Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-11-13


PARSONS, showing the falling off in the
number Of patrons of creameries in
1902, the number of patrons since
1899 being:
1889 .................. 90,364
lSuO ................ 81 All
lsol ....'............. S9,37b
lSOz .................. 81 ,532
The following table shows the total
number of cows tributary to cream
cries in the state:
1893 ........ ............... bZb,
!Soo '...'...' ..'........... 63l,
l5Vl ................. b27, 1884
l9Oz ....... ........... -. SIS, 700
1t is also shown in the report, from
the assessment returns to the auditor,
that the actual numoer of cows in the
state, regardless of whether tributary
to creameries, is on the increase. In
1901. there were 1.3S2242. In 1902,
there were reported 1,425,34S, their
actual value being $34,540, $50.
The counties having over 10000
cows are Clayton, Delaware, Fayette,
Kossuth, Linn and Pottawattamie.
Bremen county has the largest num-
Der of cows of any of the counties of
the state in proportion to its size and
population. There are 40 cows to
the square mile in Bremen, whereas
the average for the state is % cows
to the square mile. There are 637
cows to every thousand of population
in the state
There was falling off in the pro.
duction of butter similar to the fall.
ing off in patrons, creameries, cows
and the like. The average production
OF creamery butter per creamery In
the state in 1901 was 5,491 pounds;
in 1902, 104,152 pounds. The total
amount OF creamery butter produced
In the state in 1901 was S2,704,9 44
pounds. and in 1902 was 77,sS5, 696
pounds.
An increase in butter prices is
shown, however, by the report. The
following were the average New York
prices for 1900, 1901 and 1902:
l90O ...-.---.-........ - .227S
1901 ...... ............... .2165
1902 .....-.-......... -2416
The 1902 price has reached the
highest average for ten years. 1t is
shown 20 per cent of the butter ship
ped from Iowa goes to New York City
and that 80 per cent goes east of Chi
cago.
Some interesting figures in the re-
port are taken from the national CEN
sus of 1900. 1t shows the number of
pounds of farm butter made in Iowa
in 1900 was 1,7S9. 2SS. The total value
of all dairy products of Iowa was ST.
516,870. The number of dairy cows
in the United States was 1885
The total value of dairy products In
the entire country was $475, 100000
The number of pounds of farm made
butter was 1,071.745127. This gives
as the grand total butter production
of The country in 1900, 1,492, 699 ,143
pounds. The report shows that Iowa
makes rs per cent of all the creamery
butter made in the entire nation and
10 per cent of the grand total of cream
cry and farm made butter. Yet the
amount exported from the state in
1901 was only 24,000000.
A new feature of the report relates
to renovated butter. and renovated
butter factories. There are twelve
such factories in the state, three Of
them in Des Moines. Nine were in
! operation last year and made reports
to the department. They worked over
| 4,530,3SS pounds of butter, of which
991 1888 were sold in Iowa, principally
in Des Moines. The rest is shipped to
the east. Heretofore the renovated
ter. Sometimes the retailer was to
| blame for it and sometimes tie MANU-
facturer. Now the United States law
requires that renovated butter shall
be branded as such, so, as the report
| indicates, il people buy renovated but
| ter now they have no one but them
selves to blame for 1t.
The report shows the number of
farm separators has increased rapidly
for the last five years. The present
| reports shows that there are 1929
farm separators among the creamery
patrons of the state; that Is, among
over 10 per cent of the patrons. Sta
| tisties have been collected from cream
cry men as to the general effect of
such separators on the condition and
| quality of the butter. 1t is generally
agreed that the hand separator lowers
| the quality of the butter. This fact
| probably accounts for the low scores
| of butter from this state. At the same
time it is asserted that from the farm
! er's standpoint the use of the separ-
ators has advantages SO great as to
outweigh the disadvantages and to
! make it certain they will continue in
favor. Five years ago there was rot
| single farm separator in Iowa.
| In the report is included copy of
| the pamphlet prepared by the depart
| ment last summer containing remarks
! as to feeding and selections of cows
and like matters. The dairy law in
full as amended is also included. This
has not heretofore appeared.
The report shows that very little
| oleomargarine is brought into the state
and consequently there are few prose
! cutions for the unlawful use of 1t. In
| the year there were seven prosecu-
tions for the use Of oleomargarine in
! Ottumwa alone. Six of the defendants
were convicted and one bound over
to the grand jury. One more was con-
victed of the use of formaldehyde.
These are the only prosecutions in
the state in the year. The report says
that while not much oleomargarine Is
sold in this state, the sale of II else
where hurts the sale of Iowa butter
and consequently Iowa dairymen are
as much interested in enforcing the
law as anyone else. The report COM
mends the work Of the National Dairy
Union in securing the present oleo-
margarine law and recommends that
1t be further supported in its efforts to
retain this measure or better 1t.
Attention is called to the fact that
the oleomargarine people are trying
to secure the repeal Of the law, or to
weaken It.
There has been no increase In the
number of cheese factories and no In
dication of any such increase.
Judge--"You do not seem to realize
the enormity of the charge against
you" Prisoner-"No, amt got my
Iawvar,s hill yat hut Pm axnacfiu, m a
charge'll be enormous. all right"