The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1904-04-09
MAKES FINE SHOWING.

ment of eighteen herds of COWS Of
patrons of the New Salem, N. D
creamery. Some interesting and
instructive figures are shown which
go to prove the superiority Of ou1
creamery, it's management, bust.
ness methods of it's patrons ove1
those in the east, as we'll as the
wealth producing propensities of
native grasses.
| The report given is for the yoal
1903, with 3O4 COWS, 48 of which
were heifers with first calves. The
largest yield of milk in any herd
per COW was 4,849 bs; the smallest
$500 ibs.; the average of all, 4,l67
lbs. Comparing these figures to
those given in Hoard's Dairyman
for February 27, and the Onodaga
county, New York, milk association
they are certainly very proud fig
ures and make a very flattering
showing. In the New York report
a great many of the COWS reported
upon we're thorobreds:
The highest test Of any herd Of
the New Salem patrons was AZ,
and the lowest 3.S, with an average
Of four.
The highest price paid for milk,
from all sources, was $l.33; the
lowest, $1.OS; average $l.21. CAL
sources means milk delivered at
creamery, milk used in family, the
calves raised and pork fattened on
skim milk. In the New York cream
cry mentioned above, the average
price received for 100 lbs. milk re-
ceived was S1.1O. Note the differ
ence.
The largest gross receipts per
COW was $57.73; the smallest $29.76;
average, $40.11. The figures com
pare very favorably with the east
ern report.
The highest cost Of feed per COW
was $lO.23; the lowest 1915; aver
age, $l7.73. In the New York re-
port we find the highest cost $64;
lowest $35-a startling difference in
favor of North Dakota dairymen.
( The greatest net profit per COW
was $43.68: the smallest $l6.36;
average, $33. In New York, the
highest was something near $40,
and that for just one COW of one
patron.
The largest amount received for
81 worth of feed was $3.50, the
smallest $2.21. In the New York
creamery report the highest re-
ceived from any one COW for one
dollars worth of feed was $2.37,
the lowest 81 cents. This is from
the printed report Of the New York
creamery and figures are indisput-
able. Such a difference is quickly
apparent to even a disinterested
reader. The lowest returns from
81 worth of feed of the New Salem
creamery lacked but 16 cents Of
reaching the highest Of the New
York returns. This shows the in
estimable opportunities afforded to
communities in starting the dairy
business.
In addition, let US give an esti-
mate of the value of 100 lbs. of
skim milk. The highest value for
New Salem patrons was 30 cents
and the lowest 10 cents.
In making this investigation, an
account was kept Of the number
and kind of papers taken by the
dairy farmer, and the result is both
flattering and interesting and judg-
ing by the quality and quantity of
the reading matter, this community
is second to none in general infor-
nation. Of local and agricultural.
papers, the patrons Of the New
Salem creamery average five papers
each. One Of the dairy farmers
here who took agricultural papers
and read the articles pertaining to
his business in the local papers av-
eraged $34.92 profit per COW, while
another who read no such papers
or articles averaged $27.9S for the
same time-a difference Of 1854 in
cash-quite enough to pay for a
number of papers. It is the man
who reads, thinks and then acts,
who makes his business a success. !
New Salem Herald.