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

! thought perhaps the informa ton
contained IN my answer might be useful
to others and so struck of several cop
les. one Of which ! enclose.
Very truly,
f. b. LINFIELD.
Dear Slr;-From your letter OF Nov
Faith II Is evident that the dairy bust
ness Is new to you and | wish that time
would permit me to come down and
talk over matters with your people. |
fear, however, that / am too busy at
this time 10 leave. Your say In your
letter that you expect to sell cream,
and have the skim milk at home In good
condition, but DO not say where you ex.
pect 10 market your cream, or upon
what basis you expect 10 sell II. / note
that near the town from which you
write there Is already creamery which
ought not 60 be too far from you to
get your skim milk back in good condl-
tin.
With the light you have given me
will try TO answer and explain as best
can the matters you inquire about
From your mentioning Of twenty-five
families | pr, sume you must refer TO
some small settlement outside OF the
town you write from, where the people
live close together. Thus they desire 70
establish a skimming station and send
their cream to some factory at q dis
lance. With the skimming station al
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 20 be hauled long
distance to the factory ! understand
from your letter that II Is some such an
arrangement you desire and you want
20 know how to do Il ard Will II pay.
As | am not acquainted with all the
facts / Will endeavor 10 present the
arguments pro and con and afterwards
look into some OF the details. Two
propositions. ! presume,' are open 10
you, first; 20 sell the milk; second, TO
sell the cream. In selling milk the
question to consider would be:
ID How much can | get per hundred
for the milk or for each pound OF
butter fat contained in the milk?
90 How much will IL cost TO deliver
the milk to the factory and to get the
skim milk back?
go In what condition will the skim
milk be. and what will 1t be worth for
feeding after the long haul?
| think you have the facts In your
own neighborhood to answer the first
two questions. The value of the skim
milk will depend upon It's condition
when It gets back to the farm and the
purpose for which II is to be used. For
hog feeding, II used each day as II
comes back, as II ought TO be. II viii
be as good a little sour as when fresh.
provided the skim milk tank at the fac
tory Is cleaned out each day as the
patrons should insist upon, as their
right We have found in our expert
ments that skim milk was worth for
hog feed from fifteen to twenty cents
per hundred pounds. For calf feeding
il should be fresh for very young anil
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;
0) The investment In a sliimmlng
station building and machinery.
90 The expense OF running the plant,
interest on capital. fuel. incidental re-
pairs, oil, hired help to run the ma
chinery, etc.
CD Hauling the cream TO the market
you have.
(D Delivering the milk, TO the skim
ming station and hauling back the
skim milk
90 How much will be obtained for the
cream
% What would the building and
machinery cost?
A small building 20x2O feet Will do. II
should be substantially built and have
a good floor. A local carpenter could