The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-10-02
Coed Butter Wanted.

Coed Butter Wantod.
We fear that too many country
housewives confins their Newspaper
reading to story papers," and 100
! napy dairy@se slso neglect tho mar.
| ket reports. which describe the
course OF their own trade. This
conjecture wosld q less: partly ex-
plain tho fast that day sitsr day, aud
almost year sitter year our reporters
have bssu fraisiessiy Offering butter
makers such hints ~ these, rep' oduc.
ed from our daily market reports:
The arrivals are still mainly made
up OF other than desirable stock.
There is . prompt sale tor the beet
lines" "Wssteyn grades, II choice.
bring tsir prices, but other kinds &C
cumulate, and have 10 be sold st ir.
regular prices There is very lit.
tie, il any choice butter arriving"
Choice Orange ocu unity pals are
scarce, rs the bulk OF the arrivals are
interior in quality" "Choico rails
are eagerly sought after "Tbe
supply OF choice State butter is very
hunted, aud With q good inquiry pri
ces are f, mly heidi Prime State
and Wslch butter u very scarce and
wanted"
A. W. turn back our files we tind
that these quotations Tell tho story Of
the SEASONS. They moreover repre-
scnt The tone OF recent past SEASONS.
There has been tor The last three
wears an inadequate supply Of choice
butter in this market to meet the
demand. We export little or memo Of
that description, aud do not have
enough tor home consumption. 1t
consequently has always . good saie
n good it not high prices. Why,
then, the restricted supply
1t butter was q natural product,
like peaches Or apples. il could easily
bs understood that the vicissit udel
OF the seasons might furnish the m
swsr. But it is y manufacture, tn.
law material OF which 10 less certain
TO determine the qualify OF the out
turn than 10 tho case with probably q
majority ot industries. Good pas
turs, cows aud milk are Of course
not un,mportant, but tho skill OF tn
maker 10 the maiu element OF success
Moreover, tho skill required il no
difficult OF attainment. Cleanliness
aud attention TO apparently mlno
details, are the prin, ipal conditions
Thrifty house wives generally make ,
good, slatisrns invariably . poor ar
tiole. We should 10 sorry TO be
.,eyo, however, that the quality 0
tho butter which comes to this mar
kst iniaiibly indicates the division
line between these clauses Of farmer
wives. 1t it wero 90 the gricvanc
Of butter consumers would b. m
mentionabls alongside Of that endur
> ed BY the poor farmers themsslys
thus wrvlohsdly mated.
AZ butter, following the cours
! which cheese has lately taken, b
comes more aud more factory pre-
duo,, the commercial question her
presented, must, attract ,hs attention
4 Of those who engage in the industr,
D The amount OF capital and labor r.
l quired to pro uos y good article
g worth in this market At latest quoss
' .ions, thirty one 10 hi, W two cen,
: per pound, Is almost inappreciabl
n greater than that which must hs en-
{ pIOyed IN turning out fair 10 gOai
v quality, slower to sale ~ from ~ FL
e " i've TO tweM,y.yeyrn cents. But
a ter makers will lheEeivre find ,hel
/. profit 10 responding. 10 the requ,r.
1 msnts OF the msrksJ s1d under sue
! circumyi auces II wil.ie straug. II W
lre unsble " note N lmpr.ve,. %
@ ~ the quality ut .sbls kinds ~ lear
:. w. nave iUund encouragement "a
tins view, SINCE the s,s,ve was wri
I'm. in the following remarks OF til
) Chiuag" Tribune:
n Comparatively new source {
n wealth to the Northwest, aud Of q,
= change to pay Eastern bills, is III
: trad. in butter. Till within the ",
;. lew years the gu l'ty ot . large ,n'
a jui,y Of the article that reached tn
: city from tha surrounding countr
, was Mountaineering tor markstin
. hsse or elsewhere Many Of o.
older citissns sssd % import thel
? butter from ssctionb Of New Yorl
a. some other Esstssn Stats, troI
which they came, IN order 20 got
, article 81 10 place upon their tablet