Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-12-31
DIARIES AND CREAMERlES
MAKE MONEY IN VIRGINIA
Room for Several Hundred More 10
supply Home Demand for Prod
ucts-Comc to Virginia.

Dairy farming in Virginia. within
the last few years. has shown Il Won
derful increase. both in the number OF
farms and the number Of cattle en-
gagged in the production Of dairy prod
ucts, writes A. y. Howard, OF The Dairy
and Food Division Of the Virginia Ag-
ricuitural Department. in til" A;sri-
cultural anu Industrial Outlook rh;s
increase in dairy farms and dairy eat
u. is reflected in the Increased out
put OF creamery products There was.
according 10 reports on lille IN the
Dairy and Food Division. an increase
OF 30 per cent in the amount OF but
! ter made in Virginia crcamerics for
1910 over 1914. and an Increase Of 300
per cent over the productions IN 1911.
The tremendous demand and increase
III the consumption Of sanitary, high
grade milk brought about in part by
the general recognition nj th. v;tlt,a bile
nutritive properties of milk and the
confidence that the public has in the
purity aud wholcSomcnesS Of the Wiz
Einia product. has Induced many farm
ers 10 turn To dairy tarminr to Sc
cure the benefits Of the profitable and
satisfactory prices the markets IN the
principal Virginia cities and District
Of Columbia offer for sauii.ry high
grade milk and cream. the retail price
=! milk and cream i'll these ,ttios rang
!ns from lo TO l. cents pcr Quart.
study of statistics COVERING every
branch OF the industry from the year
l'lS to the present time shows y steady
development y. . constantly enhancing
rare ot increase
II is clear that the market for N,r-
rinia dairy products arc susceptible
Of unlimited expansion AS II matter
OF piain fact. however. il will IL" many
years before the local dcnauG alone
"ili bc supplied by the dairt"s Of the
state, since three iifthS Of the but;cr
and cheese consumed are uo,y ilnpur,
ei from other sections Til. prices for
butter, whether produced ~ Virginia
on IN the West, arc fixed ur tn. FL
gin market. ana New York and chi
ctEo tiN the prices Of chess rho Nir.
E1nia Crcamcrics and chccSu factories.
therefore. have at their very doors an
unlimited market IN which they cum
qucStionablyp have the additional adj
vantage over the dairy suites OF the
West III the amount Of the freight
charges from those sections to Viz
cina.
The situation with reference to the
sale Of whole milk is equally adNan-
taeeouS. Tn" railroads have cstab-
!iNhed baggage rates for the shipnlcut
al ri!k and cream and dairy products
u the principal cities 80 the State
and The demand for hirn grade. SAM.
iarN milk j. constantly INCREASING
due I" the Fac. that Me consumer
is being educated to the Importance
Of safe and wholesome milk supply
TIL" average whoclsal. price received
for milk hy dairymeu supplying the
largest cities il the state is higher
than in most Of the other cities Of the
tinted States
iron careful view ~ the contii-
tt"ns surrounding thc dairy Industry
Of Virginia. il Is not Surprising that
/ the business should oxhiht, 4 steady
growth. No other branch of agricul-
'urc offers Surer promise al pron;
from an investment of money and la
'o: The Virginia da3ryinai, has spc-
cia! advantages III i-rowin,. the feed
Cor his cows. in the production Of
milk. aud in the marketing 81 his
pruduct--the three essentials 10 sue
cess III tn" business. And now is y
mighty good time for new men -
c"me !" Virginia 10 engage in that
important and profitable industry