Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-10-13
The Creamery

ness men and farmers subscribing
for shares of stock in the proposed
Creamery. One-half of the total
shares have been subscribed for.
and If enough others will do like
wise when approached on the sub
jet, Berryville will soon have a
modern and up-to-date Creamery
in operation.
AS 10 the value of a Creamery
for Berryvillc and vicinity,
glance at the Dairy Statistics of
Wisconsin should convince anvnrc
that it will be god lhiry for tins
Town.
1t will be seen that the Dairy
Products bring i'm more money
annually than the wheat, corn or
oats.
Wisconsin's ccrSus bureau
places the number of butter and
cheese factories in the state at
2.+44. or these 926 are bntter
factories and l.5lS are cheese
factories. The number uf mich
COWS is placed at l.237.91O and
their valuation at $50. 7S4 81.
Valuation of dairy products is
placed at S47 939, 957. This valua-
ton exceeds that of any other
product in the state. The valua-
ton of oats Is placed at $50, O6O, 7S9.
corn at Sl6.9l6,926. wheat at
S25.444. S23 "
There are nearly $4,000. 600
dairy COWS in the United States or
one to every three grown persons.
They yield about 5000. OO0,0 900
gallons of milk year, the butter
product is nearly 1000, 100000
pounds of all grades, and the
output of cheese is over 300, 900, 900
pounds. The cheese industry is
making enormous strides. In a
short time the output will be
| 200, 000,0 pounds.
There is one item, by-product.
which is never alluded Ia when the
COW is considered Our gold pro-
duction is abut ISL .00O. 900 af year
at present. This is a vast sum of
money, yet the rakings of the cow
yard are estimated To be worth in
cold cash eight times as much, or
S64s, 600, 0OO-New York Farmer.
In connection with the question
as to what dairy farming does for
the soil. we clip the following from
Colman'S Rural World:
Lest the dairymen forget the inn
portant relation between dairying
and fertility accompanied with the
other branches of farming and live
stock husbandry, we wish TO call
attention TO some figures recently
made public by the Ohio Expert
ment Station. According To these
figures, when a man sells 81 worth
of straw from his farm he sells as
much fertility. that is removes it
from his farm, as he would sell in
$50 worth of butter. When he
sells Sis worth of oats he moves as
much fertility from his farm as he
would in selling $500 worth of
cream. In selling $50 worth of
wheat at soc per bushel he loses
a. much as though he had sold 5000
worth of cream. Some people will
believe an argument like this when
Won are selling grain or hay from
the farm. but they say there is very
little difference in the effect upon
fertility whether YOU keep COWS or
fatten steers or hogs. or in fact,
practice any branch of live hus-
bandry. The Ohio Experiment
Station, however, Is authority for
say ing that a man sells 500 worth
Of beef at &c per pound he removes
as much fertility as he would in
selling S55 worth Of butter also
that when he sells 500 worth oi
pork at sc per pound Ne sells as
much fertility as he would if he
sold $500 worth OF cream. As a
matter of fact in dairying, in the
selling of butter or cream, very
little fertility is removed from the
farm. 1t is estimated that in sell.
ling a ton of butter no more than
soc worth of plant food is removed
from the farm, and if the butter was
absolutely clean and pure, there
would be no none removed"
Ruth RAVS Savad