The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-31

gresSlve farmers would welcome More
over, the dairy business distributes the
labor of the farm over the whole seas
on, it is not all crowded into the few
summer months. The work of the sum-
mer season being lightened the dairy
farmer has less need for depending
/ upon outside help at the time when this
help is scarce, and what help he does
employ he can use the year round, thus
! improving the condition of the farm
help as well as that of the farm owner.
First Factories.
With this change to the third stage
of dairy development in the state, came
rapid growth and Improvement in the
business. 1t is in comparatively recent
times that the first factories were built
| in Utah. Mr.. L. Hansen built the first
! cheese factory in 1888, at Wellsville.
Mr.. w. NJ. Raymond started the first
! gathered cream plant about the same
time. The first separator creamery
was started in the bottom land between
Moroni and Fountain Green, Sanpete
| country, about the same date or year
later BY 1898 there were twelve fac
/ tories in operation, three in Cache
county, one in Box Elder county, one in
Weber county, two in Davis county,
three in Utah county, and two in San
| pete county. Three of these. closed IN
the next year or two. Nevertheless the
increase in the number of factories has
moved steadily forward, and the past
year there were sixty-one cheese and
butter factories and skimming stations
I in operation.
These factories are located as fol-
lows: Cache county. 10: Box Elder
county, l: Web.r county, 5; Davis coun-
ty, 5; Salt Lake county, 3; Utah coun-
ty, 10; Summit county. 8; Wasatch
county. 4; Morgan county. 1; Willard
county, 2; Sanpete county, 10; Sewer
county, .; Tooele county. l; Juab coun-
ty, 8; Beaver county, l.
From what can hear people in many
of the counties that are more distant
from the railroads are thinking of
building factories in the near future.
The operation of butter and cheese
factories calls for a certain amount OF
skilled labor, and yet they are not ere
ators of labor. in fact, they are the OPP
posite. They take from scores and nun
dreds of farmers the work of making
butter and cheese and place it in the
hands of one, two or three persons as
the case may be. The factory is
labor saving system. In the siXty-one
factories of the state there are from
los. to 10 men employed at an average
wage of S425 per year, including heao
makers and assistants. As many more
are employed with teams drawing the
milk to the factories. About $4,000 to
100000 is paid yearly for labor in ana
about the factories.
The factories in the dairy business
are not alone labor saving, but they
are also capital saving systems. One
dairy outfit serves the sThole commun-
ity. In the dairy plants of the state
there as about $500, 900 invested.
During the past year the factories re
ceived about 100000 pounds of milk,
the product of about 10000 to 23,OOo
cows The butter made was close to
2.500, 900 pounds, and the cheese about
100000 pounds.
Prices Were Good.
During 1899 the price of dairy pro-
duets has been better than for some
years past, not alone in the state, but
in surrounding states, where the Titan
product was marketed. The demand
has never been better During the year
the factory dairy business in the state
has added TO the income of 5000 farmers
close to 500, 900.
/ have TO means of learning NV
much butter and cheese was produced
apart from that manufactured in fac
tories, nor how much milk was used as
such. 1t would take 5000 or 10000 cows
to produce the milk used as milk in this
state did each family not use more than
one quart a day. There is probably as
VI III ate
dairies than is made in factories, but
is worth only from one-half to two
thirds as much per pound. Ranch |
cheese is yet made but ii is rapidly |
quantity. If we will add |
all the above items together a rough !
estimate would make the total value |
to the farmers Of the milk, butter and |
cheese sold about 81, 500 600.
We might go on and show the amount |
invested in the dairy business by the |
farmers; the farm equipment and the |
livestock, but that is outside of our |
purpose at this time.
In closing suffice It to say that the (
dairyman in looking back on the year
that has past has reason to be thank
full and to feel encouraged at the out
look for the future. Some few are
fearful of the future; we are going to
override the business. / cannot %.e it
so. With the Industrial development of
this and surrounding states it is going
to keep us hustling to keep up to the
demand. In the natural development
that is upon US the power used viii be
from a Harvesting of the natural forces
stored in our mountain streams, and in
the coal fields.
The Utah farm will have to provide
food for men. not for the lower animals.
1 believe therefore, that in the future
as in the past the farmers of the state
will continue to have one of the best
markets in the United States will they
but grow these products which are most
eagerly demanded, and grow them in
such a way that they will represent
the greatest amount of skill and intel
ligence on the part of the producer!
Art is intelligence made manifest, and
the highest manifestation of intelH-
gence in the production of food, no less
than in other things, will always re-
ceive recognition and reward.