The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-25
NEWS ABOUT THE DAIRYMEN
MUCH TALK OF BUILDING
NEW CREAMERIES

NEW CkEAMERlES
Little Change Noted In the Butter
Market-Prices Keep Up-Out-
fitting Houses Say Their Trade
In Supplies Was Never Better--
State Department Finds There Is
Very Little Cleo In the Market.
The last week has been q very quiet one
among the creamery men Of the state, owing
to the continued absence from the road of the
creamery organizers. In quite few local.
tics creameries are being talked of and next
week will without doubt see several con-
tracts closed.
Spring work with the farmers has been
just about completed.
This will enable all concerned to take a
short rest and talk creamery for a while.
The CORPS will get around the last of this
week or the first of next week.
The increased prosperity of farmers In 10
calities where cooperative creameries or
cheese factories have been started Is GER
tainly a significant fact, attesting to the
utility of the dairy cow and the practicability
of dairying as diversity of the farm.
The butter market remains just about the
same last week: If anything it Is little
better cleaned out. There never was time
when there was 80 little high test butter on
the market as at present. In the face of the
grazing season, butter, the queen of dairy
products. continues to rise on the wings Of
demand. Seldom has as high price been re-
corded at this time Of the year.
Another significant fact about the dairy
business is that very little poor or medium
grade butter is offered on the market and
very little Is called for. The people of the
Northwest and the middle central and West
ern states, whom our farmers principally
cater to. demand nothing but the best.
Creamery Quitting houses say that their
trade in supplies was never better.
Cornish, Curtis & Greene say: I'VE are
shipping great deal of machinery this week
on orders which were taken by our men
early in the month. Creamery men have
never shown as much activity in refitting
and improving their creameries as during
this last month. We are highly pleased with
the way business has held up over the usual
ly dull season."
Mr.. Frink, of B. F. Fargo & Co., states
that his firm has received largely increased
| number Of supply orders over corresponding
| time last year. He looks forward to quite a
brisk business in building creameries before
the warm weather sets in.
Denmark furnishes the dairy products to
the city of Kong Kong, China Recently a
shipment of fancy Minnesota butter was sent
to the Flowery Kingdom, where it received
d.. o.,
A new cooperative creamery will be opened
| at St. Lawrence, S. D. The old plant operat-
| ed by number of non-residents has been
| purchased by the farmers Of the vicinity, who
| will from now on make their own butter and
cheese.
meeting of the farmers in the vicinity of
| North Crow River, Mimi, will be held on
next Saturday, April &c. in the town hall,
| when report on the amount Of stock sub
i scribed wiz be made.
| new creamery will be built some time
/ this spring at Gordonsville, MINI. Plans and
specifications have already been drawn and
| estimates made.
| There is scarcely a locality that pos
prosperous dairymen may not be found The
| excellent prices which are obtained in our
city for fine private marks attest well to the
good judgment of those who profit by the care
and industry necessary to conduct good
| dairy or a private creamery.
1t will be Of great advantage to dairyman
| to make an individual test CT every cow in
his herd. In this way he can determine the
milking capacity Of every cow he owns, and
thus save quite an item In feed. There is
no animal which evidences as much individ-
uality as the COW. Some cows might eat their
heads off and never give but proportional ely
small amount of milk. Others just the re-
verse. Testing is becoming quite popular
with darymen.
meeting Of milk shippers and dealers
was recently held in Chicago to endeavor
/ to fix the price of milk for the next three
months. Owing to a number of complica-
lions no coup was fixed up on the cows prod
uct.
Assistant Dairy Commissioner Lawrence
stated a few days ago that but little "oleo'
was being sold at present in the Northwest.
The individuals or firms who had in the past
~ sistently manufactured butterine had be-
coiio discouraged because OF the untlr1nS
war waged by the authorities against the
practice The state Is comparatively free
from the fraud.
Before using all dairy utensils they should
be rinsed In warm water. Then clean inside
and out with a brush and hot water IN
which cleaning material Is dissolved Use
pure water only.
An up-the-country Journal reports that the
fodder crop has just about been exhausted
and that hay is also very scarce The COWS
were living on straw, which had greatly re-
duced the quality and quantity Of milk given.
Large herds Of cattle mean greater guam
titles of fertilizers, and the distribution of
fertilizers brings abundant harvest and an
increase Of wealth to the farmer whose FORE