Arizona republican., 1898-02-10

pounds, and cheese, 17,O94 pounds. ed during this period was 109.2S7 During 1897 the creamery paid out 2O,74O.93 for milk. These figures rep resent the amount of money the tiguous to Phoenix received from their dairy interests last year. This was scattered among eighty and one hun dred ranchers, some having but two or three COWS and others having large numbers.
 The butter sold during 1897 by the creamery amounted to S23,S70; cheese, $1,731.69. A great deal of cream is sold every day by the cream cry to the hotels and restaurants in the city, and some is sent to outside points. The cream sold in this way by the creamery last year amounted to $3,000.
 The Salt River valley is the great garden spot and dairy for the vast mountain regions stretching out in every direction which are every year increasing their population. Butter, cheese and cream are shipped from Phoenix to Congress, Jerome, Yuma, Wilcox, Prescott and as far north as Flagstaff. Many cans of cream are sent out to these places every day by the dairymen and the creamery. Ranch butter is also sent to the min ing camps, and it is not infrequent that a rancher is given a contract to furnish butter for merchants in these camps. So it is only a guess at the best to give the figures representing the amount of butter and cream pro duced in the valley. But one thing is certain and that is that the dairy in- terests are not retrograding. They are in better condition than they ever were, and the future will be better than the past. Es MT. c. E. Finch of Tempe is a rep | resentative dairyman whom the Re publican reporter chanced to meet at l the creamery a few days ago. Asked l his opinion of the dairy interests of the valley MT. Finch said: "The dairy interests are progressing toward a condition when they will give better l returns to the men engaged than the present time affords. Although now | it is a profitable industry, yet we are | just getting down to the real business end of the industry-and that lies in the kind of stock we use. A better class of stock is being brought into the valley, and when the scrubs are
 relegated to the backwoods and the Jersey takes its place in the alfalfa fields then the dairy interests will be on the top wave of success
 T figure" MT. Finch continued
 that it costs $5 to pasture a COW the
 year round in the valley. Back east where came from it costs about SIS
 I think it is better business here than in the east, but cannot say that it has reached that stage of perfection
 which we find in eastern states. But
 we will get there some day. To show
 the value of the Jersey COW will just state my own experience. The test
 of milk from my Jersey returns pel cent butter fat at the present time and
 it never varies far from that. The
 milk from my other COWS returns 31s
 and 4 per cent, and think in the i'm.
 provement of our cows lies the ulti
 mate crowning success of the dairy
 interests in the valley"
 l Mir B. Rays Is the manager of the
 Maricopa creamery and the great sue.
 cess of the creamery is due largely tc his good management. He is a prac
 tical dairyman and is the possessor O.
 a large ranch in the valley which ht
 has operated with success. He ha.
 the confidence of the ranchers as vel
 as the business men of the city ant
 territory and with such man il
 charge the future of the Maricops
 creamery cannot be other than pros
 porous.
 While the creamery handles a larg, | of d..
 valley every day the greatest portion
 dreds of COWS are milked. 1h,
 creamery is the patron of the smal
 dairyman. It opens a market for tn
 ranchman with three or four COWS
 and it is in this way the poor mal is the promoter of the dair,
 interests of the valley.
 helps the poor man by giving him
 ready market for his cream. The bi
 dairymen can take care of themselves
 and they are doing it in good shape il
 the valley. They run their own waS
 ons and have their patrons in the cit,
 to whom they deliver milk and crear
 every morning. And they make but ing always for a little less than cream E
 of town patrons to whom they sen cream and butter every day. Milk delivered at four cents a quart to tn , patrons of dairymen in the city The 7 sell tickets to their patrons, givin l twenty-five for $1. But when sold i 5 small quantities the price is five cent } quart. These tickets are good fo 3 one quart of milk.
 A well known dairyman was aske !, how many COWS were milked in tn 3 valley every morning and he put th ? number at 2,000. This included bot @ sides of the river, covering an exte1 l sive ranching district. Some dair! l men think this is less than the re; l number, but there never was a cer l sus taken and the matter is left f6 e men to guess at.