The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-08-22

Of the production of only Is million
pounds OF butter in Nebraska in a
year, While that of Iowa under the
local creamery system has grown to
80 million rounds per year, The aver
age prjc" paid to farmers during the
year o. zoos by local creameries max
ing 30 thousand pounds of butter per
year o" more was twenty-five cents
per pound butter fat. In Nebraska
under The centralized system the aver.
age prize according to their evidence.
was abort uiuteen cents for the same
period
The same writer has reliable in
formation that at least in six different
places IN Nebraska, organizations are
practically perfected for the starting
of local creameries, provided the rail
road commission will allow a rate or
establish a rate that will give the local
creameries an equal opportunity TO
ship cream short distances, say 20 to
80 miles. and compete with the large
centralizers that ship cream from
800 10 800 miles. There is no dis.
position on the part of the local cream
cry or the railroads asking for this
change OF rate TO demand any adyan.
tage. but they do ask the commission
to make such a rate that they might
have an equal opportunity to do bust
ness in their respective localities, as
against the centralized plants. 1t
seems apparent that the creamery in
dustry as a whole was being discour-
aged in the state Of Nebraska, by rea-
son of the unjust rate now in force.
Another fact familiar to all who are
acquainted with the creamery business,
either ce~ntralizers or otherwise, is that
the system adopted by the centralizers
has caused the deterioration in the
| quality of butter produced, and essen
TALLY low prices are paid for butter,
which necessitates a low price to the
farmers for butter fat, thus Gripping
the industry and contributing to the
depression OF the butter product of a
whole state. 1t is also apparent to
those who are converSant with cream
| cry methods. that the nearer the cream
is handled and manufactured to the
| producer of the raw material, the bet
ter the product and the higher the
price obtained therefore.
Whatever the decision of the rail
road commission of Nebraska may be,
the fact stands out in large type SO
that any man ~conyersant with the sub
ject may read as he runs, that this sub
iect will not down, and that the dairy
farmer will sooner or later receive
just compensation for his labor, and
that the American consumer will de-
maud and receive a product that is
pure. u~nrenOvated, and unadulterated
1t may be of interest to some, who are
consuming the centralized creamery
butter. to know that large quantities
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plants. and We presume it is not
| bought in car load lots not to be used
in the renovation of rotten cream. The
writer is supposed to be fair with
everybody concerned and will state
that to his opinion that there are
places. sparsely settled districts,
where the centralized plants may be
a benefit, but on the other hand where
ever there can be got together within
| the radius Of from twenty to thirty
miles, the products of 800 to 1000 COWS,
the local creamery is now, and always
been, and will forever continue to be
the most profitable to the dairy farmer.
Besides this fact, the the fact that
cream Is a p~erishable product and
should be converted into butter at the
least possible distance from the pro-
Queer in order that it may be clean,
wholesome. and of a fine quality, is
the logical conclusion demanded by
every dairy expert in the United
States.
The dairy industry of the United
States stands second in value Of all
agricultural products, Corn being the
only thing that a farmer produces that
exceeds in value Of this product, and
is 1t no the duty of all the officers that
are appointed or elected to foster and
encourage this critical industry, which
will place the farmer in a more pros,
porous financial condition. | will sub.
nit this article to the readers of this
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