Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1912-08-21
Local CREAMERIEs Make GOOD RECORD

acquainted with its patrons and come
commands a higher price in the MARI!
cts Of the United States.
"The condition which l have out
lined is affecting the underlying bust
ness of our state, and Is paving the
way for Just such a condition OF al
fairs as | have outlined as existing
in tine state of Kansas. Our neigh
boring state, Minnesota, is today pro-
ducing one hundred million pounds
of butter a year, with a fair
of twenty-five thousand dollars an
nually, this money going directly In
to the hands OF the producer OF the
cream. What Is the result? The
farmers of that State consider dairy
ing as one of the main branches OF
farming; are looking up better dairy
stosk with a view Of improving their
herds and increasing the production.
They realize that the price OF butter
fat is the highest during the winter
months, and are installing silos, en-.
abling them to preserve the succu-
lence of the different feeds for the
winter months when they have more
time to milk cows, and are able to
procure the maximum price for their
product. This has a tendency to in
terest them in diversified farming and
has changed them from the One-crop
system which is so prevalent in this
state, to a system which has been
adopted by every farming community
in the older states.
There is another effect quite ap-
parent; viz, the advance in the price
of lands in dairy communities. l
have, in my possession, a copy of the
Long Prairie Leader, published at
Long Prairie, Mimi, giving the hist
DRY Of the dairy business in Todd
County over a period Of ten years.
There are twelve cooperative cream
cries within the boundaries OF this
county. all of them successful. They
have been established on an average
of seven years. During this period,
these creameries have paid out to
e farmers of this county for butter
fat, approximately three million dol
lars. 1t might be said that the cream
cry business in this county is still
in it's infancy, as the dairy industry
Is one that develops slowly of neces-
sity. Before the establishment of
these creameries, the price received
by the farmers for butter was from
eight to fifteen cents per pound, the
average being ten cents. Since their
establishment the prices have ver
aged around thirty cents per pound.
A few years ago, in this country, a
monthly cream check of $100 looked
very large, but today, a cream check
of 5000 per month does not attract
as much attention. One farmer
writes that he started, six years ago,
to grade up a herd Of common COWS
with a pure bred sire. He states that
he has COWS that produce from 1926
to AIT pounds of butter fat per year,
which brings from 500 to $3.50. This
means total receipts from the cream
for 1911 $3.50, All income of approx
imately $125 cash per month.
There are hundreds of farmers in
Todd County receiving more than $50
per month cash from their cows. Dur
ing that period, the bank deposits
have quadrupled. Bear in mind that
this has all been accomplished with
in ten years. Statement Of the de-
posts of the county bank taken from
the last report of the Public EXamin.
CT in February, shows a total deposi
Of $1,352,459.00. Bear in mind, if you
please, that this is one of the extreme
northern counties of Minnesota, and
!, is not adapted particularly to the
raising of small grains, corn, or the
! product that one should naturally ex-
pect to find in the southern part of
: the state.
Land values in this county have
increased over so per cent, and the
, soil, instead Of being depleted and
robbed of its fertility, has actually
, been repelnished, and is today fully
! 100 per cent more productive than
o when this industry was started. The
creameries have worked a complete
. transformation in the territory.
There are other features connect
ed with this business that appeal tt
the business man. You are all inter.
) ested in building your home commun
ity, seeing your people transact theil
business at home. how do you ex
pect to do this if the farmers con
tinue marketing their ear away
from home because of your failure
to provide them with a suitable home
market? Is it any wonder that they
!. commence buying goods from outside
parties, and instead Of developing /;
broad minded policy for the develop
ment Of their community, gradual.
acquire the habit of looking at every
thing from a selfish standpoint with
out due regard for the other fellow 0.
! the community in which they Live
This results in retarding the develop
. ment Of the home community. l
does not make so much difference,
! what concerns get the eight cent