The Sauk Centre herald., 1925-08-13
DAIRYING PAYS THE
MINNESOTA FARMER
THIS INDUSTRY WILL BRING
$25o,ooo,ooO TO THE NORTH
WEST THIS YEAR
BUTTER PRODUCES HALE
INDUSTRY IN THIS STATE WILL
BE WORTH APPROXIMATELY
$21O,OOO,O0O
(John H. Celland in Minneapolis
Tribune.l

\ooin H. Celland IN MINNEAPOLIS
Tribune.)
The dairy cow will contribute ar
least $250,000,000 to the wealth of
the northwest in 1925 when the agri-
cultural balance sheet of the district
is cast up at the end of the year.
With dairying permanently estab-
hshed as the greatest single source of
revenue In Minnesota and gaining.
ground daily in the Dakotas and
Montana, the forecast for the 1928
revenue of the industry is based on
Cow census figures of the United
States department of agriculture for
1924, with increases averaging per
cent for the four states in 1925, added
on the basis of unofficial estimates
prepared by farm statisticians.
OF the gross revenue from dairy
products in 1925, not including fer
tilizer and other by-products, Min
nesota will contribute around $780,
100000, according to estimates on
August l of increases in herds, of
conditions of the cows and pastures
and of present and prospective stocks
of hay, alfalfa and other fodder.
North Dakota and South Dakota will
add around $25,00O,0OO each to the
prosperity total, while Montana's new
wealth from dairying will exceed
S10,0OO,OOO.
In the case of Minnesota, butter
will make up about half of the ag-
gregate dairy revenue or slightly
more than 100000, 1000. For the re-
naming three states whose butter
industries, although gaining steadily
in Importance have not been develop
ed on the scale existing in Minnesota,
the dairy income is spread evenly
over the several classes of dairy and
creamery products.
The approximate figure of dairy
wealth in 1925 represents an increase
of around 10 per cent over the 1924
total, as compiled by the four state
agricultural departments. The gain of
about per cent in the total farm
holdings of dairy animals accounts
for the big share of the added pro-
fits predicted for 1925.
Other factors, only slightly less
Iisgnifcant, are the substantial adj
vance in market prices for butterfat
and the improved conditions of the
hay and corn crops, as compared with
AuSuSC, IOAf. SISdlIlcIlGS VI lllG
northwest today are paying farmers
five cents more pound for butter
fat than was the rule in August of
last year. The price is around 46
cents a pound, as against 40 to Al
cents a year ago
Conditions Of pastures and of hay
crops, both tame and wild, show inn
provement, especially marked in the
case of the hay fields. Indications
are that there will be an abundance
Of hay for storage, to feed to north
west cattle next winter. While the
corn crop holds more direct signi-
fiance to the northwest's hog-raising
industry than NIo dairying, the corn
condition this month augurs well for
the food supply of dairy cows. Not
only is a much larger corn crop ex-
pected this yeear than was harvested
last fall, but the healthier and more
luxurious growth of the stalks indi-
Gates that the thousands of silos will
be we'll filled when cold weather
comes. The unofficial 1925 census
of the northwest's dairy cows reads
: Minnesota, 100000; Montana, 205,-
900; North Dakota, 550,000; South
Dakota, 465,000.