Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-09-06
THRIVING

CREAMERIEs.
STATE DAIRY COMMISSIONER
KAUFMAN, VISITS CREAMERIEs
IN THE WESTERN PARTON THE
AND FINDS THEM THRIVING.
State Dairy Commissioner 2. E.
Kaufman, who has been making a visit
to the creameries of the state, says:
West of the Missouri river, in what
is usually called the cattle country, are
found twelve creameries, eleven of
which are in operation. The supply
OF milk during the spring months was
quite large, showing considerable in
crease over last year. Ehe exception
ally good crop in that section caused
the Farmers to 'fpass up the creamery
to some extent in order to take a r
Of the crop and some decrease in milk
receipts is noted but not sufficiently to
embarrass the creamery as vet. When
the crop has been harvested and
threshed the farmers will give more
attention to the COWS and a good wiz
ter's rum is anticipated.
These eleven creameries are making
over $4,000 pounds of butter per week,
most OF which finds a ready market i'm
Montana, Idaho and Washington at
Chicago prices t. o. b. shipping point.
The remainder is shipped east and sells
for the highest market price. The
creameries in the eastern and southern
part. of the state are run either on the
hand separator system or a combina-
ton of whole milk and hand separator
cream. ALI those visited so far are
doing a good business considering that
some are new plants and the crops
have been so good in all sections.
When the ~threshing has been COM
pleted the farmer will be able to give
more of his attention to the COWS and
with the abundance of all kinds of feed
the prospect for a good winters run
t milk and cream is briught indeed.
Most of the butter in this part of the
state is sold in New York for one-hali
cent above quotations,
Some farmers are ignoring the local
creamery and shipping cream to Min
neapolis. Just why they do so is a
mystery to me as the home creamery
is paying just as good prices as the
Minneapolis concern. In some cases
they are urged to do so by the mer-
chants in the creamery towns. II
seems to me like a very short sighted
policy on the part of the farmers and
a very poor way to build up a town OIL
the part of the business men. By the
way, this Minneapolis concern is in the
nature of a trust and has boosted tina,
it intended to shut up every farmers
creamery in Minnesota and the Da,
kotas Their methods are shown il
the way cream is purchased. At one
point in the state where there was ne
creamery they paid 16 cents per pouns
for July butter. fat and where they were
compelled to compete with the loca.
creamery 1S cents for July butter fat
When those business men and farmers
who turn down the home creamer,
have succeeded they can readily ee
they will be at the mercy of this
trust No laws are needed to con.
troll this ''trust," no need TO remove
the tariff. Just a little common sense
mixed UP with some brains will solve
the problem. Then again this cream
cry trust" buys cream on the basis OF
New York quotations. All but two
creameries al selling their produc1
above New York quotations and the
farmer who p%atronizes this concern
opce again pays the freight" This
is an agricultural state and all busines
depends on the prosperity Of the
farmer.