The Lynden tribune. [volume] (Lynden, Wash.) 1908-current, 1921-06-23
DAIRY ASSOCIATION
SALES $4,000 IN MAY
Reach High Mark; Many Tons of
Butter and Powdered Milk Turned
Out

Whatcom County Dairymen's Assoc
County made over 10000 lbs. O
butter, and in the Utility Plant a
Lynden over 10000 pounds of skin
milk powder. The aggregate sale.
for both plants for the month wa.
$4,000.
Information regarding prices pait
the producer, together with facts OF
the dairy situation ARE contained il
the following statement issued to-
day by Manager Davis of the Dairy
Association:
The price paid for butterfat during
the month of May in Seattle to the
producers netted them from 22c tc
27c at their door.
The Farmers Cooperative Cream
cry at Eugene, Oregon. paid at their
plant during the same month 22c a
pound for butterfat
The Portland market during the
month of Many netted the producer
from zoe to 23c per pound.
The producer in Whatcom County
received during the month of May
soc a pound delivered at our plant
for churning butterfat.
The milk producer who supplied us
with their product during the month
of May received 39c pound at our
plapt for this huttarfat
In these facts as shown by these
figures. you will see that the advan-
tages were decidedly with the pro-
ducer working in this county under
their own organization.
1t is a safe problem to see that If
We had no organization existing sim
liar to the Association in this county,
that our own market would have
been on the same basis as the Port
land market and during the month
of May, the difference to producers
in Whatcom County would have been
almost $4,000. This is the benefit
that comes to the producers in run
ming their own organization.
During the month of June, we have
had two raises on butter which will
be reflected in the returns to the AS
sociation members during June.
Positive information from every
source shows us that in the United
States today there has been an in
crease at the present time of over
100 per cent in the number OF milk
plants over that of the number of
milk plants in 1914.
Government statistics show us that
there are over $1,000. 100000 milk
cows in the United States today.
You will remember that during the
war that increased production was
pressed on every side and the result
is that all of the young stock that
was kept is now in its first or second
or possibly it's third year of milking
and most of the old stock was also
kept.
The price of the commodity is on
decrease oNeT tudt VI INV sS~A 10
during the month of May to the ex-
tent of 100 per cent.
You are asked that you look into
the market situation on wheat at this
time and at one year ago; also look
at the corn, potato, sugar and almost
every staple commodity that seeks
ready consumption. We of course
naturally notice the setback i'll milk
and butterfat prices in this county,
because it is our principal product.
II YOU lived in the wheat produc-
ing section, like Eastern Washington
or the corn producing section, like
Iowa, or the beet sugar section, ike
the irrigated lands of the intermoun-
tain states, you would be just as ag-
itated about the setback in the price
of the raw product there as you are
in the milk prices here.
We will have to get decrease IN
freight rates, as that is going to mean
a greater movement of products, ours
as we'll as others, through our intern
al railroads.
1t is safe prediction, it seems
that we will not see the high prices
again on any of these products. You
will remember a year ago in March,
April and May, spuds were being SOLD
down East at $4,000 ton. Now
where are they?
All things seek natural level ana
thew cannot stay long out of that
position.
Charles Sprague returned from
Pullman Saturday.