Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-11

properly made, ought to be better
than creamery, as the maker has
the means of controlling the feed
given to the cows and the handling OF
the milk all the way through. The
creamery buttermaker, on the other
hand, has to contend with patches of
poor milk; be will never gel better milk
tnan the average of what is produced
by his patrons. 1t is true, one reason
for the lower rank Of dairy butter is
the lack of uniformity, which hurts its
sale in the open market. This fact is
often not thoroughly understood by the
dairy farmer Take 100 tubs of dairy
butter-good, bad and Indifferent, with
an average score of 80 points, and they
will seldom be sold as high as 100 tubs
of uniform creamery butter scoring So
points. This fact alone, not to men
ton the saving of labor and the posi-
bilities and economy of the very best
appliances in the creamery, should be
sufficient to encourage the farmers to
cooperate and establish more creamer-
les. Take the conditions in England. II
the farmers were to cooperate there
it would be all the worse for the Danes
and Americans, just as the stronger and
more extended cooperation in the west
is proving such hard competition for
the east. 1t is not only the cheaper and
more fertile lands of the west, it is the
more enterprising spirit which adapts
itself quickly to new systems, new ma
chinery. And why? l may be wrong,
but it seems natural to me that older
communities are slow to undertake re-
forms. Just consider the case Of two
young men. One goes west and starts
untrammelled by the traditions OF what
his father and grandfather has done,
while the other has to face the adverse
criticism not only Of his relations, but
that of every one Of his neighbors. ls
there no excuse for his letting improved
methods alone and jogging along in the
old ruts of his forefathers? Nor must 1t
be supposed that the reform in the west
which is not completed by long shot
has been carried out, before the farm
ers were, so to say, starved into 1t. In
Dakota l asked "a patron OF creamery
how many cows he MIXED; he replied:
Two last year. ten this year. and Will
milk more next year" When, in my
enthusiasm, l slapped him on the
shoulder, saying: You are the man Of
my heart he added, with a queer
smile: But l had to be starved into
it," The truth is that the most sue
cessful creameries are in the districts
where the continuous wheat crops have
reduced the yields, and the low prices
the profit to starvation point. What
little l have seen OF the eastern farm
inc. where enormous sums are spent
on artificial fertilizers, makes me be-
lieve that only by an intelligent CO.
operation in dairying will the aver
age" farmer get out of the dismal
swamp of Improbable farming. There
are enough isolated cases of unquali-
fed success to prove this. While do
not desire to be understood to advo-
cate the total aboishing of private
dairying, do firmly believe that the
i establishing of more creameries in the
| east will prove benefit to the farmers.
| Creameries--when properly run-are
| centers of education which soon spread
, a better knowledge of cheap milk pro-
| duction, and a better understanding OF
true cooperation.