The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1911-09-14
F ransdOn Hits
Ranch Butter

No greater injury can be done the
dairy industry than that done by the
unprincipled creamery promoter
who in various Ways induce the far
mers to build creameries IN locali-
ties long before they arc ready for
them Hundreds Of creamery failures
can be traced TO hte fact that some
promoter encouraged the building
of a creamery in a locality contain
ing too few cows.
However, when a locality has an
assurance OF at least 400 cows, and
when all the farmers viii give it their
hearty support, there is no good rea-
son why a creamery should not be
entirely successful Certainly 4 well
managed creamery adds much to the
prosperity of a community. Through
| it the farmer secures a ready cash
market for his dairv product. When
the creamery is a cooperative one
we'll and honestly managed, he has
the satisfaction of knowing that he is
getting all the profits. He can read
| ily see that the creamery making large
quantities Of butter can make 1t
cheaper per pound than could the far
nier making only a few pounds
| Again, to make butter that will com
mand the highest price and be uni
! form in color, texture and flavor,
| necessitates certain amount OF skill.
| The creamery organization can afford
to secure the services OF an exper-
lienced butter maker. Another feature
| in favor of the creamery is that many
buyers Of butter viii purchase in large
| lots only. Thus in this way the cream
cry reaches market that the indiy-
idual having only few cows could
not reach
The writer firmly believes that nc
one thing does more to lower the
price and demand for idaho butter
than the. quantity and quality OF
ranch butter thrown on the market at
any price lin trade) the merchant see
| ft to offer. Every dairy community
| with an established reputation Tor
good butter, which always sells at q
| good price, will be Loyalty supporting
some good creamery
]. II. GRANDSON,
Dairyman, University Experimeni
Station.
Right here we are going to kicl
over the. traces We have stood TO
a whole lot of rotten dope on pur'
ioods that are not pure. and noder'
sanitarv methods that contraveng- tn
laws of nature. and articles on healtl
md sanitation written nv hair-hraine'
theorists with mollycoddle brains an,
hreakfast-food aDpetites, but we won
stand for a member Of the faculty o
he Idaho University Eheling th
butter made bv our wives and moth
--s end DAUGHTERS and sweetheart
We have vatrhed the operation Q
I, hutter-rnabir9 from infancy; we hav
reco Il in al its stages from the Oh
fashioned chrrn with the long hard'e
iasler 10 Tire modern creamery, an
-e till Ike test the butter that co7'f
from the farm We have watched tli
fenueiful hands of the embryo housi
ilc IS she lovingly Datted the hu
er into delicious moulds. and want.
10 Hiss the hands that welded Il
4 addle; but Lord deliver US fro
'rissiug the hands of the he-thing th'
maniDuiates the machinery OF Il
modern creamery, no matter no
, many courses of antiseDtic water
! has washed them in We may be "
J / modern, un-hygenic, uu-sanitary; r.
/ we're going 10 tell the pure food j
4 spector ard AIr. Ftandson that Y
- prefer the home product to the !
natured thing every time, includir
: the girla.