Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1898-02-18
Il. EANDAHlL., Agt.
Elm Dale.

Elm Dale.
Feb. IA Everybody is happy, plenty
OF snow and good sleighing, farmers
busy hauling, teams going all hours OF
the day.
Nick Meyer, of Rich Prairie, was IN our
city to spend the Sabbath. He is selling
DIR. Booths German Remedies and came
to Hollenbeck & Wightman for a new
supply. He reports sales good.
L The young people enjoyed a pleasant
time at the surprise on Mrs. Rudeck last
Sunday evening. We are informed tat
the boys were more numerous than the
girls. Boys, why don't you take your
girls with you?
We understand that some OF the farm
ers want a cheese factory so that thew
can patrOnize either the creamery or
cheese factory. 1t would be a good
thing for our farmers to have. both
factories. 1t would create opposition
and consequently raise the price OF milk.
1t Is not unusual to see cheese factories
and creameries located near each other.
There is no doubt but that making
cheese is more profitable some seasons
OF the year; another thing we have no
cheese factories near here and our cheese
has to be shipped in from Minneapolis or
some other market and consequently
comes SO high to consumers that cheese
N this localit" becomes a luxury. 1t
retalls tooay at 12H cents per pound
and butter at the same price, The same
quantity OF milk that will make one
pound OF butter will make two and one
hall pounds 0f cheese. II for any reason
you happen to make poor batch of
cheese it does not. affect the price like it
does butter. The country surrounding
Elm Dale is very thickly settled and can
easily support both creamery and
cheese factory.
We understand that Hollenbeck &
W'ghtman contemplate building a new
store in the spring and that they offer
the use OF the store building that they
occupy fora cheese factory. They will
put in the building for what it is worth
and take shares in cheese factory for
the value of the building. They say
they are obliged to build a larger build
ing so they can handle their store and
medicine business in the same building.
That is certainly very liberal offer on
their part and our farmers should get
together and consider the proposition.
A cheese factory can be run :profitably
with the milk from one hundred cows
and a creamery requires at least 800 to
900 cows to make it profitable. Cream
cry butter is quoted today at Is cents
in Minneapolis, cheese 9h to 10 cents.
1t costs as much to manufacture and
market pound Of butter as it does to
manufacture and market 2A pounds of
cheese. To illustrate, it costs cents
per pound to manufacture and market
one pound OF butter which would ut the
present price Of butter net the farmer Is
cents per pound. 1t costs to manu-
1facture and market ~ pounds of cheese
. cents (and our farmers would have q
home market for a large portion OF their
cheese and would save the expense OF
boxing and shipping, commission, etc,
which would be an item worth consider
ing. TX pounds Of cheese will sell for %
cents, less expense OF manufacturing
and shipping, would net the farmer
twenty CENTS, a saving of Z cents to the
farmer, besides the saving of freight and
commission on what he sells himself at
home. Another thing in favor Of cheese
making ls that during the season when
cheese is low you can hold your cheese
aud it improves with age, While butter
.is worth lees every day you hold it. :5s !
z5l Nick Bo0s is busy hauling logs to be
sawed into lumber for his new home thai
he contemplates building this coming
spring. 4. z$ :z..fsa I.
The mill yard is full OF logs and every.
body is busy hauling away lumber and
hauling logs to the mill. 6. r. " . saws
- told You the ground hog knows hi.
business. z s.T