The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-08-03
SELLING THE CREAM.
why 1t Is Preferable to Making Butter
on tho Farm.

| why 1t Is Preferable to Making Butter
on tho Farm.
Why sell cream in preferences TO
making butter? Ask the patient house
wife or female help which is the more
pleasant on hot summer day, when
the sun pours down in scorching
splendor, and the COW gives such an
abundance of milk. when there is SC
much to be done our fair ladies are
overburdened with work, which is
more conducive to health and comfort,
to toll for hours over the churn and
working butter, or to simply get cream
ready and have the driver take it at
your ease? Which requires the least
labor and leaves the time for other
work? The answer is unnecessary.
But great many people say, what is
timeP That is nothing to us, we don't
care so much about time-it is money
we want. Very we'll, admit this to be
true for the sake of argument only, let
us see. We have kept careful track OF
the prices paid for butter at the same
time, and find, as the result of our OBJ
servations, that during the summer
months, when the yield was highest,
and the bulk of the butter made, the
prices paid for cream were as high,
and even higher, than the prices paid
for butter. Which then is the more
profitableP But here some good butter
maker goes a step further in advance
and claims that she can make dairy
butter just as good as creamery, and
commands just us high Il price. That
is all true enough in some instances,
can or do they all do it? For every
one who does make this high grade of
butter, there are nine others who do
not. 1t is so with the majority. With
due respect, we will not claim that all
do not make good butter, for we will
take every farm wifes word for it, and
say they do. However, we might class
butter as good, better and best, dis
carding poor altogether. Then for
every farmer who makes the best but
ter, you will find only two who make
the better butter, and seven the good.
Now the idea is right here: Creamery
butter sells from three to ten cents
pound higher than ordinary dairy. If
they can buy your cream, paying you
just the same price for it, or even more
than you would receive had you
churned it into butter, saving you AL
this extra time, trouble. labor and ex-
ira expense. and if they manufacture
butter out of it that sells on the average
for at least five cents Il pound more
than it otherwise would, is not saving
OF five cents a pound on every pound of
butter made in the creamery great
saving to the country? Think Of what
il does, that single five cents gained.
1t is left right here among yourselves.
IL does not wander into the capacious
pockets of millionaires or bloated cor
porations-it is clear gain to you. 1t
helps support some of your families; it
buys some of your surplus products; ii
helps your various industries. Take it
in figures if you please. During the
year the creamery at this place turned
out about 81, 900 pounds OF butter. The
increase of value gained thereby, the
net gained figure at five cents per
pound, coming right home to you.
would mean Il saving to this community
of the snug little sum of
"a, $50. Is it worth while to support a
of Dairy Informa-
tion.