Profits of Dairying in Pennslyvania.

Manawatu Times, Volume IX, Issue 1128, 8 December 1883, Page 3

Profits of Dairying m Pennslyvania.

■ Dairying; m Pennsylvania is ih a prosperous condition, and does not to suffer from competition .with A cheap '^v^e^tern. products. The *Rermantp>wn T*elegraph' says of connty : — " The dairies of the county are producing a large quantity of milk, and, some of the creameries: are receiving more than tiiiey cati. conveniently handle. The Oakland creamery, one, o^f th e, largest, is recfe^ip^ between ,9000 and 10,000---pounqa of^o^iik daily, out of • -which are m^de. about 335 pounds of butter ' and Beventeen f cheesesperday. The Fairmftnnt creamery is receiving 16,00^buno!s ! of milk daily, and last mont^j^id, 3f » 7 cents per quart. In cooseqnence of the* large quantity of butter 'inade^the selling price has fallen considerably. Our farmers are retailing choice grass prints m the Philadelphia markets at thirty cents-per pound." This shows the value of a good market as well as of fine goods. Elgin creamery of choice qna3itees,bas been, selling" at 20 to 21| CentS.^ >f [;r- 7 : d '■ v- -':.