The Record-courier. [volume] (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1904-current, 1921-01-28

The recent decline In the butter
market and in dairy products general
ly, has caused the dairymen of this
part of the country to look upon the
industry as not any too promising for
the future, and with this in mind.
many of the farmers of this section.
who, before prices began to drop, has
contemplated the purchase of more
and bettery dairy stock, are now just
bit skeptical about increasing their
herds.
So far as can be seen, the dairymen
of this section and the patrons of the
Minden Butter Manufacturing Com
pany need not be alarmed over this
unreasonable decline which was bound
to come and which is nothing more
than should be expected, for It's sure
thing that We will never again get
such butter-fat returns as have been
made during the past three years. On
the other hand, If We will only follow
dairy conditions in general as they
have gone In those three years. neith-
er do we look for an extremely low
market for some time to come. The
extremely high prices of dairy pro-
ducts, we all know. were brought
about mainly through war profit con-
ditions and to a certain extent were al
so stimulated by the high prices Of
hay and beef. The inability at that
time. too, to secure competent help In
and about the dairy was very dis
conraging to the dairymen of the
county and caused many of them to
cut down their herds and dispose Of
them entirely. This condition, how
ever, has been largely overcome.
There is no difficulty now in securing
efficient help. There are also many
successful milking machines on the
market which are being introduced
and successfully used. which helps
solve the most troublesome difficulty
the dairymen have to contend with.
These conditions, however, have
changed. Every dairyman is out buy
ing more cows. which certainly does
not look so discouraging for the in
dustry. Our hay must either be fed
or moved to the market and there is
no market In view of this fact, does
II not seem as though the most pro-
fitable source through which to mark
ct our hay Is through the production
OF the dairy COW? By increasing the
dairy herds of the country, 1t is true
that we also increase production and
that this will have tendency to low
er prices, but on the other hand, we
think il will be number of years be-
fore the dairy herds of the country
go back to normal The increase in
are replentished to where prices will
production is not the only thing which
has caused the market to drop. For
eign butter has been coming in our
market but mostly of course. to the
unstable condition of the foreign
markets. New Zealand. Australia,
and Denmark, which are the heaviest
exporters to this country, have. by
rtason of these foreign market condi-
tions, landed butter in the United
States in ship loads. Foreign imports,
however, will no doubt be cut off
within a short time through the
Emergency Tariff bill. which is now in
the hands of Congress.
The fact of the matter is we are
merely sliding back to normal and
every industry must forget wartime
prices. The butter market Is not near
as high as II has been. but still it is
far above normal. and so far as the
future outlook is concerned the gener-
al comment from the trade centers all
over the country do not see anything
that looks like disaster for the butter
industry, but they do look for fairly
steady market for some time to come,