The New York herald., 1878-12-03
INTERNATIONAL DAIRY FAIR.
A Novel Exposition at the American
Institute Building.
TONS. OF BUTTER AND. CHEESE.
Ex-Governor Seymour and What He Knows
About Daiy'ng.


The 1900 persons who attended the opening of the
International Dairy Association at the American in
stitute Building, Third avenue. sixtythird and Sixty
fourth streets. found themselves clnght about the
waist in sort OF iron trap they entered one by
one. ]. was not pleasant. but one was reassnred
when told that it was patent registering stie. Once
inside apparently limitlcss expanse Of butter
and cheese met the eye To the left, upon
tables stretching the entire length of the
hall were spread checses of every known shape size
and favor, until began to wonder whether there
were people enough in the world to cat it. There
We're the mighty round Gruyere. the luscious Rogue
fort the toothsome fromdge de Byen short. cheeses
representing the best efforts of every country in that
line From the chacts upon Alpine mountains
from the sunny provinces OF France. from
Scandinavian fields low lying Holland farms
from fresh English dairies and Italian
valleys and far Western prairies the product
had found its to those pine tables for the nspec
ton of the curious. On the left displayed on
similar tables butter in frkins. butter in tubs. in
pots and cakes and packages and boxes and other
receptacles of every possible size and shape. 1t
seemed that there enough to butter the whole
surface of the carth-n 1t spread thin and
kept out Of the holes. In the middle Of the
two big pyramids, each thirty feet high
One Of these rested upon base Of ten cheeses
each weighing 700 pounds Above these are tiers OF
smaller cheeses. round. pineapple and other shapes
the whole surmo,nted by little fat patch of grass
on which stands a stuffed Jersey COW. The other
pyramid is made of 400 cheeses. weighing in all
about twenty thousand pounds all Of domestic man
ufacture. On the platform that extends around
the walls inside ranged all sorts of appliances
and machinery for the preparation Of butter and
cheese.
tll DAIRY APPARATUS. .~4N
Everything was patented. There were patent
milking pals without number. patent tanks patent
vats patent churns that swung whirled, turned
with crank or moved with lever ran on q track
patent skmmers. cunning contrivances for snatch
ing up Jumps of butter and squeezing them six
ways ut into cunning shape; pat
ent receptaces to pack butter in, and, alas
patent coloring fluids to give it the ad-
mirei golden tint The variety OF contrivances
for making cheese was simply Dewildering. and to
novice utterly incomprehensible. There
patent cows. but there was patent contrivance tor
milking the animals. emptying four tcats at once
Besides the appliances and machinery for actually
working the two great products to which the fair
is devoted there were multitude OF others
more less directly connected with their
manufacture-knives that might be used
for cutting butter scales for ighing it, salt for pre-
serving it. muslin to it. steam and dog power
machines for churnipg and rolling it. and thousand
others the use of which the reporter could not
guess. On side, in row of stalls about thirty
fine specimens OF the milk animalto the preparation
of whose fluid the whole OF this vast machinery was
devoted-silently chewed their cuds.
The space apart for the illustration Of the man.
ner in which butter and cheese made was not
ready last evening. but the preparations will all be
completed this morning and the machinery in full
running order.
When some hslf-dozen selections had been per-
formed by good orchestra, President Poison intro
Mr.. Franklin Edison. president of the Produce Ex-
change, who. in brief speech. welcomed the patrons
and exhibitors to the city Of New York and hoped it
would result in profit to them and also to the
body he represented. The exports Of cheese from
the United States. he said aggregated 94.4JO.O0O
pounds during the last seventy years or average
Of 1000 per year. The production Of butter. he
sad has been enormously greater than that of cheese
and is estimated to have been, during the last year.
1900. 900, 900 pounds.
At the close of his address he introduced ex-Gov
ernor Horatio Seymour 'the champion of that in
dustry and resident Of this State" Governor sey-
mour spoke substantially as follows:-
EX-GOVERNOR sEYMoURs ADDRESS.
When wo walk the streets of this great city and
its varied forms of wealth feel that this show
of farm. products represents but an humble item Of
this continents resources. But If look more
closely at thecauses of our prosperity shall find
that has much to do not only with the welfare Of
New York. but of many States OF this Union and OF
the adjoining provinces of Canada 1t represents
industry which gives life to and activity
and of the wealth and power Of banks aud their
influence for good or evil upon the cond
ton OF our country. Many look upon them
subtle. dangerous powers. The OF
their united currency il about three hundred mil
lions That il less than the value of the butter and
cheese made In this country each year. Il all the
banks Of this city should be rubbed out II would not
much injury as q seasons loss Of dGirying.
This exhibition il the result dull toll that has
worked ont its routine OF the druduery of labor n
is one that tells of what has been ined by intelli
gence science and industry. This is an international
exhibition. 1t IL challenge from American TO Eu-
ropesn farmers. have been asked to speak to this
audience. not because have any skill as dairyman
but for the reason that have been placed where /
have learned much about the history Of that pursuit
and what l may fairly call the ststesuianship by
which II has been lifted up from an humble to great
productive interest When made my home farm
/ asked to act President of the American
Dairymen's Association. This made mp Of mem
bers from most OF the Northern of the Southern
States and Canada. They hold annual parliament.
which they discuss all matters pertaining their
pursuit accepted the place with a coInplarent
feeling that 1 could be OF use to them a. had
been in many deliberatiyc bodies: had presided over
large asscniblsges and had made numerous agricul-
tura speeches. They paid men OF skill To speak TO
them about the laws OF animal and vegetable life the
course OF trade the habits tastes the people OF
other countries with whom they dealt ana the his
tory of darying in all parts of Europe No uniycr-
sity In land has had the benefit a wider range
of lectures upon such topics he who speaks to them
to be needed must know what he talks about. have
burned all my agricultural speeches. Of which was
proud.
RESULTS or ORGANIZATION.
Proceedings thus marked by wise liberality, the
orator said, and by search knowledge and a
sharp scrutiny OF cost bring out valuable truths.
The reports Of their meetings and debates
sought for at home and abroad He described ut
length the manner in which these meetings were
conducted. the organization of boards OF trade
through winch dealers in the English provinces buy
directly from the manufacturers in our towns on
cable reports OF the prices and without the nerven
tion Of ni,idlemcii. In order to deal in this way
they have been compelled to study the rise aud tall
OF the currency, because when pound Of cheese
has been bought at fifteen cents of our money and
has beeu sold for less than twelve In the money of
the world. and the buyer has made profit all the
parties to the sale have learned just what money
Is worth. II our legislators. lie said. knew much
about IL the interests OF thecountry would suffer less
But IL IL not alone In the science ia making
and In knowledge OF political economy In selling
lie hrln Of