New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-12-02
RITTER AND CHEESE.
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FAIR.

INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FAIR.
GROWING IMPORTANCE OF THE DAIRY INDUSTRY IN
AMERICA INCREASED EXPLORATIONS YEA
TUREs OF THE FAIR
The international Dairy Fair, which VIII open
this evening at the American Insti1ute Building
ia exciting the interest of dalrymen In ali parts or The
United states and Canada and Of a large number 81
sDpping merchants who believe that Will attract the
attention OF foreign countries the unequaled facilities
Of the country for the production OF butter
and cheese, and will increase the export trade'
Already 10000 entries have been received
OF which nearly 1000 OF over 200 pounds weight
each. 1t is the purpose OF the managers TO exhibit
specmcns Of butter aud from every part Of the
country devoted to dairy farming, and to demonstrate
The fact that In no other country better articles pro
duced than here nor cost which enables the manu-
facturer compete farer terms IN foreign mafKe'
The growth OF dairy interest III this country durlnR
tho past five yeas has been very great, anu IL Is De-
eved that this first International Dairy Fair will be
gathering OF magnitude ana Importance COMMENSURATE
with the interest represented.
The expectation Of butter and cheese particularly OF
the latter 10 Great Britain increased rapidly In
the last few years to alarm British produrer' ana
many Of papers read the Fair Of the British Dairy
Farmers Association al London in October last and the
papers upon dairy subjects winch appeared recently I'D
The Journal of the British Icuitural Society," speak of
the superiority OF American CucfHo w an i"'''
and urge greater care upon the British manufacturers
as the only means by which they retain their hold on
the home market Senator Herman relates that when In
England recently he asked ~ his hotel for some OF the best
cheese, the waiter brought him pate saving, THIS
Is American cheese IL better than ours, though we
don't like 10 admit IT," II Is GAINED by those who
have studied the subject that Great Britain. within
twenty years. will require al the land which can be de-
voted prodtbly to cattle grazing Tor milk alone; and
will look To foreign countries for butter and cheese
The supplies now come from France, Holland Den
mark, Norway, Sweden and tue United states. Ihs
country, claimed, compete probably with all
Others and produce better article OF butter than any
other through the creamery system " which ia now
gaining ground many States. This is similar TO {
factory system by winch cheese is made, The milk
from section Of the country being taken % creamery
and there manufactured into butter The average
quality OF creamery butter Ia said To be worth 10 crns
pound more than dairy butter and the of making
IL much less The other advantages OF the creane
system are that IL saves labor and prevents waste
Dr. Cummings said at the Manchester uOwOj Darymens
Convention that he obtaining 40 cents n pound
for the butter product Of his by taking Ms milk to
the creamery The butter used IN his family he bought
from his neghbors II cents pound realizing clear
profit OF from 20 10 % cents every pound by the
operation. J. H. Real. who has been very active In
promoting the OF the Dairy Fair. dec ed
that he believed there could be no limit to tho do
rnand which might upon this country FOR butter
and cheese and that demand could be 50 great that
IL could not be met. Germany he said, within year
changed from exporter u an Importer OF butter
and taken from this port much a. $500 packages
a weck-a larger quantity than she sends to Great
Britain
The Hon. Harris Lewis said recently: Tho dairy In
tere,t IL destined ovcrshadow all other agricultural
industries and Is The purpose of the dairy fair to put
It in the place IT oleht 20 occupy The export has In
creased 100 per In six years. We exported l07-
600 900 pounds cheese last year. and this the
export will amount 10 1870 600 900 pounds. We exported
81 600 600 pounds Of butter last year. and will export
10000 pounds this year.
The production OF butter and cheese "a specially has
hstory OF only thirty years II began IN the eastern
part OF tins state then extended norhwrd aud west
ward until II became the leading Industry IN mo state
In Pennsylvania ihc hes devoted to DAIRY
farming The northern pdii OF ONO MAKES IL spec
Wisconsin and Iowa, cheese aud butter making Is the
chief industry Colorado has several onecne factories
and within Last years California has changed
from importer To an exporter Of butter ana che
Fifteen years ago CHICAGO merchants oDtalned ther
V S"p"' Tb vaue o. the land and stock employed III
furnishing mk butter aud cheese the United states
ia estimated at 81 ,3OOoOOO0U over 5000 factories
are ENGAGED IN tho manufacture OF these articles,
aides the tens OF thousands of rriyate diaries. One
manufacturer Western New York Ia. over forty fac
forirI Ohrrs IN different paris OF country have
from ye to thirty each. There several films Ia this
city who hand from two 10 three million dollars
worth Of butter aud cheese each annually.
The annual production Of cheese ia the United States
Is estimated at $50 900 pounds and OF butter 1000
600 900 pounds. Tho value Of the two Is about $3.50.
600 600 o.r-.eyenth more than the nay Crp, hrd
more than the ton CROP and ony one.lfh less than
the corn CROP There are Than 1900 900 in
tho United States which Is over six times ths number
Great Britain and more than twice The number IN
France The production OF butter and cheese IN this
country has Increased 80 during tie present
year. and the exports said to have increased ~ the
same proportion Tie cheese and butter exported this
year have paid freight 10 ocean transportation com
panios amounting 10 sl0UOo0J'9 or alnost enough to
snuport line OF ocean steamers They pay 10 railroad
companies annually over SJ,OCO,OOO and milk pays
nearly ~ much b, sides.
Tue following table exhibits the export trade Of This
country butter End CHEESE for the us, twenty yeas