Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-09-17
Better Prices for Dairy Products.

Thus far the season has been an uu
profitable one for the dairymen, whether
Re sold his milk or made it into butter
and cheese, and there is good reasons fol
believing that from this time better
prices will prevail, and larger demand
even at the Increased rates. It is fact
that in some branches of trade there has
been a very perceptible increase, and
there are much fewer idle men to be
found in the great centres of industry
than at any former period for the last
three years. This means increased con-
sumption and better prices. The
prospects are favorable for good prices
and an increased demand for all kinds of
breadstufs, which will put more money
into the hands of the farmers who raise
grain, and will create demand for manu-
featured goods, and thus the wheels of
industry will be set in motion and labor
will be more fully employed. Another
cause for believing that dairy produce is
destined to bring better prices is the fall
ing off of the production, which is almost
universal in the all parts of the dairy
region. This is due to two causes, a
more general shrinkage in the amount
of milk produced, and a diversion of
the milk to other ways rather than the
production of butter and cheese. These
two causes will operate to lessen ship
ments and keep the market from being
overloaded.
Another cause to help increase the
general demand is the care and skill with
which the products are put upon the
market. This thing will help very much
to secure better prices. We were ia
vored with a call the other day from
farmer who a dairy Of twelve cows on
Long Island, and he has sold all his but
ter this season at IS cents Now, what
he has done is not exceptional, but is
done by many farmers, and shows
what care and skill can do to make
market for the ordinary products Of the
farm. Last year, at one of the Dairy
mems association meetings, samples Of q
dairy cheese were shown, made by a
farmer whose whole product was engaged
at prices from two to four cents above
market rates, and he could not supply
the demand. This had been done by
making frst-class article, and putting
up in convenient shape for family trade,
duu IL Guo St1upic SuOWu was oil esFO1dSC
one, his customers had most palatahle
article, and one worth all paid for it.
A good result of the last International
Dairy Fair was the exhibition Of i'm
proved methods of shipping butter and
milk, and thus securing better prices,
and many of the enterprising farmers
have availed themselves of this op-
portunity, as the increased sales of these
goods prove. A good article of butter
and cheese is often sold at loss because
the appearance of the package is such as
to create bad impression and leave the
would-be-purchaser with doubts, for if
the outside is so shabby the contents
must be poor. This is so easily prevent
ed and at 80 little cost that We have often
wondered at the Indifference of many
farmers to these minor matters. We
shall endeavor to point out the better
methods to dairymen from time to time
as they are developed, and think the
time is not far distant when dairy farm.
ing will be head and shoulders above any
other system of general farming
american DGirynaan.