Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-02


Very truly.
y. II. LiNFiELD.
Dear slr:-From your letter OF Nov.
2ith II Il evident that the dairy busl-
ness Il new to you and wish that time
would permit me to come down and
talk over matters with your people. I
fear, however, that ! am too busy at
this time to leave. Your say In your
letter that you expect to sell cream
and have the skim milk at home In good
condition. hut DO not say where you .x-
pect to market your cream, or upon
what basis you expect TO sell II. I note
that near the town from which you
write there II already q creamery which
ought not 60 be too far FROM you to
get your skim milk back In good condi-
tin.
with the HIGHT you have given me
Will try Ia nnSwer and explain ~ best
I can the matters you inquire about
From your mentioning of twenty-five
families ! presume you must refer to
some small settlement outside OF the
town you write from, where the people
live close together. Thus they desire 20
establish a rkimming station and send
their cream TO some factory at q dis
lance. With the Hkimmlng station at
home, each farmer could haul his own
milk and take his skim milk back for
feeding. and only the small amount OF
cream would need TO be hauled a long
distance Co the factory understand
from your letter that Il Is some such an
arrangement you desire and you want
20 know how TO do II and will II pay.
N | am not acquainted with all the
facts ! Will endcavor to present the
arguments pro and con and afterwards
look into some Of the details. Two
propositions. presume, are open to
you. FIRST. to sell the milk. second, TO
aaIl haH IN a. nal
question TO consider would be;
~ How much can I get per hundred
for the milk or for each pound OF
butter tat contained In the mllk7
90 How much VIII II cost TO deliver
the milk to the factory and to get tho
skim milk backf
go In what condition will the skim
milk be. and what VIII IL be worth fer
feeding after the long haulG
| think you have the facts In your
own ncighborhood to answer the firrt
two questions. The value of the skim
milk VIII depend upon Its condition
when Il gets back to the farm and the
purpose for which II Is 10 be used. For
hog feeding, " used each day as II
comes back. as Il ought TO be. II will
be as good a little sour as when fresh.
provided the skim milk tank at the fac
tory IN cleaned out each day. as the
patrons should insist upon. an their
right. We have found In our expert
ments that skim milk was worth for
hog feed from fifteen 10 twenty cents
per hundred pounds. For calf feeding
ID should be fresh for very young AMI
mails. For animals six to eight weeks
old slightly sour milk may be used, but
II would probably be only one half as
valuable as for hogs.
In the next place did you separate
yourselves and sell your cream the
following items should be considered;
IN The Investment In sitimfnins
station building and machinery.
12D The expense OF running the plant.
Interest on capital, fuel. incidental re-
pairs. oil. hired help to run the ma
chincry, etc,
go Hauling the cream TO the market
| you have.
90 Delivering the milk. TO the skim
ming station and hauling back the
skim milk.
% How much Will be obtained for the
crenm7
a. What would the building and
machinery costf
A small building 2os?o feet will do. II
should be substantially built and have
a good floor. A local carpenter could