Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-19
The Manufacture
OF Dairy Butter
BY Vim. White, Instructor In Dairy itus-
bandry, Brookings, S. D.

cries. The make during the spring and
summer is large, but during the winter
at many of the factories there is not
enough cream coming in to pay the
buttermakers wages This condition
of affairs Is nothing new, 1t is not char
acteristic merely Of this state, 1t Is a
condition existing in all states that
are undergoing the transition from
grain farming or cattle grazing to
dairy farming. The farmers are not
thoroughly converted to the dairy idea
and nave not to very great extent
adopted the system OF winter dairyng,
nor dairying as their chief business.
There is not enough cream to keep
all the creameries running through tho
or five months, others keep running In
order to prevent the cream from going
into other channels, but suffer g Gnan-
cial loss during these months.
The Local Market.
The small creamery that does Oper-
ate during the winter must put forth
price for the butter AS a rule it pays
to cater to the local market or to sell
the butter In the nearest town that Is
large enough to consume the total out
put. This would save freight and com
mission. Let us figure how much the
net profits could be increased by sell
Ing at home instead OF shipping the
butter.
Profits Increased by Selling on Local
Market.
Selling butter on a local market In
wolves some extra labor, but the in
creased receipts usually warrant this.
When butter is sold in the home town
the print boxes or jars are commonly
returned, so there is saving on the
package OF u cent per pound butter
The creamery is It's own commission
house and retains the commission Of
y cent to IA cents per pound of but.
ter. There is no freight; this saves
from u cent to Il n cents per pound
butter. There is no shrinkage of one
or more pounds to the tub; this is an
UtASA u SNHS PCl lJOuHu SoSCu. El0uTe
Ing OH the supposition that the butter
is sold at home for the same price it
sells for on the central market, the to-
tai saving Ia from ~ TO cents per
pound butter; this is all net pront and
In q creamery making 1000 pounds Of
butter per month 1t would pay the but
ter makers salary.
But what is the condition Of the To-
cal market at this time of year! Most
creamery men know the answer TO this
Queston-much dairy butter spoils the
market for creamery butter. Perhaps
the stores are stocked with IL and
cannot handle much creamery butter
lt Is Difficult to Compete with Dairy
Butter.
The grocer takes the dairy butter in
Order to secure the turner's trade. A
farmer brings in five pounds OF butter,
the grocer allows $14O for it In trade.
But, the farmer will probably spend
$500 there, and the grocer makes a
profit on the $3.60 worth of goods that
the farmer pays cash for. But the gro
Ger is left with five pounds of butter
-. hand, SO 1t is to his interest to sell
that to his town customers as soon as
possible, therefore. as long as he has
dairy butter in his store he does not
wish to handle the product from the
creamery.
Who Derives Profit from Dairy But.
ter7
Certainly not the grocer II all his
customers bought all their supplies
with butter the grocer would soon
have lots of butter but no money
The grocer can handle but a limited
amount OF dairy butter, because he
must dispose of it to his retail Gus.
toners. and not ship it, ii he Is to get
his money out of it.
From tke Point Of View Of tho Farm
er's Wife.
Dairy butter was sold last June for
16 to is cents per pound at the same
time the creamery in certain South
Dakota town was paying 10 cents per
pound fat. One enterpfising woman
s WHO Nau IOTulSIty maue DuvI0r lot neF
own use, stopped that practice, sold
all her cream for 10 cents per pound
fat and bought the best dairy butter
for Is cents. Creamery butter was 10
cents.
under any conditions when butter
can he bought for the same price as
iis being paid for fat, it is more econom-
ical for the farmer to sell all his
The farmer
figures that he can make butter at
home cheaper than the creamery can
make 1T for him. But can he? A
farmer sells pound Of fat for 20
cents That will make 1.lS pounds
butter. worth 23.2 cents when. dairy
butter sells for 90 cents. fhe farmer
can thus obtain s.2 cents more per
pound fat BY ch;irning at home. but
what l5es II cost to churn at home?
cost of chufnins.
.At a. sconaitie average farm colidi-