Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-02-27

former. After he had discussed the ef-
fects of temperature on the globule: in
question, he turned to discussion of the
influence of brine as an agent for put
ting the finishing touches on butter.
Once more, reverting to churns, he de-
clared that he used revolving churn,
and described the plan he pursued in the
evolution: of butter from its primordial
element-milk. -. -. -, :.
The secretary read paper by j: H.
Rails, of Elmira, N. ", on dairy inter-
ests generally. The article protested
against the early opening of factories;
against the encouragement Of the manu-
facture Of oleomargerine; against va
rious chemists and manufacturers in
their efforts to prove that skim;cheese''
was: as: good as cream cheese. Tho essay
was, very complimentary to the. dairy
interests of the. northwest, which, the
writer claimed to be of more Importance
than those of all the rest of the country
;.. -.... =. j,
=: Mr.: M: swiker, of st. Charles: ILL.,,
delivered an address upon the subject
of " Uniform, Packages for: Butter and
Cheese" He believed. that. less was Oh
tanned for cheese in Illinois thar in any
other state in the union: He deprecated
the idea of leaving large space between.
the top of the cheese and the cover of
the box. The packages in which butter
was placed in this state were the; worst
intha copntry.: He: believed: that pack
ages. should. be. Of uniform size: lie
thought that factorymens should be very
particular about the manner in which
they send their cheese to market. Too
much space in the box generated skip
pers:| He thought that white ash was
the best wood that could be used for
packages, White ash tubs and: frkins
were conceded to be the best and most
durable. Dealers, never objected. to too
much brine, on top Of the butter in SUM
mer. He would soak, q tub that was
very dry forty.eight; hours before using
it. While dry tubs.,Were very hurtful
to stock packed in them, care: should be
exercised not to soak them too much. If
more care was taken in packing butter
and cheese in this state, q better price
could be obtained for it in the eastern
markets: The un3 maj ket In the coun-
try that deAand6d a aSspruce tub was
Boston. He thought the white ash pre-
ferable :tQ. spruce, and within the past
few. years the prejudice against other
tubs thm1gpruce was fast 1disapp
,in ~Bostohl s>Ehei essayists had shitped
butter TO Glasgow, Scotland, nstm. psck.
ages. He would not advise anybody to
do, likewise unless they could get tin
nea9yif n& Entirely IF tight. ! =
Thefnext topic was & Profit and Loss
in Dairying," but Rufus Baker, of
Adrian, Mich, w. H. Stewart, of Wood.
stoeI,. H., and George M We{denl! Of
on tie bill to tackle the subject, were
notaplesent, Or otherwise did not come
up 70 thesscratch with their .paperA and
90 tina interim was. filled up, with an;
essay on Milk as an, Article Of Food,
by George P. Lord, Of Eiggfin. His ppafper
was an excellent scientific expose ST The
nutritious; attributes of milk, setting
forth. sthat it contained about. al the
81 sserr5vation & liz ga ths; 81 prolonga,
ton Of 'happiheasss iii the human race;
Among sotherai interesting statistics, he
set forth that the present population of
scows in llkpsi1iR 800; 600; and that they
Weighing s6ss. 16o, 656 pounds, equal IL
nutrition IL 400, COG, 900 q popndss: of
bteffs with sth5 bone taken 61tJ Al .at1so,
that there, afeA9, 0oo, o94 COWS in the
United States, ffeldinE ANNUALLY $685.
1000 000 gallodsaofo milf, ~sighingD So,
|4O07 t76Q a0 spoppdas aqpa1. il, nAtritiopl
l8 6se 25Q o lD{ n pQq yq9ss pt
beef Without bone {n -. 49,,
l kll6latl6ns were q aldoptes,d is tie eject
that WIhereas, the present dep 1liidn 81
prices Il largely due to the heavy sstoch'