The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-17
GAIN IN
OUTPUT OF But TER
Report. for Year Will Show
Eight Million Pounds
Increase

IL reports from the officers of Min
nesota creamery companies to the state
GARY and food commission make the
showing that is expected of them, the
creamery industry of the state will
snow gain of nearly 100000 pounds
OF butter for the year 1904 over the
previous year. In the matter of cheese
production, the report will show an in
crease, but by no means so satisfactory
as in the production of butter.
Blanks have been sent by the dairy
and food commission to every creamery
proprietor and the secretary of every
creamery company in the state, sin an
eHort TO secure data sof the 1904 prod
uet. The blanks, when filled out and
returned to the commission, will show
now many cows contributed to the
creamery industry, milk or cream de-
llvered to the creameries, pounds of
butter fat taken from the cream, total
product of butter, total number of pa
irons, and statistics relating to cost
OF operation, sale of product, value to
patrons, and a lot of other information
OF value to the industry.
Cow Census to Be Taken
I think that the records for 1904
will show that 10000 cows have been
added to the total of those the milk
from which is delivered to Minnesota
creamerfes," said w. w. Wall, secre-
tary of the commission, yesterday. "a
year ago there had been an increase
OF $4,000 cows, and it is a very con-.
seryatfve estimate that there are co..
0O0 more COWS owned by patrons of
creamer1es than two years ago. when
out last report was made. Al total Of
1O0,0O0 COWS give their milk to the
creameries, and the product is 28,060,-
900 pounds more butter than Mime
sofa creameries produced four years
ago.
The increase in the butter product
during the past year is due to the
increase In the number of creameries,
but the largest gain has been from the
Iact that creamery patrons are adding
TO their herds and the list of patrons of
many of the creameries have been
sWelled as the farmers came to realize
the value of creamery to COM
munlty. Minnesota has again and
again demonstrated her superiority
over rival states in the quality of her
butter, and this, too has had it's eff
feet in making profitable the creamery
industry and in adding to 1t from year
to year.
Cheese Statistics
Owners of cheese factories will fur
nish statistics to the dairy and food
commission as to the status of that
industry for the year just closed 1t
is expected that a substantial increase
will be shown, but in no such marked
degree as in the creamery business.
Minnesota farmers have not taken to
cheese making to the extent that has
marked the industry in Wisconsin,.
There are less than 100 cheese fac
tories in operation in the state, and
experts says that there is room for
profitable investment in many COM
munities where there are not enough
COWS to warrant the building and op-
Grafton of creamery.
The rapid strides taken by the
creamery industry to the exclusion of
the cheese factory business is assigned
in part to the agitation throughout the
state for creameries and the work of
the supply houses in interesting farm
ers in cooperative creamery compa-
MES. Very little effort is made by the.
dairy manufacturing companies to in
terest the public in cheese factories,
because there is more money in selling
creamery plants. The necessary ma
chfnery for the purchase Of a cheese
factory apparatus can be. bought for
$500 to $1,000, while creamery plants
cost from $4,000 to $500.