The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-13
About Dairy Industry of Utah

butter manufactured in the state aggre-
gates o,O0O.0oO pounds. while the con-
sumption is 100000 pounds. There Is no
occasion for this. II should all he made
here.
There is. shipped every year from the
east to points west OF the Rocky noun
tains 21.OOO,O00 pounds OF butter This.
declared n prominent creamery man,
could all be made In Utah and this inter
mountain region. An export trade could
be built up. for instance Alaska where
S,oOO,OOO pounds OF butter are shipped
annually from two coast points, San
Francisco and Seattle. That Utah could
Increase her product In butter largely is
shown by the product OF one valley in
California In Humboldt county, In 1909.
in the Eel River valley. which is twenty
live miles long and from two To eight
miles wide. there WAS produced a.SJ0. 900
pounds OF butter almost equal To the en-
tire product OF Utah. This Eel River
valley is the most scientifically improved
dairy section in the United states, where
land is worth 500 to $500 per acre.
Twenty-Five Creameries.
There are twenty 1.-TWO crcamcrics in
Utah while cream Is sent 10 Salt Lake
from $50 shipping points. 1t comes from
the remote parts of the state as we'll
as from the more central portion, The
farmer or dairyman can send one can of
cream as easily as he can send a car,
as nearly every farmer has a separator
hence cream is sent TO Salt Lake thai
away from the railroad
As stated above. tho average cow i'm
Utah produces l50 pounds OF butter per
year. 1ne standard for a cow is 81
pounds. while there are sections where
the average runs as high as 100 pounds,
and the COW that holds the worlds rec
and is a butter producer, the Holstcin
cow. Colanthra. fourth johanna. pro-
duccd $3.50 pounds OF butter fat in one
yca'.
Cow Problem Great One
The COW problem is a great one. In
Tooelc county three years ago there were
three cresmeries. today there Is not
single can of cream produced there.
Why Three years ago alfalfa hay was
worth 81 per ton in the field; today ii is
worth $ll 10 Sl2. Then butter was worth
an average price for the year IS cents
per pound. now II is worth 81 cents. The
farmer therefore. figures IL that alfalfa
at 81 per ton does not pay TO feed 10
milch cows and there arc 900 acres OF
alfalfa in Iooelc county This is not good
reasoning. raS ming however. for dairymen do
feed hay worth Sl2 per ton To their herds
and hnd il profitable in fact extremely
profitable.
Profits in Dairying
The Pacific Dairy Review reports many
Instances that show that a dairy bust
ness properly conducted in California is
extremely profitable. Here Is one case.
~ McLcan's dairy is located in the La
Suna district of Kings county. He farms
llO acres and kept sixty cows during the
the financial statement for this period as
Mr.. Mclean presents il:
May milk check .................s 405 81
Hogs sold ...,....,..,...... llO 90
June milk check .,................. So IS
July milk check ...........s.. 375 SO
Hogs sold Observation-Disclosures. 100 90
August milk check ........... 4G1 9S
September milk check .......... 604 Ga
Hogs sold OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1fi 80
October milk check ............. 637 g5
On hand, 50 tons hay, value $50 90
Total 49,. Observation-Disclosures $il7O. 50
Paid out six months wages and
board for mixers ..,.........s $50, 80
Putting up hay Observation-Disclosures. 10. 90
Hog feed Observation-Disclosures. 80. 90
$40. 80
Leaving a net profit from lIO acres
and sixty COWS FOR six months amounting
TO S333O.G5. This shows how profitable
the dairy interest is even with alfalfa at
ST. per ton.
Figures like these show to farmers the
vital necessity Of paying greater atten-
ton 10 the dairy business. Seventy
per cent of the dalrymen in Utah are