Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-01-23
THE DAIRY PROBLEM.
ADDRESS OF HON. n. X. SlAYTON AT
THE DAIRYMEN'S MEETING.
Dairying and Cold StoraRe-Whicb is the
Better Way? the Old or the Now
Causes of Farm Depression-Better
Times Coming.

causes OF Farm Depression-Detter
Times Coming.
The address delivered at tho dairymens
meeting at st. Adams last week contains so
much of especial interest to our agricultural
readers that we print it entire to-day, in
addition to the abstract which is published
| elsewhere Mr.. Slayton said:
In order to arrive at a clear understand
ing of our subject, it will be necessary to
show the selling value of butter in our large
| consuming markets made by the different
methods now in use. AT the outset 1t may
he well for the speaker to say that he has no
interest in any kind Of dairy implements Of
any name or description whatever, and his
| sole endeavor is, and will be- to give state
ment OF facts nld opinions formed in long
business life in examining, buying and sell
| ling dairy products, with view to owing
the better way in darying, which it adopted
| 10y all will bring better markets and greater
| prosperity to the farmers. | am not going
to argue OF say chat good, and even extra
butter caun-t be made 10y private dairying;
there are many c1ccllelt private diaries in
Vermont whose products, when sold fresh.
arc better than gathered cream creameries
and almost equal to separator creameries;
but the products of these same best dairies
when held in the average ceilers of the
farmers from June ! to October /, will
then sell four or five cents per pound less
than the butter made in the separator
creameries, and held by them from June 1
to October /, in proper cold storage
rooms.
But the question is not what few of the
best dairymen can do. The enquiry is % by
what system or method can the best re-
suits be obtained for all the dairy farmers
OF the State -
1t l. a question not only of making but
of kee ping the butter in best condition
until sold, and also the ability of marketing
for selling well the varied quality pro-
! duced by thousands of small diaries at as
good price as is obtained by the separator
creameries. 1t is not sold as well, and 1t
cannot be sold as well. 1t is on this point
that the average writer seems to lose his
head, or courage; some of them reason in
this way: That it pleases the people to tell
them that they are doing right, and as a
vast majority of farmers are engaged in the
Old way of private dairying, that they will
gain popularity by advocating that way.
These writer's are pursuing wrong course,
either from want of compromising the
situation, or to curry favor in the same
way that politician does when he hears
the people clamorlng for an unlimited issue
of currency, he says to them 'you are
right. bows. 90 ahead down with the gold
bugs" Or like the Farmers Alliance of the
far West and South, who advocate doctrines
that would be ruinous if carried into eff
feet to the interests of the farmers and
people, and especially so to the people of
the great Middle and New England States.
The average writer ON this dairy question,
lodges the point by arguing what can be
done by one farmer of means and ability.
instead of stating the facts accomnli2hed bv
giving tho selling price of butter made by
the different methods The issue is.
BY what method can the most uonev he
made bv all The farmers of tho State And
this can be settled not Inv theorias or fine
spun arguments but by giving fine facts
! All will agree that the New York Com.
merciai Bulletin the Boston Advertiser and
Chicago Tribune. rive fair market reporr.
for their respective markets New York
December quotations are as follows: Cream.
cry, lrsts, % cents; seconds. % cents. thirds
- cents: fourths. IS cents Dairy Gr,ts
23 cents; seconds |, cents. thirds 10 cents
fourth, $ cents; average price creamery %
cents, average price dairy 10 cents. Thu,
shows Il difference in favor of creameries OF
eight and one half cents per mound Tn,
difference YOU see on the tirsts is only si>
cents: on the seconds ein ht cents on thf
thirds and fourth, 10 c.nts per Mound II
Oh icago, the difference is greater creauer,
ranging from Is TO % cents and dairy from
six to II cents which favors the creamery
by 10 cents Der pouud In Boston the dit
ference is not so large: about six cents i
the average difference ON fresh made fin,
difference is less. and on butter held 81,
months or over. n little more. In 1sN1
when writing for the Mirror and Farmer n,
article advocating a change from the deir,
to the creamery svstem | asked ths lesdins
produce merchants Of the country to give
me the difference in price in their market,
between dairy and creamery butter and
their replies showed n difference of abou
four cents per mound Tie difference in nric
then compared with the difference now show
,, that creamery butter is growing in n,bh
favor. This gain in favor Of craamer,
; hutter is owing 70 ths fact proat man,
of the gathered cream crea,neries hay
changed into separator creomeries an,
, thrrabv r,,reotlv in,nrnyed tha nI,o,i,r.
Gathered cream hos a chence for all tho de
fects and odors that the common dairv (
subiect 70 bafore cburning wbiIa tho sar