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OZARK CHEESE IS '• IN STRONG DEMANDArmour Representative Reports a Preference. for Benton County Product.Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 9.—That the cheese being made in Benton-ville and at the several plants affiliated with the Bentonville cheese factory is meeting with favor inthe markets is indicated by the requests of a number of large buyers for “Ozark cheese instead of northern cheese,” according to H. W. Nesbit, manager of the assem-) bling and curing plant maintained here by the Armour Company.The little Rock market is particularly favorable to the Ozark cheese, made and cured in Arkansas. However, the Bentonville cheese has been widely distributed and some of .it has been sold in Wisconsin and other cheese centers. The plant shipped two cars the past week, to be distributed in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida, the 45,000 pounds having a value of approximately $10,000.The Bentonville cheese factory was the first plant of its kind in this section of the state and was established here more than a year ago by H. Y. King and his son, S. D. King, both of the Bentonville Ice and Cold Storage Company. The plant, which furnished a stable and satisfactory market for wholemilk through its truck routes sent♦in several directions for about 25week or immediately before Christmas may establish a new top for this year. Medium to good kinds, however, cannot be expected to go to a higher price level. Fat cattle that were held to avoid losses in September do not seem to be in a position where further -improvement may be expected. Thin cattle purchased at present prices give promise of satisfactory returns by t^ie end of next year’s grass season.“Dairy—Steady to lower butter prices are in prospect since the butter market is not in strong position and the usual seasonal rise in butter prices cannot be expected during the next thirty-day period.“Poultry and eggs—Steady tolower poultry prices and higher egg prices, seem probable by the end of the next thirty-day period.”FARM PRICE INDEX IS HIGHER THAN LAST YEARAt 140 per cent of the pre-war level on October 15, the index of the general level of farm prices was 1 point lower on September 15 and 3 points higher than a year ago, reports the bureau of agricultural ecenomics, United States department of agriculture. Seasonal declines in the farm prices of meat animals and lower prices for cotton, corn, barley, wheat, wool, horses, and chickens were partially offset by seasonal advances in the farm prices of dairy and poultry products and higher prices of oats, rye, hay, fruits and vegetables, cottonseed and flaxseed. On October 15, the prices paid to the producers for flaxseed were the highest since July 1920.Changes in the indices of prices of farm products, by groups of commodities, in the period from September 15 to October 15 were: Meat animals, cotton and cottonseed down. 5 points, grain down 3 points; poultry and poultry products up 16 points; fruit and vegetables up 8 points; and dairy products up 2 points,Grain prices on October 15 were 12 points higher than on the same date in 1928, fruits and vegetables were up 54 points; and poultry and poultry products were 13 points higher. Meat animal prices weremiles, has twice been enlarged and similar plants have been established at other points in Benton county, in Washington county, andin Oklahoma. The output of all the eight plants is assembled here for curing and shipped from Bentonville in car lots. About 75 cars of cheese have been shipped, each with an average of 20,000 pounds of cheese. The cheese shipped from Bentonville is estimated to represent about 15 million pounds of whole milk, for which the plant paid approximately $300,000. The price of milk, per butterfat pound, has been from 46 to 56 cents, with the whey returned to the farmers for use in feeding hogs and chickens.According to the local manager, the Bentonville plant manufactures more cheese than any other plant in the group, and the concentrating plant maintained here is the largest in the entire south.
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Joplin Sunday Globe
Joplin, Missouri, US
Sun, Nov 10, 1929
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