The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1901-05-09
$40 a barrel. Now If the Parisians
did not buy those Ben Davis on their
looks, why did they buy them?
Dairv Notes.

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fish to the world any new process of
butter-making till they have had the
use of 1t for at least two years, thus
securing for themselves in their for
eign markets the benefits Of the said
process. We doubt the truth of this
statement, though we believe it is
made in good faith. If the Danes could
keep important secrets of that kind
for two years they could keep them
for a much longer time. The fact
probably is that the Danes find out
aew ways of doing things in the dairy,
md 1t takes one or two years for the
>orld to get around to applying the
same processes. New methods are
only slowly adopted by the general
community.
There has been great progress in
dairying during the century just
passed. At it's opening there was no
dairying to speak of anywhere in the
world. Centrifugal s~eparators and re-
frigerators were entirely unknown.
Dairy enthusiasts in those days did all
OF their figuring on the old methods of
dalrying-such as had been in vogue
for a thousand years. Dairy COWS at
that time were hardly a type by them
selves; at least in the English-speak-
ing world, if we except a few spots in
Scotland and the Channel islands. The
Americans had no distinctive dairy
form of COW. The progress during the
century in dairying was certainly mar
Velous-far more than in any previous
century. The centrifugal separators
and the milk testers alone are enough
to lift the century far above all of it's
predecessors, so far as dairy products
are concerned. Will the new century
show a like advance? We believe it
will. All the elements are already here
for progress in dairying such as the
world never before saw.
In an English exchange we notice
the following: DAIRY farming has
been described as the sheet-anchor OF
the agricultural industry, and, in many
respects this is true. 1t is, therefore,
of the greatest Importance that it's
progress should not be checked; that
those engaged in it should not be
placed under harassing and unneces-
sary restrictions or subjected to regu-
lations of an irksome character
through the action of Well-meaning,
but over-zealous theorists. Although
the new century opens with a prospect
to dairy farmers in many respects sat
isfaHtory, there are indications of diff
culties ahead, owing to the desire in
certain quarters to bring the influence
of the state to bear in unduly interior
ing with the carrying on of the busl
ness of dairy farming. The effect o!
this would undoubtedly be to drive
many men out of the industry, and il
behooves everyone who has the vel.
fare of agriculture at heart to see thai
nothing is done to hamper the only
branch of the industry that offers the
prospect of a satisfactory return to thu
farmer" But we would ask, how
about the health of the people tina
consume dairy products? Are they t
be exposed to every disease that mill
can carry just to make sure that th'
business is not hampered?" Tn
state certainly needs to see to it tina
such important articles of food a
dairy products be surrounded witt
safeguards insuring healthfulness.
The profits in the manufacture O
oleOmargarine are enormous. A BIZ
company to manufacture it has beel
: formed in Washington and have bee
selling stock. Of course, tt dispos
of their stock they had to send, out
prospectus to possible stock buyers
One Of these interesting documents fel
into the hands of the enemy, and som
| of it has been published. Here
what it says as to the cost of the man
u~facture of oleomargarine:
Cost, showing proportion used TO
: each 100 pounds:
Oleo. oil, 80 lbs, al 915c per lb. 1904
Neutral oil, II lbs, at SIC per lb 1.441l
Cotton oil, IL lbs, at &c per h.. SO
Milk, II lbs, at 1c per h.. IT
Salt, Z lbs, at kc per lb........ .O31
0 1oo lps........ ............ 5.54
Labor, parchment paper, tubs,
etc..''... ........ .......... 1.38
5 Internal evenue tax, &c per h.. 200
Total cost, t. O. b., Washing
ton............... ...........$8.92
The prospectus further says: '"Tt
above cost, when deducted from tt
: market price of $13 per 100 pound
= shows a net profit of $4.08."
The PROSPECTUS claimed that the IA