The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1903-02-01
The Reformation of Dirty Bill.
by ADAM M. STEVENS, the veteran dairyman.

Creamery Patron is usually discussed from the
rroprietors standpoint
Every creamery patron creamery is not
benevolent institution but business proposition The
first thing necessary mutual understanding
honesty the only rule of action governing the bust
There must be cordial cooperation the of
oreameryman and patron to attain best results.
There is not creamery in the state that is getting
milk enough supply demand for butter notwthstand
the fact that with good and daryng
is the profitable branch of agriculture in fact it is
the foundation of successful agriculture.
1t is old adage that cannot eat your cake and
keep it; but with good dairy is better the
cake, let the eat it, the increase of the herd
skim milk and the have greater value than
the cake, that is the cost of feed.
Notwithstanding conditions so
full daying, there at present milking cows
who do not to make it permanent business 1t is
only spur necessity that drives them to milk
They must have some money even if it dollar
fifty cents in labor for every dollar in cash they
receive Dairying is arduous business 1t requires
long daily. They must face their string of cows
times year. milking utensils kept clean, fed,
stables cleaned and odd jobs sandwiched between
things considered it is easily that
the dairyman has sinecure When it is considered
the average only yields 100 $50 pounds Of
annually the pay for which is adequate
pensation for food consumed to nothing of labor to
this add the growing belief among some creamery patrons
that while the creamery is skimming their milk he
also skmming them of their just dues.
Now if any thinks I am beginning to throw stones
kindly remember the old adage THAT dog yeps
unless he is hit" and if should perchance hit
hope hit hard enough that in the future he will keep
of the danger line.
always the ignorant neer-dO-well patrons that
complain injustice but who able to maintain
a good who admit they doing well
creamery but that they will not be annoyed with
having stand constant injustice They want all they
entitled if they do not get it they will quit
have done q wish it distinctly understood
that I am making personal kick.) Now, if man
believes an it has the effect him
though it until he is convinced that it is
is up to the creamery to convince their
patrons that they being justly dealt with One dairy
man al expresses himself tersely. 81 believe
in plain facts, if l wrong want to know it."
Mr.. Englemann, manager of lockwood Creamery at
North Yakima out in a manly way and asks that
abuses growing the creameries of the state be
abated. lie that all know that the truth
hurts the most; also know that bare facts and
nothing bare facts withheld from the public
says, that at of the creameries, after
months trial. the farmers found out they being
in their test While they thought they pay
ing 81 cents, in reality they paid Az and cents Mr..
Engemann asks in straightforward manner that this
stopped He attributes it unfair competition
perhaps he is right there is not enough milk
supplied any of the creameries to supply their de-
butter instead of encouraging their pat
increase their production Of milk by keeping
better and of them they invade their neigh
Dor creamerymans territory to drive him of
business and presumng his acuteness and the
ignorance of the farmer the mode of procedure is diff
according circumstances and in this instance
of the ingoance is synonymous with lack
of intelligence forgetting that be quite ignor
subjects and learned others.