The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1895-04-05
DAIRY AND POULTRY.
INTERESTING CHAPTERS ron
OUR RURAL READERS.
How successful Farmer. operate This
Department Of the Homestesd-Iiints
~ to the Care Of Live stock and
ruutfrV
Checse FROM wl,con.ln standpoint.

ahcese from wisconsin standpoint
Recently | went to Chicago 10 learn
what | could about Wisconsin cheese
from the Chicago buyers standpoint. |
soon formulated list OF questions
that | put to the different men indie.
pendently, and was surprised TO iind
such a uniformity In their answers,
writes !. w. Decker in Hoard's Dairy.
man. The oiled cheese business nat
urally came into the discussion. The
leading firms said, I'VE handle filed
goods, not because we want to, but be
cause VIC nrc forced TO- We kept out
Of IL as long as we could, but we have
been obliged TO handle the stuff or 90
out OF the cheese business altogether,
for other firms quote cheese ut lower
price than we can sell full cream goods
for, and we have TO meet their prices,
or not sell any cheese. One firm, how.
ever, has gone into the manufacture Of
oiled cheese and is operating some
thirty factories, eight at least OF which
are in Wisconsin" Il hope the farmers
will instruct their legislators TO shut
them up without delay When asked
what was going 10 be the result II the
filled business was not stopped, the
unanimous reply was: The ruina-
tion OF the cheese business" Are the
farmers OF Wisconsin going to
stand by and allow this2 We need ma
tional Us we'll rs state legislation on the
subject. We have ten men In congress
who can and win make things pretty
hot on the subject at Washington, II
the farmers Of the state will only In.
sist on II. One Chicago dealer said:
81 have spent about $1,000 In the
last few years to fight the oleo bust.
ness and am getting tired OF Civ
ing money for that purpose, when the
farmers who take their milk 10 the fac
tories take home butterinc instead OF
butter (Ile mentioned certain dis
trict where that was quite generally
done.) II we are going 10 down this
filled business, the farmers must unite
In the effort TO down II, and as soon as
they are united TO man, the legisla-
tors will not dare 20 against the will
OF the farmers, for they would rather
be sure OF their positions than the oleo
mems money SO much for the "filled"
business. The replies 10 my questions
showed that there has been n decrease
In the make of cheese In Wisconsin
in the last decade. One buyer said
that eight or nine years ago the
offerings on the Fond du Lac board
would be 5000 boxes and II lac
wanted 1000 boxes he could get them,
but now when the offerings are sell
dom over 1900 and usually 1900 10
1000, he can not get what he wants.
i asked him II the cause Of smaller Of
fcrings was not In the greater number
OF boards OF trade; he said no, that he
could not get the cheese. know that
quite often buyer has orders 10 buy
Ms many or more cheese than are Of
fered on n board, and n he goes In
TO scoop the board" the other buyer,
will run the price up on him. Our
home consumption has been dccreas
ing. We ought TO make cheese enough
10 supply not only our home trade. but
the foreign Us well. Why should our
Wisconsin farmers not share the En-.
glish cheese money that Canada gets
A dealer told me that he shipped 4, zoo
boxes to England and cancelled orders
for 1000 more because he could not
get the cheese. One trouble the buy.
ers meet Is that our factories are
small and they can not get large
even lots. To make bad matter
worse, factory will make half fats
and half cheddars, or half fats and
half Young Americas. In order 10 get
the cheddars the buyer has TO take
the Hats, which he does not want, and
he probably cuts ON the price TO come
out even. When the cheese are sent
TO England, the dealer over there
writes back, "You sent us n lot OF culls
that you had on hand. We want even
lots Don't send us any more culls, for
we can get even lots from Canada. -
The buyers were unanimous In saying
that the best nutty favored cheese
come from northeastern and northern
Wisconsin. Southwestern Wisconsin
has better equipped factories and more
skillful makers, but the more northern
district seems TO be endowed with the
naturally fine, nutty Havors which can
not be surpassed anywhere In the
world. creameries have been crowding
the cheese factories out Of this district.
asked the buyers II any finer favored
butter could be made there than else
where, and they said no. / then
asked where the finest butter cane
from, and they were unanimous
In saying, and that without
hesitation, from the Elgin dis
trict. When asked what the cause OF
the better favored butter was, they
were not so sure, but thought II was in
the better feeding and care Of the cows.
Northeastern Wisconsin Is, then, pre-
eminent In the cheese belt, and we
need have no fear of the business being
oyerdone. The butter business can be,
but not so with the cheese business.
In the fall OF 's5, at the close OF the
first season In factory for myself, In
the "ledge" region, near Fond du Lac,
sent cheese to the American Fat
Stock and Dairy show and won over
5000 in premiums, but believe now l
did II through the fine favored milk /
was getting, rather than in my skill as
a maker. have been surprised since