The New York herald., 1879-12-09
THE DAIRY FAIR.
RICH DISPLAY OF BUTTER AND CHEESE IN
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE BUILDING-cATTLE

RICH DISPLAY OF BUTTER AND CHEESE IN
THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE BUILDING-cATTLE
ON EXHIBITION
The second fair of the International Dairy Fair
Association began yesterday evening at the exhbi-
tfon buildings OF the American Institute. Such was
the success OF the initial exhibition that the associa
ton has become permanent institution and 1t is
expected that it will be able give fairs annually
with something like the success which attends the
exhibitions of the American Institute In the main
hall there is butor butter everywhere except where
1t is cheese The domestic exhibits comprise butter
from nearly every State in the Union and the con-
tributions of chooses range from the "smeer kase'
of the Pennsylvania Dutch to fine specimens Of
cheese from Amsterdam. splendid Cheshire and
Cheddar cheeses. and even the famous soft
cheese, which the English much prize. There is
temple of foreign cheese in the centre OF the hail.
and near 1t obeisk Of cheese raised by Mr..
f. b. Thurber, the president of the association. and
constructed after the pattern Of tho Egyptian
obelisk now In course of removal to this country.
pillar Of SALT but not like that which Lots wife
contributed to the outskirts Of Gomorrah. has been
erected by Mr. Francis D. Moulton. the vice president:
and there many other novel and interesting
features. Premiums offered for the best cream
cry butter dairy butter. print butter and foreign
butter for the best butter of any kind and for the
prizes for the best cheese made in New York, Penn.
sylvania. New England Ohio. Michigan. Indiana.
Illinois, Wisconsin. Iowa. Missouri. Minnesota and
the Canadas In the British Isles the Continent Of
Europe and in any other quarter OF the globe.
premiums % offered by both ~ English IA and American
houses and the display shows not only lively com.
petition but the widespread interest that is felt In
dairy products. Is
DAIRY IMPLEMENTS AND MACHINERY.
As adjunct this display there is in the part Of
ing exhibition of dairy implements. machinery aud
models Premiums are offered for the best creamer,
cheese press. the best model Of butter creamery,
cheese factory dairy barn ana dairy buildings and
the best display Of dairy implements in the manu-
facture OF butter and cheese. There also to be
making butter and cheese. Different methods Of
raising cream are to be tested. one Of these being
the cen ntrifugal machine for separating milk from
cream. which, it claimed will serpersede all other
processes for manufacturing butter as its action 10
almost instantaneous.
well. well.' exclaimed an old lady from Bucks
for the frst time last night chow glad my man w,ll
be to hear Of this He hates to churn the winter
and often scalds the butter with hot water because
There is, too, . new method Of making cheese
the acdfyng process being discarded and the cheese
man nufactured from sweet whey.
.'This may seem impossible" said one Of the
officers of the association to HERALD reporter "but
we mean to give fair opportunity for the settle
The great rivalry which exists in regard to all
these processes, whether for raising cream or max.
ing cheese is Of the most interesting features Of
the fair.
Another feature of the fair is the cattle show Al
including Jerseys. Devons Holsteins and Ayrshires
Besides the dairy cattle there is q very fine display
Worthy Prizes Of $50 arg oered Tor the best bus
and mich cows OF the various breeds-Devons. Jer-
Ayrsshrss Ssst Hostons q and short
bull special premium is offered tor the best herd
Of Swiss CATTLE and Of the two very fine herds in
American Institute under the auspices OF the Farm
ers' Club comes forward with two special pre-
best mich cow for dairy purposes. and the other
silver medal Of superiority for excellence to the
ond best. Altogether about two hundred cattle will
be on exhibition during the fair.
DAIRY NTEREsTs ABROAD.
The formal opening took place last evening 81
Hayes at the Seventh Regiment Armory fair. Mayor
Cooper said II was not his duty to make Q speech.
fair opened. Il was expected that e1,aovernor scy
mour would make the formal address, but during
the day tslsSPhiS despatch was was received from
travel. In consequence, President Thurber road
paper which was Intended for later period Of the
said that according to the latest statistics the
number OF milch COWS in Germany is s.osl. .22l; in
s.7Os. .7Ss; Denmark. 100000; Sweden. 1.sSS.57e;
Norway, 74l,574; Switzerland. 59246S. While in
about is some idea Of the maenitude Of the
interest may be formed from the fact that In
this country alone, during the year 1875 340000O00
pounds of butter. OF this but 80 Per cent of the
butter exported while OF the cheese 41.6
production Of butter exports SO 900 or atty per
cent. These figures, Mr. Thurber argued, show that
American dairymen have neglected to study the
fine butter has commanded higher prices ut
homo than abroad. American butter makerS
must strive to increase tho supply of good butter
and thereby lower prices to point which will en-
able them to compete in the principal butter mar
kets of the world That they have the ability to DO
this no one doubt who knows the progressive
spirit of the American people.
"In the manufacture OF cheese" Mr.. Thurber
successfully to the taste Of our principal foreign
market-a striking indication Of which is found in
fscture is exported, against less than four per
cent Of butter and this large amount has been al
oSssa.r or Cheshire sye SsweSe4 Is
also to be found great variance in the quality,
probably not moro than one-quarter being OF the
and ordinary qualities these latter generally selling
for from twenty-five TO nifty per cent less than the
finest grade. Now. with such premium prem I upon IN.
things should long continue and 1t illustrates most
strongly the necessity OF educating dsirymen
haps. no means 30 powerful to this end as dairy
fairs which the Intelligent and progressive
representatives of that industry gather and dscusa
its various questions ~ they arise"
The attendance last night not large; but the
fair to continue fortnight this fact caused little
uneasiness to the managers. Every afternoon ct
half-past four o'clock there to be meetings Of
dairymen to discuss dairy topics, to which visitors
to the fair invited and every evening there Will
be addresses by prominent men Among the latter
10 Mr.. Erastus Brooks. Invitations have been ex-
tended to large number Of the lending dsirymen
clsimod have accepted arc President Hayes and
General Grant,
THE SEVENTIES FAIR.