Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-05-16
VIA GREAT DAIRY STATE
by MOgens II. Tolstrup. Field Agent in
Marketing.

Vermont is widely famed, and justly
so, for the charm and attractive beauty
of the Green Mountains, with their bub-
bling springs and ripping streams; for
the excellency Of her maple products; the
delicate favor Of her apples; the quality
Of her turkeys n the rare designs and
superiority Of her marble and granite in
general.
But is 1t not strang that 30 few people
should know that dairying is Vermont's
main industry. furnishing over 20 per
cent. Of all the States agricultural in
come? A careful study Of the following
figures will disclose the magnitude of
her dairying industry and also convince
the reader that size and population con-
sidered she takes the lead for the en-
entire country.
EXTENT OF INDUSTRY.
With a dairy cow population Of 234,O 900
Vermont produced in 1916 approximately
1.000000.00O pounds Of milk. containing
very close to 40, 1000 pounds Of butter
fat. This sold on an average for better
than 81 cents a pound or a total value Of
SEQ % 200. Estimating the SKINNED milk
as low as 30 cents per 100 pounds we OBJ
tain a value OF another 81. O00.0 900. In other
words, the 1916 value OF Vermont's dairy
products exceeded SIS. 900, 900. q very large
sum, indeed, for a State with small area
and such al abundance of labor that the
Good Maker found it necessary to put
the greater part Of it on edge in order to
find a place for II all within the States
border.
According to the State creamery in
6pectors' report for 1916. Vermont had 247
dairy plants as follows: Butter making
creameries, IA; milk and cream shipping
atQffnna GS. rhaoqa fapfOriow 40. o0ndon-
earies, 8.
Forty-four of the creameries were co.
operative in nature. Twenty-seven of the
cheese factories made cheddar, three
made part skimmed and two made fancy
or soft cheese.
DISPOSITION AND MARKETING OF
PRODUCTS.
Massachusetts, affords market for thu
greater part of vermont's dairy products
although New York, Connecticut, New
Hampshire. Rhode Island and to a sligh'
degree, Maine purchase from Vermont al
we'll.
The following figures indicate thu
amount of products going to he diff
ferent branches of the industry durinl
1916:
Milk condensed, 5.s19, Oe2 pounds; mill
shipped to city markets. 1853. 1872, 578 pounds
milk made into cheese, 2.0OO,000 pounds
butter fat shipped as sweet cream to cit.
market. 8.s27. 236 pounds: butter fat mad
into butter at factories, Is. sos, 729 pounds
butter fat consumed. shipped Individual,
or made into butter on farms. estimated
6.500,00 pounds; butter made by tn
creameries. 1s.451. s1s pounds.
Following are the average prices pai'
for the different products:
WHY nar Cwt q TE. hntforfok NO
pound. by cooperative creameries. 1850
butterfat per pound. by proprietar
creameries. .3576c; butterfat per pound. b.
all creameries, .s66sc; butterfat per pound
by sweet cream plants. .372Oc.
1t Ia rather interesting to note that tn
cooperative creameries were able to re
turn to the farmers nearly two cent
more per pound for butterfat than wer
the individually owned plants. This is 1
accord with results obtained In othe
parts Of the country and goes to prov
the oft-made statement that for tn
farmers the cooperative m ar
the best"
CREAMERIES DO WELL IN 1917.
That the dairy business has been fairl
good for 1917 may be ascertained frol
the following summary Of the annu,
statements from a few OF the co-opera
tive creameries:
Mt. Mansfield Cooperative Creamery
Pounds butter made. 423. 2e8; per cen
overrun, Eli; price paid per pound blu
terfat, .49Sc; average cost of making OF
pound butter. .0268c.
Lamoille Valley Cooperative Cream
e~ry-Pounds butter made. B07, $780,; p,
cent. overrun. 22.2: price paid per pour
tutterfat. .4s9ac; average cost Of makir
one pound butter, .0284c.
North Montpelier Cooperative Cream
ery-Pounds butter made. 372. 432; per cen
overruE, H.5'; price paid per pound blu
~tsrfat, .494c; average cost Of makir
ono pound butter, .02l4c.
Jersey Star Cooperative Creamery
Pounds butter made. '4l3. 53s; per cen
ipyerrun. 22.3; price paid per pound butter