St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-17
COOPERATIVE DAIRYING.
An Optimis;'s Views on How to
Increase the Value of Dairy
Cows and Farms.

Increase the Value of Dairy
Cows and Farms.
The Orange Judd Farmer is in receip.
of the following communication from
G. B. Lambert, of South Dakota: "At
the present time cooperative dairying
means new life to the farmers through
out our entire dairy world. But with
out cooperation their strength is so di-
vided that each man struggles alone.
During twenty years experience as a
professional operator, and study of
many SYSTEMS which have been devel-
oped seemingly to the interest of the
farmer, l have seen nearly every one
become unsuccessful and leave the
farmer after years of labor and expense
in no better financial condition than
when he started, because of the want of
organization with his fellows. There is
now revolution going on which, with
their intelligent support, will give them
that relief they are in need Of. How is
it to be accomplished? AS class farm
ers are not ignorant, yet there is among
them feeling that the outside world is
going to rob them OF their own, their
life, their all. Let them put aside all
selfish feelings. political or religious,
make several square miles into
A Cooperative Dairy Farm,
become as one family uniting their in
telligent labors with determination
that it shall succeed. Then the corner
stone Of the dairy cooperative system
will be laid. The benefits to be derived
from such organization cannot be esti-
mated to their full value. 1t is a source
of daily revenue to every cattleman,
and where they are burdened with
mortgage it will give them bank ac
count instead; 1t relieves their wives
and families from drudgery; lightens
their own labors; enhances the
value of the land $40 to SIS
per acre; increases the profits
Of cow from S25 to $50 under the old
system to $40. S65 and even $40 per year;
nor does it require any extra care or i'm
proved mode of treatment. By the i'm
proved Elgin process Of butter and
cheese manufacture you get all the
cream from the milk, which means one
to two and half pounds more of butter
from each 100 pounds or more OF milk,
and the product is not only increased
but it sells for double the price of the
average farm butter. On the old sys-
tenn, with the combined labor of the
farmer and family, the cow brings only
50 per month, whereas with co-opera-
ton, the latest machinery and skilled
operator she
Will Yield s5 to 81 Per Month.
Suppose you invest in creamery stock
to the amount of 5000, and have herd
of ten cows; in less than seven months
the extra profit you have derived from
cooperation has paid for your stock, and
with good management the stock itself
will give you 10 to Is per cent more for
the investment. Can you find any objcc-
ton to joining such an enterprise where
everything is to your advantage and per-
s0nal gain2 Do you realize that you owe
to your fellow men, your family and
your financial circumstances change
in your mode of dairying? Lay preju-
dice aside, unite with your ne1ghbor,
and form company on the cooperative
plan, which will give you the real value
Of your labor and the greatest profit
from your own cows. Do you know that
400, O00. 900 pounds of oleomargarine is
annually manufactured and Consumed
in the United States? This alone means
a loss Of 800, 900, 900 to our dairYmen.
Can you afford to lose such q large
amouht3 IL so, then stay In the old rut;
but If not, then Join hands. giving your
hearty support to build up and MAIN
tain i'm your section an Elgin cO-opera-
tive cheese and butter factory.