Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-19
PLANTS PRODUCE 1o,ooo,ooo lbs.
LESS THAN DURING PRE-.
vloUs YEAR.
CHEESE OUTPUT SHOWS
rs MATERIAL INCREASE
County Has Ten Chsess
Factories Doing Large Business
Woodbury. County Produces More
Than II Per Cent OF Buttsr-esef
Value Of Dairy Cows Shows Increase
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Des Moines, Dec. 19.-Iowa's cream
cry butter output fell short 10000. 900
pounGs this past year as compared to
last year and was about 12,O0o,eoo
pounds under the average creamery
butter output in Iowa for the past ten
years, the annual report Of Dairy Com
missioner w. B. Barney for the year
ending July /, 1918, shows. The report
was given out for publication by Com
missioner Barney today.
The cheese output has increased
owing largely to the syndicate of ten
cheese factories operated in Allamakee
county by D. ]. Murphy OF Waukon.
TIE dominance Of Allamakee county
in cheese output makes it the SWitzer-
land of Iowa, not only scenically. as
has long been recognized, but also in
the making of this produce for which
Switzerland also is famous.
The ice cream output also shows
considerable increase. altho complete
stat 'stics are not at hand on this pro-
duct but from the figures at hand 1t
is estimated that 100000 pounds OF
ice cream were manufactured in Iowa
during the year.
The high price of butter more than
made up in value for the decreased
output for altho the total amount man
ufactured by the creameries was So,
249,309 pounds compared to 94.269,6s5
Cor the period ending July /, 1917. the
value Of this years product was $685.
sol, sss, as compared to s32.2s2,792 the
year preceding. The report does not
take into account the farm made but
ter nor the amount made and consumi
ed in the home.
Woodbury. county's Showing.
More than II per cent Of the hutter
output of the state is credited to Wood
bury county, which has only three
creamerieS and the department says
that one Of these three is largely re-
sponsible for the big showing of this
county. The Woodbury. county output
was 11,993,0oO pounds. Dubuque
county with fifteen creameries stands
second in output the total being 1874
COO pounds. Bremen county with
twenty -four creameries is third with
an output of 3,631,00 pounds. Polk
county with four cFeameries is fourth.
its make being 2.S25.0O0o pounds and
Fayette county is fifth, its nineteen
creameries producing 2,754.0000 pounds
Other counties with productions be-
tweer, 1000, 900 and 100000 pounds
are cerro Gorio. Chickasaw, Clayton.
Delaware and Hardin. o.
There are 421 creameries. in the state
as compared to 451 in 1917 and 513 In
l1913. There are only sixteen cheese
factories in the state, ten OF which are
in Allamakee county
Commissioner Barney in his report
says there appears to be good reason
for the decrease in the production Of
butter. On this point he reports.
"The beef value Of the dairy cow
as compared to the milking value has
increased about so per cent within the
last year. There has been a very con-
siderable increase before this. This
undoubtedly induced a number of farm
er dairymen to part with a number OF
good cows that would have been kept
under ordinary conditions"
Other factors in the decrease which
Commissioner Barney enumerates are
high prices for farm products which
have Influenced the farmer to sell rath-
er than to feed his products. The
high prices paid for grain, livestock
and hogs have stimulated greater pro-
duction along these lines to the neglect
OF dairying. He declares further it has
not been possible under existing con.
ditions to give the dairy herds the care
and attention necessary to secure the
largest yields Of milk.
Commissioner Barney reports that
milk is now selling over the state for
from thirteen to fourteen cents per
quart but that dairy animals, dairy
feeds, land and labor COST about five
times what they did when milk sold at
! six cents per quart.
1.-THE farmer dairyman has never
been accused Of being very shrewd
business man." says Commissioner
Barney, "but it is my opinion he is
shrewd enough not to continue to milk
cows and do this work for nothing
when the COW may be disposed Of and
better returns may be had by selling
the farm crops and saving the labor
necessary to put his dairy products on
the market. whether they be sold a.
milk, butter or cheese"