The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1879-02-12
AFTERNOON SESSION.


convention for the address and that a COPY be
requested for publication. Adopted.
THE ADDRESS.
Mr.. Gardner commenced his address with q
brief statement of facts and figures showing
the steady and rapid development of the butte.
and cheese business of the country, and said:
MINNESOTA.
Minnesota is doing something in helping to
swell the grand total of American dairy pro-
ductions. In 1876 our State had 1876, l49 mich
year. In 1877, 200 627; an increase of Is. 478
over the year 1876. The same proportionate
increase would give us now ZIG, los milch cows.
NO" the question naturally suggests itself a.
! to the quantity of butter and cheese produced
ana a9s II the quality of the same. In 1876, with
butter and 1852 ,S48 pounds of cheese. A.
Stunning that it would require ~ pounds of
cheese to make one pound of butter 1.-THE rule
in the Eastern States), the cheese product of
that year would be equivalent to 1880 $40
pounds, or total of l4,979,841 pounds of
butter.
INTERESTING FIGURES.
This gives us a fraction less than 81 pounds
as the average product of butter per cow-a re-
markable small yield. We have now arrived at
figures that become interesting.
Our ZIG, los cows, at an average of 81 pounds
OF butter each, gives US as last years product
ing and watching the market reports, who will
say but that 10 cents per nound
would be Fair estimate of the average price?
This would make the value of our State dairy
productions 81, 750, $50 for the present year.
Who Will question but that in having better
skill and the more approved appliances in it's
manufacture that for this product we should
not have an average price of Is cents per
pound! Five cents per pound would add to its
value $875. 225. Now we will look little fur
Their. 1t is no remarkable or unusual thing
win proper care and feed, for a 2-year-old
heifer of the native stock to produce in EIGHT
months 200 pounds of butter.
POSSIBLE PRODUCTION.
The COWS Of this State, if they but have the
care, quantity and quality of dzthey should
have, will produce at least $50 pounds of but
ter per annum. Hence, we have to charge to
neglect in those essentials the difference be-
tween 81 pounds and $50 pounds, or SO pounds
per cow, which gives US Il, 91l 245 pounds, at
10 cents per pound, amounts to $2,236, 687.
Add to this amount cents per pound, as the
loss in qualityion the actual product of $685.
225, as given shove, and we have the grand
total of $S, 11r,911.75 as the actual loss to the
dairymen of this State the past year from the
neglect to provide the requisite care and food
| ".
or neglect in manufacturing desirable quail
ity of dairy goods.
-l-. NATURAL. ADVANTAGES.
We have the raw material in abundance. All
over our State are the most nutritious native
grasses grown anywhere, in any State or in any
part of the world In our COWS we
have the machines which, if kept
in the proper condition will produce milk that
a. to quantity and quality cannot be excelled.
The
IMPROVED BREEDS
are improved machines which will produce the
material for the finest quality of goods. Sur
mounted a. we are in all directions with these
conditions for success why do we not succeed?
Why is it that our bovine factories are operated
year after year without profit to their owners
A loss of over So. 600, 900 from tho product of
less, than 100000 mich cows, is fact for
serious consideration.
WHAT Is THE REMEDY?
Think a moment of this neighboring city of
Minneapolis. Who has not heard of the North
Star Wooden mills? Who has not heard of thei.
great mills for the manufacture of flour7 All
those mills have q world wide reputation for
the fine quality of goods manufactured.
Why is it?
In the first place they nave good qualities of
wool and wheat. Our State has reputation
for the growth of fine quality of wool and
wheat. The owners of these mills procure the
best machinery for manufacturing their pro
ductions Then they must have skilled opera
tors to run this machinery, without which it
would be simply impossible for those mills to
achieve success and establish an enviable repu-
tation wherever their goods are introduced.
UNsKHLED OPERATORS.
Our grasses climate, water, machinery as ap-
piled to COWS is all right to manufacture good
quality of dairy goods, and our failure to e.
tablish reputation for fine qualities of butter
and cheese and obtain a fair profit in their
| manufacture is owing entirely to a want of
our dairymen and dairywomen. This is the
rule as the dairy interest of our State is con-
Quoted at present.
Week after week all through the past year we
see quoted in the market reports of this city
and Minneapolis common store packed butter
8 to S cents per pound; cheese, ordinary, 5 to 6
cents. Tons upon tons have been sold at these
prices. We note the close the past season of
the Clearwater, Anoka and other cheese fac.
tories in financial distress, patrons of the last
named factory being required to take their
share of the cheese and endeavoring to sell it
upon the best terms possible.
... SAD EXPERIENCES
They have had all the sad experiences they
| desire with these factories. They were sur
| rounded with all the natural conditions TO,
| success; but the operator, the cheese maker,
did not understand his business, and the enter.
prise ended q disastrous failure. Negligent,
| careless, unskilled operatives, butter and
| cheese makers, is the only cause for the present
| rule of great loss in quantity and quality OF
! dairy goods produced in our State.
It is pleasant and highly gratifying to note
the exceptions to this rule. I know of some
CHEESE FACTORIES
that are making as fine quality of cheese AZ
is manufactured in the best factories in the
State of New York, that have sold the past
season at 8 to 81 cents per pound; as high Of
the best New York factories
Along the line of the Southern Pacific good
butter sells readily at 20 cents, and choice
made by skilled hands, is selling at Is cents
This is being done where cows have free pastur
age, and where hay can be put up for 81 te
$3.50 per ton. This is being done in othel
parts of our State. The best diaries of buttf1
in New York are selling at Is to 10 cents pel
pound. Cows pastured on lands worth from
$50 to $3.50 per acre. Hay worth from 90 Ito
e12 per ton, COWS higher in price than hefe
bran to feed them from Minnesota wheat
quantity of milk reduced from an extensi%.