The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1921-07-22
Very interesting Statistics
Are Made Public
BUTTER oUTPUTIN 1920
creameries Produced 1ss,2s7''
843 Pounds Valued At
$7s,622,s67.36
Associated Press Dispatchl

st. Paul. July 2O.-Minnesota
creameries produced 13s,237,S43
pounds of butter for which they re-
ceived $7s,62z,S67.36 during the year
ending June 3d. last, according to a
report just issued in the Office Of
Chris. Heen, state dairy and food
commissioner. There was slight
decrease in the amount produced the
last year, as compared with the pre-
vious year, when 143.176,307 pounds
were produced by the Minnesota
creameries, for which they received
$50, 793.27S.40.
The decrease, according to Mr..
Heen, is because of the unusual drouth
conditions which prevailed during the
summer of 1920. However, the pro-
duction of the cooperative cream
was slightly Increased. The o-op.
erative Institutions during the past
year produced 91,716,231 pounds, while
in the previous year these lnstltu-
tons produced s1.S76,474 pounds.
Average Price In 1920.
ceived for butter during 1926. accord
ing to the report, was 57.l8 cents,
while the average price paid the
farmer for butter fat is given at
SO. 39 cents. This Is slight increase
of the prices paid during the fiscal
year ending June 80, 1919. when the
average price paid for butter was
56.42 cents the pound, and the aver
age price paid the farmer for butter
fat was $3.50 cents per pound.
1 I'M bat ~
as an industry which Is now leading
the state, Is shown in the compart-
SON of tables issued by the state
dairy and food department for 1910,
when the united creameries OF the
state produced but 95,668.216 pounds
of butter. The average price paid
farmers for butter fat in those days
was 30.76 cents per pound: The
number Of creameries. including,
Co operative, Independents, and cen
tralizers was 762 as compared win
of CO. operative creameries in 1910
was $50; independents 1870; and cen
tralizers 10. The reports for 1920
shows that there are more than S2z
CO. operative creameries; lao indie
pendents and A centralizers.
Total Number Patrons. .
The total number, Of patrons serv-
ing those creameries OF the state
are given at 12S,653 as compared
with 12s,s5S patronizing this indus.
try q year ago. OF the number OF
patrons given for the year just COM
pleted S4.751 patronized the CO. opera
tive creameries Of the state, while
the others split their business among
the Independent and centralzing in
stitutions The number of cows re-
quired to serve the ever increasing
industry of the state was 1,084. 7Ol.
producing 113,066,O64 pounds of buu
ter fat, for which the farmers or the
state received $71,67S.1S6.07. The
butter fat was 1914, of which amount
22.99 was attributed to the CO. oper-
alive establishments and the balance
to the Independents and the central
izers. e
The lower over-run attributed to
the CO operative farmers, ACCORDING
to Mr.. Heen, is indicative that the
butter produced In these institutions
is not of such heavy moisture and
other ingredients. The amount re.
eeived by the Operative operative crsam ,Sass
farmers plants was $53.1o2311.70. or
57.S7 the pound. They paid 65.o9
cents the pound for butter fat to
their patrons. which according to Mr..
Heen. is evidence that the CO. opera
tive creameries can demand larger
price Tor butter on the open market
Predictions for a banner butter pro
duction year for the period ending
June 30. 1922. were made TODAY by
Mr.. Heen. He said that conditions
for production of butter fat were
never better, and II the conditions
remain throughout the year as they
now are, the production OF the COM
ing year will be a record breaker.