Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1880-02-12
THE DAlRYMEN.
HOLDING OF THEIR THIRD ANNUAL
MEETING.

The third annual meeting Of the Minnesota
Dairy mems association was held at the cham
Der of commerce. February S. The morning
session was called to order by the president,
s. y. Gardner. Of Wadena and devoted to the
enrolling of the names of members, who by
paying 81 each were declared members for the
ensuing year.
The secretary read report consisting of the
minutes of the meetings of the association bel
during the past year. which was adopted. The
treasurer, J. Ct. Bass, of Shakopee, reported
$4S received during the year and SIS 81 dis
bursed. Total cash balance on hand, 1854 23.
President Gardner then delivered his annual
address. 1t was an interesting document, but
our space does not enable US 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 MinnesotA
he said:
NuNNEsoTA's EXHIBIT.
Minnesota sent to the fair thirty-twO pack
ages of butter and cheese, twenty pack
ages of which was butter. The rules required
at least 100 pounds of cheese to compete for
premiums. The four cheese weighing less than
the required amount could not compete for
premiums. MinnesOta's exhibit of dairy but
ter was very creditable as compared with other
States. When the dairymen of the East were
informed that il was made from our native
wild grasses their eyes were opened with as
toxishment. The first premium ON dairy but
ter was awarded to Mrs. Wadsworth 4 Law
renee, Waseca, gold medal by B. p. & O. e.
Baker, of Chicago, for best butter made in
Minnesota, sailed with Higgins Eureka salt,
was awarded to Ct. q. Mcdowell.
The second t. Mrs. G.. Fl. Mcdowell, Waseca;
third, Henry Aspeton, Minneapolis.
The judges were Col. w. 8. King, Minneap-
oils; Hon. Hiram Smith, Wisconsin; John
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 ever before on
exhibition in New York City.
The press of New York and Chi
cago gave the makers the high
est and most graceful compliments.
Paiustaking care and skill, acquired by being
satisfied with only the very best in all her
work, has obtained for them a name and fame
that reaches from Maine to Oregon. Gentle
men, the lady who honors us with her presence
to-day, is without question the most skillfuI
butter worker, at the present time, in the Uni.
ted States.
was awarded to A HOdgeson & Son, Montreal,
Canada. The second, to r. E. McCatchen
Whitewater Wis.
The sweepstakes on butter-the best made at
any time or place, was awarded to N. w. More
ley, Baraboo, Wis. Mr.. Morley has a 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
ed to dairymen IN Jones county, Iowa. The
Intelligent, progressive representatives of that
county received eighteen premiums OH cream
cry butter against seven in 1873.
At the conclusion 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-
worth, of Waseca, had on exhibition a number
of fancy pieces made of colored butter which
are a par, of the exhibit made by Mrs. Nc
Dowell, Mrs. Lawrence and herself at the In
ternational Dairy Fair held at New York in De-
cember last. The artistic skill 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 state of the market which
which prevailed at the present time. Store
keepers in country towns did not pay any
price for good butter, but called all kinds
alike, and paid for good, bad, and Indifferent.
the same price.
Mr.. Sweet thought that by fixing
a standard of quality, and paying prices
in comparison, this trouble could be done away
with.
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
no 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
accordingly. He was of the opinion that
boards of trade, such as were
was what was needed. At this point. rules and
regulations governing such an organization
were Fad 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 @. Lawrence, agent
of the 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 cars
for seventy-fve cents per hundred pounds,
and that the railroad companies would gladly
furnish refrigerator cars to any point in the
State if a car load of freight was guaranteed.
MIR. VlscOute stated that he had shipped but
ter East and had received forty cents per
pound for 1t.
Mr.. Deering said as good prices could be OBJ
tanned for good butter in this market
as in the East; he knew of
several parties who had contracts to furnish
butter the year round at thirty five cents per
pound, and could not supply the demand. Mr..
Visconte read a 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 rs judges of cattle at fairs