Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-24
IOWA DAIRY PRODUCI
state Dairy Commissioner Norton
Makes His Annual Report to
the Governor.
An Increase in the Number Of
Cows and Creameries in
Iowa
Some Interesting Figures and Com.
ment-The Work Of the
Commissioners.

i
port OF B. P. Norton, state dairy com
missioner which was made public to-
day, shows that there has been slight
decrease in the output of creamerieslI
generally in the state during the year
ending May !, 1900. The number of
creameries has greatly increased, but j
the average product Of each creamery
has decreased somewhat. At the same
time the cheese factories have increased
in number and in amount of product.
The comparison of statistics for the
previous year is made as follows:
Number Of creameries. 1899, 94s; 1900,
1894.
Number of cows in Iowa, auditors re-
port. 1899, 1,216.2T5; 1900. 1,295.960.
Cows from which milk is received at
the creameries. 1899, 625512;; 1900, 6s1,
500.
Average mum ber OF COWS per cream
cry. 1899, s04; 1900, 7s1.
Total number of creamery patrons,
1899, 90,364: 1900, 01,41I.
Average number patrons per cream
cry 1899, 116; 1900, 13.
| Average number OF cows per patron.
1899, n; 1900, Z.
Number of creameries and skim sta
Itions, 1899. 92;; 1900, 121.
Number of creameries closed for any
reason, 1899. 10; 1900, 75
| Average price Of butter for the year
ending Nov i. 1900 partly estimated,
1899, .2065; 1900 %.
Number of creameries that Pasteurize
skinned milk. 1899. IS; 1900 205.
\ Number of farm separator creamer-
lies, 1899, 2: 1900, s.
Number farm separators reported.
1899. 1.762;; 1900, 3,S32.
Number of creameries using acidity
ltest for cream. 1892 1900, 1o7.
Average wages of buttermakers per
month. 1S99 s52.I7;: 1900, $3.50.
4 Average pounds of butter per cream
cry, 1899. 1890; 1900, 104,91s.
Total pound 9 butter made in cream
zieries OF state for year ending May i,
q 1899, ST,972. .4i0: 1900. S4,965.0 062.
Number cheese factories. 1899. 81; 1900,
Pounds cheese made, 1899 s,ess, ,1os;
Il 1900 a. 4.2l2.432.
Average value crearneries, 1899, ss,145;
q 1900 s3,2S6.
Total value creameries and skim sta
|tions, 1899. 81, 730.72T;; 1900. s., ,92s 029
All these figures are for the year end
ing May 1 1900, except the number of
cows as shown by the auditors reports
and the number OF creameries The
u Hast iss up to date as much as it can be
made.
a most significant feature Of the re-
Iport is the edevelopmentsoft the use of the
;. farm separator. In 1898 only 904 farm
separators We're in use in the state,
: while at present 1892 are reported.
+ about per cent of all the patrons of
( lcreameries. The use Of the farm separ-
i ator is very rapidly increasing. There is
e some difference of opinion as to the
r practical value of the separator to the
: farmer. but the preponderance OF evi-
j. dence is very largely in favor Of its use
s BY using a separator of llis own, this
s farmer keeps the sweet milk at home
e and sends nothing but the cream to ths
lli creamery. He has thus the sweet mill
/ tin the best possible condition for feeding
! to HE calves and pigs; avoids the cog
d of hauling to the creamery and hacl
g again and reduces the expense Of oper
) ating the creamery. The estimated sav
~ ing is from to cents per pound o
q butter--1la cents less for hauling. cen
. less at the factory. and 1 u to 21S cent
k gain in the value of the SKINNED milk
"A These estimates are the result Of
thorough investigation by the stat
dairy commissioner. He sent out in
quiries to large number of creamerie
y and creamery patrons.
le 1t is shown that besides the gains re
y ferred to the farmer will have fewe
ID ID cans to care for; will run no risk 9
= bringing disease germs on his prem
=. isas in the milk from other farms. whic
~ comes TO him under the present syste1
" from the creamery; will be more inde
AZ pendent of the creameries and can e
farther to find a good market for HI
y cream; the sanitary conditions VIII i
er better: there will be no dispute over ii,
nj quantity or quality of skim milk; n
e Sunday work will be required; bette
ne butter can be made and it will reaui,
Ia smaller investment to operate
creamery.
i. On the other hand. objections 10 Il
tn use of the separator by The fsS,ner a
lar made on the ground that he does NJ
he usually understand how to operate it
,le the best advantage and the machine
led allowed to run at low speed, resulti1
~ in imperfect skimming and loss 10 u
farmer who does not know that II
machine is doing imperfect work. Al
other objection made by the creame
go men is that the farmers do : NOT tai
d. care of the cream after it is separate
'ut but mix fresh cream with old and
OIL 1T comes to stte creamery sour and
rus bad condition, resulting in a loweril
en-. of the grade OF the butter. Co,nrnl
J. sioner Norton urges creamery men
advise their patrons about the selecti
=. and use of separators, so that they IN,
~ have the best machines and understal
80 80 how to operate them to the best adva
~. tage. There seems to be no dispu
that It is greatly to the advantage
the farmer to use the separator, pr
i, viding he usss II right, and that
ps. more cows ne has the greater will
to- his profit from using 1t.
ext The report shows that there are 8!
re- lty-two creameries receiving cree
mn from ten to lis farm separators eat
There are eighty-five gathered ere,
creameries where nothing but cream
FRS. received. In many Of these the cree
for is hand SKINNED. resulting In gr'
me. waste. Experiments show that