The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1908-08-15
DAIRYlNG IN WASHINGTON.
BY Dairy Commissioner L. Davies in
Creamery Journal.

BY Dairy Commissioner 1. Dawes IN
Creamery journal.
To one who has never visited the
Pacific Northwest and who is, there
fore, unacquainted with the climatic
conditions prevailing in Washington
and some of the neighboring states
the excellent advantages offered to the
the dairyman are not well understood
The state of Washington is divided
from North to South, little West OF
the center, by the Cascade Mountain
Range. In physical characteristics
as we'll as in natural verdue, there is
a marked difference between the East
ern and Western portions, yet both
sides offer exceptional opportunities tC
one seeking a typical dairy country.
The West side is directly in the
course of the warm Japan current
and cold and severe winters are there
unknown During the winter months
rain is quite prevalent but, with proper
cover cattle do well, as they are not
subjected to sudden extremes OF
weather. Near the large cities dairy
ing is carried on most extensively, but
as this land becomes more valuable
dairyman is forced further from the
populous centers into the logged-Off
lands, of which there are hundreds OF
thousands of acres awaiting develop
ment and which make excellent dairy
producing sections.
On the East side Of the mountains
the weather gets some colder in win
ter, but only for short periods, and
then not to extremes. The irrigated
lands supply an abundance of feeds
which, together with the grazing OBJ
tainable on the rocky portions (scab
land) of the plains and in the noun.
tain valleys, also make this section OF
the state the natural home of the dai-
rying. The natural advantages are
not lost sight of but, as the demand
for dairy products increases, the new
settlers from the older Eastern States
and from the dairying countries of Eu
rope take UP this land and ever in
creasing proportions of them turn
their attention to dairy pursuits.
During the biennial period from Oc
tober, 1904, to October, 1906, there
were something over 100000 pounds
of creamery butter manufactured in
Washington in addition to large guam
titles of condensed milk and cheese
and the regular demand for fresh milk
From 1906 to 1908 the development of
the state has been marvellous; the
population has increased rapidly, thus
making the demand for dairy products
greatly exceed the supply. The cities
as well as the rural districts have
grown, and the consequence is an i'm
mense demand for whole milk. Added
to this is the fact that there are six
milk condensaries in the state work.
ing full time and turning out immense
quantities of the finished product
which finds it's way into all the mar.
kets of the world, guarantee in itself
of the excellent quality of the out.
put.
In spite of these two growing de-
mands for the whole milk, the guam
tity of creamery butter manufactured
is steadily increasing. Complete sta
tistics are not yet at hand, but the
present indications are that the
amount manufactured during the bien
NAL period ending October 81, 1908
will be largely in excess of 100000
pounds. The output of milk from the
condensaries is also growing very rap
idly; the only shrinkage shown in
finished products is in the quantity o.
cheese manufactured, the milk from