The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1912-04-16
DAIRYING TO
FORGE AHEAD
Redwood County Farmers
Learn Value OF Well Bred
Cows
CREAMERY BUSINESS IS GOOD
Output By Local Concern Has
Increased Steadily for Five
Years

Redwood county is steadily becom-
ing one of the foremost dairy centers
in this section of Minnesota. Evil
dence of this fact is manifest in
nearly all of the towns in the county
in the form Of successful creameries
and other dairy industries.
1t is not only in the matter of quail
ity that the Redwood county cream
elies excel. but in the general devel-
opement of the industry as well.
The extra price for superior quality
in goods is strong incentive to en-
gaging in the dairy work, and thus
the development of the business is
carried on.
Build Up Home Territory
1t is the interest of the county
creamery to develop the dairy indus
try in its own territory. which has
the effect of intensifying the deyel-
opement of the industry. and this is
the chief point of strength in the
modern methods of Redwood county
butter making.
For the development of the but
ter making industry the various but
ter manufacturers have proved their
superiority so conclusively that any
conference which might have existed
could not change these facts. The
problem to work on is to bring out
conditions surrounding the county
creameries that will make this sys-
TEN more useful even than it is at
present. In this Redwood county
has every opportunity to build up
the best possible conditions. for, by
careful attention to the work they
can progress on the most up-to-date
lines in methods and machinery, a
thing that older concerns cannot do.
System Is Becoming Permanent
The centralizing system is rapidly
becoming rooted throughout the
southern part of Minnesota. This
system has been adopted by the
Scenic City creamery at Redwood
Falls and is giving. very satisfactory
results. The centralizing system
main object is to get hold of the
cream whether it is liz the county or
in adjoining counties.
Some of the figures of the business
done by the Scenic City creamery OF
this city under the present manage
ment proves the efficiency of central
ization. The old creamery was pur-
chased by Rud. Stensvad, the present
proprietor, in 1907, ard was remod-
eled the following year. The first
year they received 400, ITO pounds of
cream and made 1898 pounds of
butter amounting to $34 ,871 and had
158 patrons. The next year they re-
ceived 602, 759 pounds ofcream, made
204, 982 of butter amounting to $50
TIC and had 214 patrons.
Number OF Patrons Increases
For the year 1910 they received
629, 273 pounds of cream and made
205, l28 pounds of butter amounting
to S6O,881 with 223 patrons. Last
year they received 557, 148 pounds of
cream and made 1852 pounds of
butter which brought $46,652 with
246 patrons. The output for 1911
was low on account Of the dry sea-
son which cut down the best summer
months to about 60 degrees Of amor
NAL make.
At present they have over 300 pat
rons and the output so far has been
over 20 per cent greater than in the
previous year. If the surrounding
counties get enough rain to make
good pasture this season, the out
put will amount to at least $4,000.
The present day methods of max
ing butter are different from those
employed 80 years ago. The princl-
pal cause Of this is the advent and
general use Of the hand separator.
Before it came into use the Dreaming
of the milk was done by gravity
methods, where the milk was set in