The record-union., 1897-02-02

| II IGCdtlS lHclllSCINtS. MANY 20 DIlI
the business with but little foresight
and as may be expected, fail, thereby
| discoura ging others from making an
attempt in this calling. We furnish
some valuable and instructive papers
from the pen of experienced poultry
raisers farther on in this volume, to
which We refer all who may be inclined
to go into the business of poultry rails
ing.
In the earlier history of wheat grow
ing in this State capital organized for
! investment in warehouse plants for
storage of grain. At Port Costa thou
sands of dollars were available for en-
! tensive buildings at tide water for that
purpose, and where sales could be made
| at the option of the owner. There is
now an opening under a similar plan in
the operation of cold storage where the
producer may store his surplus summer
| products for winter prices. Butter,
poultry, eggs and other food products
| that are produced in quantities exc aed-
| ing demand at certain seasons, could
| be stored until winter months, when
profitable prices prevail.
THE DAIRY BUSINESS.
| LII lIIiIiy VI Olii past reports we u1Ne
pointedly referred to the possibilities of
the dairy interests in California. We
have shown that our markets were sup
piled from other States with dairy pto-
| ducts; we have called attention to the
qualities of our superior milk producing
| forage. alfalfa, and agitated the estab-
| hShment of creamerieS in different
parts of the State that our own pro-
| ducts may be supplied for local and ex-
| port use.
The impetus given the dairy business
| by this agitation and cooperation If
capital is shown in the progress made
during the past few years. In 1889
there were but four concerns using the
| separator process, and TO a very limited
extent In 1896 we find 203 fully
equipped and firmly established cream
| cries doing business throughout the
State, causing very materially in
creased demand for high class dairy
stock.
The report Of Dairy Bureau shows
that for the season of 1896 there We're
81 G05,4 40 pounds Of butter made n
| this State, with only 61S,2 300 pounds
| imported. and G.3S3, 130 pounds of
cheese made and 639 $40 pounds in
ported 1t is only a few years since
these figures We're the reverse.
In the advancement of this most i'm
portant interest. the State Board Of
Agriculture has at all times been fore
most. and in keeping with their desire
to further its progress caused to be es-
tablished at the last State exhibition,
a separate department wherein was To-
Gated fully equipped dairy school
with all the modern creamery appl;-
ances, and manufactured both butter
and cheese. This school was presided
over by J. p. Pearson, Superintendent
Of the Fallon Creamery, with f. II.
Hageman. Superintendent of the Pesca-
derO Creamery as his assistant, who
acted as instructors in this industry.
The desire for practical information
on the part Of the public was quite ap-
parent, as the department was crowded
during the entire exhibition. Every
feature Of the exhibit was a success
and greatly appreciated by the dairy
men Of the State S. E. Watson of the
California Dairy Association was Su-
perintendent Of, this department and
deserves great credit for the manntr
in which he conducted his experiments
4 full report Of the exhibit with scores
made viii be found in this volume.
We have often asserted in our State
reports that California was capable of
producing the equal of any domestic
cheese, and the fact was fully estab-
lished in the favorable comparisons
made during this exhibit of the fully
matured cheddar cheese made by the
F'allOn and PescaderO creameries with
the best Eastern product found in the
market. While the 2l2 month product
of the NOvato Land Company of Marin
County, scored 81 points. as against
% for the six months cheese of other
| factories, shows what can be accom-
plished in the production of a good
article when the requisite capital is
Forthcoming, and proper organization n
and operation prevail. Major H f.
AlvOrd, Chief of the Dairy Division Of
the Department of Agriculture. acted
as one Of the judges in this. as Well as
the cattle department Of the exhibit.
and he expressed unusual surprise at
the quality Of California cheese, and
favorably commented upon its purity.
no adulteration Of any kind being found
in it's make up.
The attention Of our mercantile COM
munity is respectfully called to tn ese
facts, and it is to be hoped they
will lend their aid in the marketing Of
our home products which would be of
great benefit to not only those directly
engaged in their production, but the
State in general.
To the farmers of the State we would
that 1ittla OF
given this subject. with hay selling. as
it has been doing the past year. at a
price Of from 81 to 81 per ton baled. no
better disposition Of this crop could be
made at such figures than feeding to
milk cows, their product finding ready
sale at from so to 81 cents per 100
pounds at creameries with return of
the skinned milk that can be utilized
for hog and poultry feed.
The extension of the creamery bust
ness in this State makes it possible for
great proportion of our farming corr
munity to extend these subsidiary mr. =
ducts. We have case in mind whore
an owner Of three and one-half acres of
land and three COWS. delivered OYER
p 600 pounds of milk to a local cream
cry in twelve months and receives
therefore nearly 5000 or about S65 per
cow. Three acres of his land produced
alfalfa and nearly one-h half acre carrots
and beets His expenses was in tie
care Of his land and cows One months
comparison between this method Of
disposing Of his milk product with the
former plan Of making butter and sales
therefrom it was found that selling the
milk was more profitable to say notn-
ing Of time and labor saved 1t is sur
prising what a few acres of alfalfa