The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1918-08-15

would require an average shipping
distance of less than fifty miles.
Unnecessary shipment of a bulky
highly perishable food product d.
rectly causes waste of food through
mechanical loss and deterioration of
quality, besides adding a great and
unnecessary burden to our transporta-
ton facilities which are already con-
gested.
Few people realize the extent of
waste and loss which results from a
system that necessitates the fermen-
tation and spelling of what in it's ma
tural condition is the most perfect of
all foods; and any system, agency, or
individual that keeps cream from the
churn longer than is absolutely neces-
sary encourages practice that dis
courages production and consumption
of food now necessary to hely win the
war.
The dairy regulations call for the
elimination of all creamery stations at
points where we'll managed creamer-
les are operated and limits the num-
Der of cream stations at all other
points to one for each 100000 pounds
of butterfat annually shipped from
such points. The purpose of eliminat-
ing cream stations is to reduce dupli-
cation of expense in operating same
as such unnecessary expense is al
ways borne by either the producer or
consumer. Also when several cream
stations operate at a single point the
element Of competition tends to dis
courage production and delivery of
high quality product, which results in
low prices to the producer and poor
quality product to the consumer. No
high quality standard can be. success
fully maintained at points where
keen competition in cream buying ex-
lists, and where several cream sta
tions operate at a single point it is
usually true that one or more of these
act as agents for centralizers distant
ly removed, thus involving unneces-
sary shipping charges, avoidable de-
lay in shipment, and poor quality
cream by the time it reaches the dis
tant churning point.
Contrary to what has been COM
monty taught, especially by central
izer creameries, competition in cream
buying is not protection to the pro-
Queer of cream. 1t actually reduces
price of an inferior product to the con-
sumner. Cream producers who lately
have signed petitions circulated by
centralizers through their cream buy
er agent urging the continuance of
competing cream buyers, have taken
such action as is not in keeping with
their best interests as producers or
with the best interest of our nation
and our allies.
Much better production has been
provided the producer in as much as
the Food Administrators regulations
limit the margin or commission which
cream buyers may charge to 1-2c
per pound butterfat, and further re-
quires that all cream buyers make a
monthly report in the form Of an affa-
davit stating the number of pounds of
butterfat bought and sold, and the
number of dollars paid out and re-
ceived. Creameries and centralizers
throughout the state will be required
to notify the state chairman of the
dairy division whenever they change
price and what the changed price is.
There prices will be given state wide
publicity each week and will enable
the cream producer or shipper to To-
cate his best and nearest market. A
cream testing department will also
be maintained in connection with the
Office of the dairy commissioner at
Bismarck. All producers or shippers
of cream may use this department to
protect them on tests.
All parties connected in any way
with the production or handling of
dairy products are urged to cooper
ate with the dairy division of the state
in putting these regulations into ef-
feet.
For copy of the regulations or
further information regarding same
apply to your county committee or the
undersigned.
J.J. OSTERHOUS,
State Chairman, Dairy Division of
Food Administration.