Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-09
IOWA cREAMERlEs INCREASE
PRODUCT OVER THAT OF
H' PREVIOUS YEAR.
TOTAL DAIRY PRODUCTS
INCREASE 5000, 900
state Credited With $4,000 Mich
Cows - Unfavorabie Year Increases
Dairy Business Because Of Certain
Income to Farmers-North Iowa Ex-
GELS as Dairy Section.
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.Des Moines, Aug. e.-Reports now
coming in to the state dairy and food
departm emit indicate that Iowa cream
cries have made about 95,000,000
pounds Of butter during the twelve
months ending July l. This is q slight
increase over the amount made last
year. AT an average price of thirty
cents per pound this annual output
would be worth over s2S,o00,000. The
total dairy products for the state in
Guiding butter. cream, milk and ice
cream WIN total in value from $50 00o,-
900 to s55,000,0o0.
Especially during the late spring and
early summer months this season has
there been an increase in the creamery
output The abundance OF excellent
pasturage has increased the milk flow
of the average COW and has made
dairying more profitable than during
the past few seasons when bare pas
lures reduced the feed.
Poor Crops Increase Output.
It has been observed in the office Of
the state dairy commission that when
the crops in general'>sre good there is
a falling off in the amount: Of milk sold
to the crearneriesend consequently in
the dairy output Farmers seem to pre-
fer to do general farning to dairying
when they can grow crops. But when
from too much rain or from dry wealth
er or other causes the crops -do,rlot turn
out well, many farmers supplement
their income by selling milk to the
local creamery. The present season
has not been so good for crops in gem
eral In many localities and hence more
farmers are turning TO dairying than
has been the case in recent years
Altho the state is credited with L..
81, 900 mich cows, only about 80 per
cent OF these supply milk to cream
cries The dairy commissioners report
shows that in the netghborhood of ss7.-
600 cows are owned by patrons of the
crearneries of the state Many of these
mich cows are general purpose cows
on the farm while large number are
kept only to supply milk for private
families or for SMALL neighborhood
business.
North Iowa Eeceis.
While southern Iowa Is naturally
best fitted for datying because 1t is a
good grass country and has a. longer
season than the northern part Of the
state. vet northern and north eastern
Iowa are the big creamery sections of
Iowa. There are number of coun-
ties, IN southern Iowa without a single
creamery. The farmers who are en-
gagged In the milk business in these
regions send their milk and cream to
one Of the large centra1zers, as the
big plants are called either at Des
Motnes. Omaha or ST Joe. Bremen
county leads IN the number OF cream :
cries having twenty-five according TO
the last report Fayette county has
twenty-one, KosNlth eighteen. Dubuque
seventeen, Delaware sixteen. Butler
fifteen. Black Hawk fourteen and Clay
ton fourteen. A number of counties
have. ten or dozen creanIeries.
The number of cooperative cream
cries has increased in tire past fey"
wears since the law Went into effect
which prevents the big companies from
raising prices on them at buying
points. The big creameries are com
PEELED to pay the same prices for cream
and milk at one buying point that they
do In another. Before this law went
into effect If bigger creamery. buy
ing cream at several points wanted to
nut a competitor out of business, they
would overbid the small creamery,
paying more than the market would
t,St{fy