The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1908-04-08
The Future Of Butter Making.

tldt lie creamery zone is extending
further and further north into re-
gions Of still greater possibilities in
butter production, and that before
long Minnesota will be producing
100, 900, 900 pounds of butter annual
ly, it is interesting to point out that
there is a butter famine in England.
and ask the question how far can
Minnesota benefit from the condi-
lions which prevail there? The
English butter trade is entirely in
the hands of foreigners. The inn
ports from different countries have
shrunk from different causes, and it
is estimated that no serious recovery
can take place this season, and that
by April 1st the shortage in imports
will have reached 1880 tons. The
total imports of butter to England
IS 500, 900, 900 pounds annually, val
ued at something like $4,000. 900.
and the countries which furnish it
are mainly Denmark, Siberia, New
Zealand, Australia and Canada.
The result of this famine is that
butter is fetching one dollar pound
retail in Lundon, and is being sold
wholesale for 80 cents a pound in
the large cities of the provinces.
Walter c. Hamm, the American
Consul at Hull, seems to think that
an effort should be made to capture
as much of this trade as possible.
There is not the slightest reason
why Minnesota should not enjoy as
much of this trade as Denmark, and
draw from Great Britain 500, O00, 900
annually. The market is open.
Minnesota has more complete dairy
ing conditions than any other state.
There is still plenty of room for de-
yelopement. Consul Hamm states
that if anything like the intensified
methods Of farming in use in Den
mark prevailed we could easily sup
ply all the butter which England re-
quired, and do it at good profit.
According to one authority the
imports of butter from the United
States into England consists mostly
of what is known as renovated"
butter. Such butter is largely in
use in England. While it may be
described as pure butter it is chiefly
butter which has been collected from
outlying districts. It occasionally
happens that some Of the con-
signments become slightly rancid in
transit. When it arrives at its des-
tination at the central receiving
depot, it all mixed together and
melted down. The sour milk is run
off and new milk churned into it.
1t is then sold as renovated" but
ter, and, unfortunately. has not ac-
quired the best reputation. The
price obtained for this butter ranges
from $29.19 to S31.62 a hundred
pounds. With the more general
adoption of diversified farming, and
the growth of creameries in all parts
of the state, it is clear that Mime
sofa will become the great dairying
state Of the future. 1t should GER
tainly be able to successfully COM
pete with far away Australia, or
New Zealand in supplying butter
for the English market.
Official information received in st.
Paul indicates a heavy shortage in
seed grain in Alberta. In fact ap-
plications have been received from
3,148 farmers for total of PIP, TIA
bushels of seed out of which only 184
farmers are financially able to pay
for the seed. Seed will be furnished
by the Canadian department Of agri
culture. These facts are especially
interesting because according tt
most reliable estimates fully 40 pei