Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1875-01-02
OUR DAIRY INTERESTS.
Statistics OF the Butter and Cheese Business
of the United states.

OF ihe Iniied states.
At the last meeting of the New York
Dairymens Association, the chairman,
Mr.. Willard, gave the following state
ment Of the dairy interests of the United
States
Progress in dairying has been most re-
markable. No other branch of agricul- /
ture has made such advance, and no
other branch has made such good use of /
the power and advantage of associations. /
In January, 1864, the first dairy conven-
ton was held. It was not until 1865 that |
associated dairying began to move for
ward in earnest. Mr.. Willard then |
traced the history OF dairy progress from
the small beginnings until it had attained |
its present extent Concerning the fear
of overproduction he said During
the last ten years there has been con-
slant fear of overproduction, and yet,
Judging from the manner in which our
markets have been cleared from year to |
year, we are no nearer that event, indeed
not SO near as in 1860, when there was
drug in the market, and Samuel Perry,
who got up corner on American cheese,
went to the wall In considering the
matter of demand do not take in all the
considerations-the increase of popllla-
ton, both at home and abroad-the bar
riers that limit the increase of dairying,
the necessity of fitting lands for dairy
farming and skilled labor i'll manufactru-
ing.
Our cheese exports since 1868 have
increased $4,000 Of pounds, and it
would be safe to say that our home con-
sumption has also increased in the same
ratio. Think for moment Of the num-
Der of cows required to make 64, 900, 900
pounds of cheese; at 400 pounds to the
COW, it would require 100000, Or $780,
600 more cows to supply the increased
exports and the consumption of our
/ cheese at home during the time named.
Now, statistics show that Al per cent.
sf the milk produced in the United
States is consumed directly for food
and 81 for butter This leaves only
five per cent. for cheese, and if it re-
| quires an increase of 800, 900 cows to
supply this increase of cheese produc-
ton, then the whole number of cows
needed to represent the increased con-
sumption of milk, butter and cheese
during the last ten years is 6,400, 600.
| As no such increase of COWS has been
made, we must conclude that the cheese
factories have drawn away from the
butter and milk dairies more or less
cows, and this has undoubtedly been the
case. Now, according to the census re-
turns, the mich COWS in the United
State in 1850 We're 6,3S5, ,094; in 1860
they were 1851, 735, and in 1870 they
were II, ,008, ,G25, thus showing that the
average increase was less than two and
half millions of cows for each decade.
You will see, therefore, that the mere
matter of supplying cows for the dairy
is formidable barrier against any sud
denly enormous increase of this indus
try, for we can not grow COW in month
or year. In other words, the increase
of population is faster than the increase
of dairy stock. Mr.. Willard spoke next
of the enormous quantity Of dairy pro-
ducts which are demanded for home
consumption. For instance, the con
sumption OF butter. This amount is
stated as 1,440,000,000 of pounds per
year, which at 80 cents per pound
amounts to 1892, 100000. Notwith-
standing this vast amount, the demand
continues ahead of the quantity made,
or else prices would sensibly decline.
The surety of the maintenance of prices
is putting out a fine quality. There was
New York man who estimated that his
butter cost him dollar a pound, be-
cause it was so good that his family eat
three pounds where they eat one before.
The price of butter in England is con-
stantly increasing. South America is
nursing demand. We have Just
learned to pack butter in tin. Thus it
can be carried in prime condition around
the world if necessary.
1t is Mr.. Wizards firm conviction that
dairying rests upon an enduring basis,
and that fair remunerative profit is as
sured. Mr.. Willard reviewed next the
trade of the past season, and the disas-
trous early closing of the fall of 1873.
J The cost to carry stock though the win
ter, the high price of fodder in the
spring, and the cost of cows to supply
depleted dairies-all these conditions
have to be counted against the seasons
profit of 1874. But the prices have been
unusually high, and the prospects OF
1875 are good, for the hay crop last sum
, mer was large and the barns are filled.
, The speaker treated at some length oi
the way in which farming can be made
: profitable, and spoke also of the advan
| tage and profit of good feed and care fol
! animals. What is needed among dairy
| men is more and more accurate observa
tion and experiment. Facts and expert
ments are what we want. Each can form
an opinion from them.
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one day interviewed Paris ragpicker
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