Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1868-06-04

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igher price, compared wlth iormcr tm,~
a an parts nj our country, even IN loenl'
lies wherc Tie greatest amount i proc
ueed, j. a tact tao generally known o. b.
isputed hnt dos, il bear too high prize
with the cost ot producing
Nvr fopmpr tlmes, ur Is there a less pro-
,ortioual production, causing scarcity
That much that would naturally Euta the
induction nf butter is turned 10 the mani
liacturr of cheese Is also to be- admitted,
The rapid increase of Cheese Faeturiv,
or lew years past increasing the tlgill- .
N and ease az uuiioun Manufacture aud (.
production ot cheese, tightening the bur-
Zen II the good housewife AMI dairy'wo- .
man, has tended largely 10 the increased .
production of cheese in many localitlc, .
AZ the expense ot a propuruunatr produc- .
ton Of butter, Tho diversion from many .
pursuits, caused by the late war, caused ;
somewhat decreased production in butter
and an increased demand for cheese; also
the stopping the free admission from Tam
ada has tended somewhat 10 affect our
market, But the increased tendency 10
uf our people, induced by the
redundancy Of our currency, tends 70 a
ireer and larger consumption Of articles
Of both necessity and luxury
That We produce less proportionatcly
than We did in 1850 or 1860 | can hardly
believe 10 be the case Not having the
statistics at hand, | cannot substantiate
my belief by facts, neither eau | believe
that the price is too high compared with
the increase in cost Of production IN
1860, the price Of butter paid 20 the pro-
Queer in this section averaged about from
Is 10 20 cents per pound in 1861, the av-
cragc was about 80 10 - cents per pound:
the cost Of keeping cow. per week IN lN60,
was about 80 cents in 1861 about 81;
the increase in wages was somewhat less,
about 1874 per cent 50 that u cow that
would produce 200 pounds Of butter
would in 1850 give an income of about
$40. and about $40 in 1861. The keep
ing of said cow would increase from S26
in 1850 To- So in 1865; the increase in
price of the same cow in the same time
would be- nearly 100 per cents Is an aver
age Of b cents per pound too high com
pared with 1850 To-day ! am fully
aware that butter brings much higher
price, from 30 TO 90 cents per pound, but
that price can be maintained but for a
shor, time in all probability, the supply
and demand governing the price at all
times. SO ii Is every year in which there
! is short season, when a much larger
than an average price is paid for butter.
| The article alluded To says, lit Is
asked what is the cause of such high pri-
ccs of butter. 1t had better be asked
| how to account for the scarcity of butter
and then goes ON 10 answer, giving two
causes, first observing, "there are too many
| cheese factories unless there is greater
exporting demand for cheese :" and second
the unfavorable season in both the East
and West" | would rather believe that
the reasons before suggested increase
lprodigality in consumption, together witt
the unfavorable season, less free butter
enhanced cost of production, &c.,l are the
main causes of scarcity. That the diver
sion caused by cheese factories and an un'
favorable season. alone, are the causes, ano
that the effect Of cheese factories alone
materially advanced the price of butter
am hardly prepared to believe.
i l can fully agree with the remark thai
there is no danger oi over,toeklng thu
, market with \ No. butter" 50 long a
, there Is such difference in cows and i
J the quality of milk they give, 81 Ion.
will there be difference in the quality @
butter. whether made 1T a butter factory
private dairy, or on the farm that q um
. furmly better article uf butter may J.
made | am fully convinced; but that .
M butter can he made by the nse-t *
! perienced, 10 far ~ my experience and ul
p ~,ryatiu 20. from "a certain tl~, Of rnN-
] | am H. fully convinced l. impossible.
The difference in quality of chcree mad
from the milk Of different classes 81 cows
although considerable, is less observable
generally, than tie difference in gutlit,
Of butter made from the >amc COWS
Some COWS will make hard, good favored
: No. butter, while others ou the sam
/ pasture or keeping. cared for in every r,
e spect as the first, will make only secon
t or third quality When this can he &c
= counted for and rcmedicd, and our dliry
a women are more uniforml Y and better cd
e ucated to their business, the cows nor
uniformly and better kept and cared f"l
u then we shall have more uniformity 1
d products
9 have lately been highly outprtainc
I, and edited in examining statistics of III
n Census Report for 1850, in regard t
i milch COWS, dairy products &c, and WI
n here introduce few figures that mt
a prove Of interest to others In 1870 tn
a number Of mich cows was 6.3Nj, 09l, Nh
e amount Of cheese produced being 1O1j
e 1913 pounds; butter, 3l3,345,3 BOG pound
C averaging about - pounds Of butter r'
t cow aside from the cheese In 1860 ii
T number of cows increased TO S,5sl, -
i the cheese made decreased to l03,j35, 90
;, pounds, and butter increased to 419,GSl
+, 392 pounds, being an average Of nearl
:, 81 pounds per COW. Provided the san
l. ratio of increase irr~eows ard butter pr
A. duets has taken place since 1850 ~ fro
r, 1850 to 1860. there should be in lS6S, II
ot $50, l21 cows, averaging IS pounds ca,
of butter; but this is probably som
what larger increase than will be foui
:, in fact and then we have greater i
"a crease in quantity of cheese, instead OF
y diminished product, as from 1870 to lS6
l, and no import of free butter from OF
y northern neighbors - these tending
= keep up the price Of butter.
Fe That dairymen or farmers will be see
d ing a market for good butter at from
'e to 20 cents per pound, Mt least for son
~ , years to come, seems very improbat
ie circumstance from present prospects; II,
u. ther can it thus be produced, except at
d. loss to the producer, unless new gencr
G ton should step on the stage, with In
oe at original prices of wild land.
u W. IL. WHITE.
'e South Windsor, Conn.
ly WINDSOR COUNTY JAII.-The Woo
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