The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1914-12-03
EXPERT GIVES PRAISE
To LINDEN CREAMERY

Lynue1l Cooperative STedHlcTy
receives high praise in an article by
o. C. Vanhouten, manager of the
Associated Creameries of the state,
which appeared in Sundays Amer
ican-Reveille of Bellingham:
1.-THE Lynden creamery, another
of the large and prosperous cooper
alive creameries was organized in
1902" declares Mr.. Vanhouten.
According to reports it's early exis-
tence was marked by the usual diff
culties that are encountered by most
of the cooperative creameries, but
by judicious management Is now
rated among the best of the state
and during the past year manufact-
ured 692,6S0 pounds of butter be-
sides the amount of sweet cream that
was used for ice cream or sold for
the manufacture Of ice cream. 1t
has at present $50 cream shippers.
The article in part follows:
According to the ninth biennial
report of the dairy commissioner,
the make of butter in the state from
November 1, 1910, to November 1,
1911, was little less than for the
corresponding period, 1903 to 1917.
From November /. 1911, to Novem-
Der 1, 1912, there was phenomen-
al growth. For the year ending NO
vember 1, 1911 the total output al
reported was 9,924,972 pounds OF
butter and for the following year
there was an increase to 13,O7S,64S
pounds. For the two years ending
November 1. 1910, the output was
19,721,2S5 pounds and for the next
two years. or from 1910, to 1912,
the output was 23,0O3,62O pounds.
The figures for the last two years
are not yet available but we believ
there will be still greater increase.
This is due to the fact that there
are not only more cows but better
ones kept thar. in the earlier deVel-
opment of the industry.
The up to date dairyman IS not
or has not been satisfied with the
Weld from his cows and he has been
adding new stock, new blood, TO MS
herds and culling out undesirable
animals, those not returning pro-
fit or those giving but small pro-
fit and replacing them with young
animals raised from his rItter cows
and a registered sire, or with pur-
chased animals, very frequently re-
gistered ones, even going back 10
the eastern states and buying from
the best herds to be found.
The cooperative and outside
creameries have also been big fac-
tor in the development OF the dairy
industry by providing a home market
for the butterfat. Many Of these
were organized under rather adverse
and have had a hard time
to make go of it. In many cases
there was barely sufficient butterfat
produced within reasonable dis
lance of the plant to make operating
at a minimum of expense possible.
Added to this the fact that many OF
the patrons, or those that should be
patrons, patroniZe the centralizers
or the city creameries, cutting off
the supply that the local creameries
should have, increased the cost OF
manufacturing pound OF butter.
Most, if not all OF the country
creameries are as we'll equipped as
the city plants and In some cases
the equipment of the cooperative
creameries is as complete and up-tO-
date as any in this or adjoining
states.
The creameries classed as outside
plants are alive to their own inter-
ests and to the development of the
industry, not alone in the securing
of better cows, the production of
butterfat at less cost and the
betterment of their patrons gener-
ally, but are looking to the selling
end of the game as well. Early in
May, The Washington Creameries
Association was incorporated for
the purpose of furnishing a market
for butter produced at these outside
plants. There has been a tendency
to keep the price of country cream
the price of city creameries for what
reason or rather on what grounds,
we have never been able to de-
termine. The reason was that the
city creamery could buy country
creamery butter, and it has been re-
ported that they sold it for their
own. The fact remains that they,
the city creameries, did buy this
butter and sell it again and made
money on the transaction.
Our association has done a great
deal to keep the price of country
creamery butter as such, at the
same price as city creamery butter
and to acquaint the consumer with
the quality of the goods.