The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-03-06
BEST IN THE WORLD
The Finest Quality Of Butter Can Be
Produced in Montana.
HERR BANDMANN'S OPINION
He Says the Time Is Not Ripe for
Successful Dairy Work Here,
But Another View Is
Expressed.

III lultINltW III ehS
Standard of Feb. %. well-known citi-
zen OF Butte urged the Importance Of
dairy interests In Montana. claiming
that thereby the farmers of Montana's
rich valleys could supply the markets
of the state with dairy products. Dan
lei f. Bandmann OF Missoula i'm an ex-
tended article. dlscourages this idea
and insists that Montana is not ripe
for successful dairy work and that the
native grasses are not we'll adapted for
butter making.
While Mr.. Bandmann may not have
found his efforts in that direction prof
liable, yet there are some pioneer Mon
tana ranchmen who have met with sue
cess in this line. Careful inquiry of
several men of wide experience in Mon
tana, as to the quality of our natural
grasses for dairy purposes. shows the
prevailing sentiment that there is no
better quality anywhere.
John c. Bremen of Amesville. Mont,
says the natural grasses of that section
are undoubtedly well adapted to dairy
purposes. that on hay alone they find
no difficulty in producing butter which
completes successfully with that made
by the best eastern creameries. Mr..
Bremen admits serious difficulties In
successfully managing creamery in
Montana under existing conditions. but
a correction of these unfavorable con-
ditions is one of the important things
for which we contend.
Among eastern dairymen the boys,
and in many cases the girls. make up
the milking force. and as a consequence
the actual expenses are kept very low.
1t is admitted that great many of
those occupying farm lands to-day in
Montana are not willing to adapt them
selves and families to such conditions,
but prefer to let the calves do the milk
ing. So long as this Is the case with
any considerable proportion Of our
rural population, Just so long will
creameries be failure.
In an interview with George Wood
worth of Butte, who for many years
was a successful farmer in the Big Hole
| Basin, he states that a number of his
acquaintance in the Basin are sue
cessful dairymen, making fine butter,
which is marketed in Gibbonsville at a
good price He also states that one
farmer of his acquaintance on the Big
Hole is very successful in the manu-
| facture of Swiss cheese, and that all
/ these people attribute their success
largely to the excellent quality Of the
natural grasses of that section. believ-
ing II to be especially well adapted to
| their needs.
| in finding a reliable market at a fair
price for Montana butter, but there
| seems to be a well defined reason why
| dealers give preference to eastern
batter, and IL is this: The majority OF
| Montana butter makers permit their
stock to go dry during the long winter
and then of course the supply of butter
must come from the East 1t is not al
| ways easy to arrange with an eastern
| creamery for a winter supply unless
you will also take your summer supply
| from them. II Montana dairymen will
| shelter and feed their stock properly in
winter there is no reason why they
/ should not make butter in winter just
as they do in other states, and when
we say feed we mean plenty of the rich
| sweet hay for which this state Is ia
nous. No doubt in favored localities
| where wheat bran can be had at a fair
| price, IL would pay to add a ration OF
IL, and with wheat no higher than In
| eastern states there is no good reason
why bran should be higher here than
/ there. 1t is a fair presumption that
large dairy interests would aid in max
ing wheat growing more satisfactory
in Montana than 1t is. by making a re-
| liable demand at home for the product
which can undoubtedly be sold as
/ cheap as in any other section.
What we contended for is, that this
/ state has many natural advantages fol
| the dairymen and that IL only remains
| necessary that our people make intel
| ligent use of these advantages, wher
the Montana markets will be amply
supplied with butter and cheese OF oui
own producing. and of a quality second
to none in the land.