The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-04-01
OUR DAIRY INTEREST.



" The growth of the dairy interests OF
of this country is something remarkable"
said New York commission merchant, re-
Gently. Before the present facilities for
the rapid transportation Of dairy products
had been provided, shippers were obliged
to run great risks when forwarding their
goods to market. Owing to the risks in
cured and the length of time consumed in
transportation, the business had few attrac-
tions for wide-awake, pushing men. Now
that these difficulties have been removed,
there has been q wonderful improvement.
Last year the sales of butter, cheese, eggs
and poultry in the United States amounted
to 5000, 100000. This amount of business
was transacted at a smaller per cent. of cost
than ever before in the history Of the
country"
In what States is the bulk of the butter
and cheese produced ?" asked the reporter.
There is strip Of country extending
from the Atlantic ocean to the Rocky Noun
tains within which is made nearly all of
what we know as dairy products. It takes
in the States of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Nebraska and New York In the
first four of these States there were LOO
creameries last year. Nebraska is rapidly
coming to the front. Outside of this strip
of territory it seems to be impossible to
produce either butter of cheese at profit
But don't you get considerable butter,
cheese and eggs from New England?n
On the contrary, we get but very little
and that comes almost exclusively from
Vermont. The fact is, the farmers down
East are travelling in the ruts Of their fathers.
They do not seem to be blessed with the
same amount of enterprise as our Western
farmers. Little effort is made to increase
their facilities Of production. At present
New England consumes nearly all of the
butter and cheese which she produces.
BY the way continued Mr.. Seymour,
"did you know that the consumption of
eggs, especially in such markets as New
York and Philadelphia, has been simply
enormous? The reason of this is that eggs
are one of the most valuable as well as one
of the cheapest foods known to man. OF
late the demand has become SO great that
eggs in large quantities are imported from
Denmark, Germany and Belgium. They
san be delivered here in New York at cost
of 16 to 20 cents dozen. The improved
methods for packing and transporting eggs
have reduced almost to q minimum the loss
formerly incurred through breakage and
overwhelming. Eggs can't be adulterated
and suppose that is the reason why they
have become so popular. People are as
particular now to get the best breeds Of fowl
as dairymen are to get the best breeds of cat
tie. We get most of our eggs from the
South during the winter, and during the
summer and fall from Iowa and Kansas
q Is there not some danger that the dairy
business will be overdone in this country ?n
No, think not" replied Mr. Seymour.
"There is always an outlet for butter and
cheese in expectation to Europe As long
as butter can be delivered on the other side
at price not exceeding 25 cents pound,
there ia no trouble in finding o market for
| IT, But VIXEN the price goes above that
figure you can't sell butter in foreign mar.
kets any more than If you asked 81 pound
for 1t. On the whole regard the dairy
producing interests TO be the most stable of
any business in which the people of this
country engage. It is not much affected by
business depressions.n