The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1923-03-23
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necessary because they were only get.
| ting 40 cents for their manufactured
butter. Now, if the farmers patroniE.
ing those low paying creameries would
cooperate in delivering first class
cream, butter would bring more on
the eastern market, the creamery
could pay more for cream, the volume
of business would probably increase
as result and there would be moro
profit all around.
Under many circumstances il is i'm
practical to deliver any other than
sour cream. The small dairymen and
! those living some distance from a
cream station or creamery are jusi-
fled in selling sour cream. On the
other hand those producing a large
volume of cream or living close to q
market have splendid opportunity
to increase their revenue from cream
without increasing their output simp-
ly by improving the quality Of it.
Ice cream factories and many
creameries pay a premium for sweet
cream. Fortunate is the man who
lives near enough to one of these
establishments to make daily deliv-
cries of cream. Some creameries es-
tablish grades and pay a premium for
all who deliver the highest grade.
There may be grades for sour cream
as well as sweet.
This matter of quality is almost
entirely in the hands of the farmer
themselves. If all the patrons of n
creamery will cooperate in bringin.
first class cream. it will pay them t
do so. Conservatively speaking, but
ter made from the best sour cream
brings five cents pound more on the
market than that made for ordinary
cream. The patron gets the benefit
of this increased value because there
is no greater handling charge for the
good butter. This difference Of five
cents pound would amount to about
800 year for an average herd Of
ten cows.
Reasonably. clean surroundings,
good cooling facilities and frequent
delivery are all that are necessary to
furnish the better product. These
details can be met in one way or an
other. Stunning and scalding the
utensils is the first step in producing
lgood cream.
AS rule too little attention is given
the milk and cream before and after
Separating. The separator must be
washed twice day if good product
is to result. Immediate cooling of the
cream is necessary. Stirring is just
as essential as cooling, stirring every
ten minutes for an hour giving the
best results. The mixing of warm and
cool cream is poor practice and re-
suits in great deal of low grade
cream.
In the matter Of delivery, neighbors
have cooperated with good success in
hauling cream for each other. With
three parties taking turns at making
deliveries, it means only one trip
week for each one, yet the cream Of
zach one reaches market every second
day.
1t is often said there is no encour- !
agement to produce superior cream
because there is no difference in price.
Where communities have taken hold Of
he matter in an united effort they
ave succeeded in improving the
quality to such an extent that they
"eceive- an exceptionally good price
'or their butter in prints for local
trade, or in tubs on the eastern mar
'let. incidentally, their creamery al
ways ranks near the top in the state
'coring contests.
In the care and cooling of milk and
cream on TIE farm is All opportunity
to increase the receipts for butterfat
by fully five cents a pound. The
| ,rcatest benefits accrue when all OF
the patrons of creamery unite in
bringing good cream and thus increase
he demand for every pound of butter
nut out by their creamery. The extra
trouble and expense IN producing
cream of high quality is no item at all
n comparison with the benefits de-
! lived. Prices, and therefore the pro-
fits, are governed by demand. Good
.uality creates the demand.
Tn dealing with foreign nations our
government should keep a stiff upper