The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1880-02-12
THE DAlRYMEN.
HOLDING OF THEIR THIRD ANNUAL
NETTING.

! MEETING.
The third annual meeting Of tho Minnesota
Dairy mons association was held At the cham
Der of commerce, February5. The morning
| session WA called to order by the president,
8. q. Gardner, Of Wadena, and devoted to the
| enrolling of the names of members, who by
| paying $l each were declared members for tho
ensuing year.
The secretary read a report consisting 1T the
minutes of the meetings of the association bel
during the past year, which was adopted. The
treasurer, J. G. Bass, Of shakopee, reported
e4S received during the year and SIS 81 dis
bursed. Total cash balance on hand, 364. %.
President Gardner then delivered his annual
address. 1t WAS an interesting document, but
our space does not enable 10 to give more than
| an extract. The president gave with much de-
tail an account of his visit to the National
Dairy Fair held in New York city. The ma
! chinery which he found in use surpassed all
previous inventions. In relation to Minnesot.
he said:
- N1NNEsoTA's EXHIBIT. T..
Minnesota sent to: the fair thirty-two pack
ages Of butter and cheese, twenty. eight pack
| ages of which WAS butter. The rnles required
ut least $50 pounds of cheese to compete for
premiums The four cheese weighing less than
| the required amount could not compete for
preraiums. Minnesota's exhibit of dairy but
tor WAS very creditable compared with other
States. When the dairymen Of the East were
informed that it WAS made from our native
Wild grasses, their eyes were opened with rs
tOaishment. The frat premium On dairy but
ter was awarded to Mrs. Wadsworth L Law
renee, Wasecs, gold medal by b. P. d @. +.
Baker, OF Chicago, for best butter made in
Minnesota, salted with Higgins Eureka salt,
was awarded to G.. Il. Mcdowell.
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third, Henry Aspeton. Minneapolis.
The Judges were Col. w. 8. King, Minneap-
oils; Hon. Hiram Smith, Wisoonsin; Johu'
Stewart. Iowa.
Last, but by no means the least regarding the
exhibit from Minnesota. was the ornamental
butter presented by Mesdames Wadsworth. Nc
Dowell and Lawrence. 1t took the sweepstakes
from over everything else in that class. 1t
was the centre Of attraction during the fair
Nothing to compare with it WAS over before on
exhibition in New York City.
The press of New York and Chi
eat and mo.t graceful oomp,iments.
Painstaking care and skill. acquired by being
satisfed with only the very best in all her
work, has obtained for them name and fame
that reaches from Maine to Oregon. Gentle
men, the lady who honors with her presence
to-day, is without question the most skillful
butter worker ut the present time, in the Uni.
ted States.
The Sweepstakes First premium on cheese
waa awarded to A. hodeeson L Son, Montreal,
Canada. The second, to r. E. McCatchen,
Whitewater, Wis.
any time or place, was awarded to N. W. More
ley, Bsraboo, Wis. Mr.. Morley haa = dairy Of
only sixteen COWS.
All the first. second and third premiums on
creamery butter made in the months of June,
September, October and November was award.
fr>@ @Ar rNNyvnA in "
Intelligent, progressive representatives of that
county received eighteen premiums on cream
cry butter against seven in 1873.
At the oOnclusion the thanks of the society
were rendered Mr.. Gardner for his address. A
recess of ten minutes was then taken, and the
various dairy implements and samples of but
ter on exhibition examined. Mrs. II. J. Wads-
werth, of Waseca had on exhibition . number
of fancy pieces made of colored butter which
are part of the exhibit made by Mrs. Nc
DoWells eEs.: law9ences and hessel& u the In-
tefnationaf Dairy Fair held at New Y0rkin De.
oember last. Tho artistic skin showed in the
making of this display is very fine.
MIR. Bass gave his idea of how dairy work
and butter making should be done to
make . fine article, and deplored
the as,, naats,a state Of the market which
keepers in country towns did not pay any
price for good butter, but called ali kinds
alike, and paid for good. bad. and Indifferent.
the same price.
Mr.. Sweet thought that by fixing
!: standard OF quality, and paying prices
in comparison, this trouble could be done away
Mr.. Clifford said there should be some way
to ship surplus of good butter to the Eastern
market if prices could not be obtained here
He thought it would help raise the
price and do some injury to oleomargerine.
Mr.. Saunders stated that the dealers in the
E.t paid about the ssme< price as they did in
this market, the fact was no encouragement
was given for making gilt edge' butter. The
distinction in quality was not made; butter
should be graded as wheat is and prices paid
sccot,dngly. He was of the opinion that
in operation in New York State,
was what was needed. At this point. rules and
regulations governing such an organization
ws-o rad by Mr.. Sanders. In reply to some
remarks made in regard to the rates of ship
ping butter from St: Paul and vicinity to New
York and Chicago, George O. Lawrence, agent
Of Che Merchants Despatch Transportation COM
. pany, gave table of rates. ~
He said that last fall butter was shipped
from st. Paul to New York in refrigerator cara
for seventy-6ve cents per hundred pounds,
and that the railroad companies would gladly
furnish refrigerator cars to any point in the
State if q car load of freight was guaranteed.
Mr. Visconte stated that he had shipped but
ter East and had received forty cents per
pound for It.
Mr.. Deering said as good prices could be OBJ
tained for good butter in this market:
"a in the East; he knew Of
several parties who had contracts to furnish
butter the year round at thirty five cents Der
pound, and could not supply the demand. Mr..
Visconte read q lengthy and interesting address
on the superiority of the Jersey breed Of cows
over other breeds for dairy purposes, and CIV
ing statistics which he had kept for the past
nine months. He also called attention to the
lack of judgment displayed by persons who
acted a. judges of cattle at fairs.