, 1877-12-21


Al tho afternoon session, Mr.. G. 9. nusii, Of
Nock Falls, ILL.,. read paper au dairy salt, giving
an account VI the various modes Of manufacture.
lie believed that coarse salt wAs batter fur dairy
use than very hne salt. Practically there wab 10
dicrcnce In Tho better qualities ef salt and they
had right to demand that tho prlces should 10
cquallzcd. Tho apcakes quoted from tho report ot
Now York committee, Who in judging ~ 10 tho
salt used IN various samples Of butlsr. went wrong
sKhteen lines out Of forty. lie had usod i've dtf-
fcrent brands this season and did nut Lelteva that
hs cuuld tell the difference botwcsu them. Ills
conclusion was that ono kind was ~
good ~ tho othest that ihs eosfsn-
nesa OF tlx grain drpsndsd entirely on tho
manufacture. atll that systuas Of Governmental
inspection was ncceaaAry for tAa protection OF
dAlFynsn. Ths EtAta of Massachusetts 1ayel
thou,snds Of doilars Yearly by the appaintraaus OF
~ inspector Of festtltae1s. and olhar Hlslgs uRht
sarEy out 1hs precedent with reward " salt. II was
sasior to manufacture pnrv salt BY solar r.apnsa
ton Than by boiling. provided thai pEopct
exescised. Tue Engatsh salt wss boiled In paus,
that Of New York In ketttcs, wh.le In tho West
Indies Il was oblsine4 from asa:vales BY solar
evaporation. ln chcshito. England. and O1onds.
T. hss .e Tss .s, ssas "a s;P9stnx: r. S Ths
Indies ssA .w4lss was nRpd.
Nh. ". YoI.soN,
of Nav York, did nut believe 10 TOO much science.
shs msu who soId oleomargarins for butter, sud .
learue4 Pk0tussor lu New York Was ttyaug 10 provs
through tho prssa that thcIu was snota bllsss In
that product than In 1ulteE ftsefk.
The Treasurer reported that be had received on
seeoput Of msh1borship tspa SIZE for advertising.
stc., t1Q1; tutal $.7u. Tls total expenses weIp
f.01, leaving bAianca Of $40 Oh hAn1. On mo-
tion, tbs paasnes was appropriated to the sctInnx
Secretary ~ 4 recoulrenia for biz trouble IN pre-
Cei u, IL. Ltli.r tssl ~ Interesting contribution
tfata
Mr. Fk1ugRtCKsOM,
Of Copenhagen. psnmask. The gentleman e1-
pfeaasd htA Astoutshn,snt At The dairy exposition.
which ~ never saw eQuae4 IN bis own county,
aud which he considered nplendla proof Ut lbo
s1csltcut zkkll Snd experience employed In Amer
tc4h da!staa. DGlmaEk was fsfy small, but u =
aAtf5 country 4eit tt4 ptaco with Aenuf anony tho
pauo9s, Dsnish butter having Tor several Years
brought the highest pslccs ~ the London alket.
Az Tue land having long snce been 9ccup!ed And
yteo. cult, atipR wssls I4nds, ~ ~ AMeE!cs Tho
enly improvements posstble wtso iu hsrsdinx cat
tla aDd tbs trcitmsut II uliak. Yet tho
s1poftatton doubled in tho dvs years from
1b47 10 lH72, kad tho fRcfeas@ ss!n e0nstaaed.
Ihs fAtNag9 VI naunlafk learned practical butteE.
MsknR from 11osteln dairy Heu and had surpls rcd
!heif leachsrs. Yet, wllle few Ysass Ago tbs dIi
tetencs betxeen Danish sed AmsncsP buttrs was
Itom 20 tu ~ s4ilinvs pat hundred weight ~ favor
ehilltD2s D4nl.h aaIlymeu used Ill thcir skill "
IMPROVE thu quality VI tbeir product. but realized
that they could never succeed tu eo1npctlnx With
america uns.h4lf VI the butter s1porls3 fro1l
us4mArk wAs made In peculiar manner aud pack
~ ln Al1-l!Xht cans Vi from ons pound upwards,
Which wsts shipped 10 tropical elinAa.es.
oaly ths very taest quality sas selected