Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-03-12
DIVERSIFIED FARMING,
5A Former Resident Of Little
W Falls Writes Concerning
Dairying.
SOME FACTS WORTH CONSIDERING,

The Creamery Business as
Conducted in q Wisconsin
County.
h Rev. William MOOre. formerly
pastor nf the congregational chui,h
of this city, now = resident 81 Clin-
ton. Rock county, writes an inter
esting letter on thedairyinG Industry
in his cOun ~. and gives full nc
count Of tile methods by which the
creamerips are .5 NJ
This branch Of farming Is increas-
ing quite rapidly in Minnesota,
There are now about son creameries
but nearly all Of them are loca ted IN
the southern part Of the state.
There is no dOubt bnt this portion Ot
the state is as well, il not better,
adapted to dairying as the southern
part, and its success In Morrison
county could not lie questioned II
proper business methods were fol
lowed. l.. n %tia5ia
Mr.. Moore is a close observer and
has taken the pains to become
thoroughly informed upon the sub
ject on which lie writes. Following
ii his letter: =, Ks
4 CLINTON, Wis, Marcel, 8, 1897.
TO THE EDITOR or THE DAILY TRAN
SCRIPT. ,..sss-. d. 49,: .z&5. n ##
DEAR SIR: The interest vpu take
in the agricultural affairs al Morri-
son county. and your strong advO-
cacy OF dairyins and diversified
farming leads me to- feel that few
lines descriptive of the dairy interest
in this portion uf tie country may
not be without interest to- some Of
your readers. Rock county is q veri-
table garden spot, climate and s''ii
combining t. make 1t one III the
richest sections of Wisconsin. In
{ For manv years the farmers con.
fined their attention almost entirely
to the raising of wheat. But. IA fs
always the case. the soil. rich az 1t IL.
the injurious effects which
invaria bly, follow the persistent rails
ing of one kind Of crop. This, and
the steadily falling price Of grain.
caused the farmers tn abandon wheat
40 that now scarcely an acre
Of 1t ia sOwn in the whole county
III abandoning wheat they went ~
to dairying with the result that the
soil has recovered its old time fertili-
tv. and the farmers have been en-
abled to hold their heads above
water during the hard times Of the
past four years. Several Of them
have told me that dniying is practic-
ally the only thing that pays, there
being, at present prices, no money in
cattle. hogs or sheep. ~ a.
do not know how many cream
cries there are in this county. hut
within II radius of ten miles OF Gin
ton, and not reckoning those across
the Illinois line close to here there.
are ten factories in successful opera
ton. All these factories are Oppr-
ated on the co-Opera tive plan and
are ,ncorpora ted under the Wisconsin
state lnws. IL. .55s.z 49,.
A brief description Of the factory in
this place will suffice tn give an idea
how these creamerles are worked
This creamery has u capitalof - 1000.
the shares being 1925 each. held by
shareholders, who annu-
ally choose their officers, consisting
Of president. vice-president. secretary,
treasurer and board Of trustees.
meeting, are held for the
Of business, and at each
the accounts for the pre-
ceeding month are audited. ~.
The management Of the creamery,
IL conducted with strictest economy,
the milk being made up at actual
cost; and as a consequeEcean annual
dividend Of ten per cent Is paid to
the tockholders, not q bad return
Tor such a time Of depression as this.
It costs from II to TX cents per
pound to maks the butter, all Of
which is sold at Chicago, except that
which is retailed here at tho present
price of FOX cents. 81,
The number OF patrons Of this
is ITO, and ut present they
IRE delivering about 10, 900 pOunds OF
milk daily. The present price for
milk is 85cents per hundred; the price
being governed bv the quota tiOns "
the Elgin, ILL.,, hoard Of butter. All
the milk is tested frequently. the
average quality being SO per hum
1red weight. 5
The seml-mOnthly statement which
| enclose will give you in detail the
receipts and expenses for the second
half Of January, and was furnished
me by the Hon s. s. Jones, Of this
place, who has had large experience