewives on the farms aboutStreator worked up the output of their cattle athome, or had to ship it to creameries at a dis-tance. Within the year a creamery has beenestablished in Streator. and at once demonstrat-ed its usefulness by furnisliing the farmers amarket for their cream. Twelve hundred cream cess. The cream is brought to the factory infive-gallon cans, where it is weighed and is then poured into a large \at, where it isheated to 180 degrees, a temjjerature liotenough to kill all germs. It is then cooled 1o60 degrees and churned in a large Perfectionchurn, which has a capacity of 1,300 pounds ateach churning. It is a combined chum andworker and is able to turn out six churningsper day. Nearly all the ])roduct is put up in. Inside View of the Illinois Creamery Plant. producers from the adjoining county havebrought their product to the creamery. of butter have been made, and $120,000has been paid out to farmers. The Illinois Valley Creamery Company hasestablished here a thoroughly e(iuipi)ed factorywith a capacity of 30,000 pounds of Imtter perweek. It is operated on the most up-to-datemethods, and special regard is had to cleanli-ness and sanitation in every ])art of the pro- one-ponnd Ijricks for the market. The floors are all of cement, and all vesselsor things used in the process are thoroughlycleaned and sterilized daily by washing, scald-ing and steaming. A large part of the product is consumed inStreator and neig]d)oring towns. It is estimatedthat $1,000 has been saved to the ofStreator in express on butt
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