The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1880-02-11
THE .DAIRYMEN.
HOLDING OF THEIR THIRD ANNUAL
MEETING.

MEETING.
The third annual meeting of the Minnesota
Dairy mems association was held at the cham
Der OF commerce, February 5. The morning
session was called to order by the president,
8. 3. 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 q report consisting ,rf the
minutes of the meetings of the association hel |
during the past year, which was adopted. The
treasurer, J. G. Bass, of Shakopee. reported
S4o received during the year and SIS 81 dis
bursed. Total cash balance on hand, &c.. 90,
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 Minnesot,
he said: . .E...
n11NNEsoTA's EXHIBIT.
Minnesota sent to the fair thirty-two pack
ages of butter and cheese, twenty. eight pack
ages of which was butter The rules reouired
at least l5O 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 it was made from our native
wild grasses, their eyes were opened with as.
tohishment. The first premium On dairy but
ter was awarded to Mrs. Wadsworth & Law
renee, Waseca gold medal by B. P. d c. E.
Baker, of Chicago, for best butter made in
Minnesota, sailed with Higgins Eureka salt,
was awarded to G.. q. Mcdowell.
The second tt. Mrs. g. II. Mcdowell, Waseca;
third, Henry AspetUn, Minneapolis.
The judges were Col. W. s. 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. It
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
est and most graceful compliments.
Painstaking care and skill, acquired by being
satisfied 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 us with her presence
to-day, is without question the most skillful
butter worker, at the present time, in the Uni
ted States.
The Sweepstakes-First premium, on cheese,
was awarded to Hodgeson Il Son, Montreal,
Canada. The second, to B. 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 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 dalrymen IN Jones county, Iowa. The
Intelligent, progressive representatives of that
county received eighteen premiums on cream.
cry butter against seven in 1879.
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 number
of fancy pieces made of colored butter which
are part 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 ut the present time. Store
price for good butter, but called all kinds
alike, and paid for good, bad, and Indifferent.
MIR. Sweet thought that BY fixing
standard Of quality, and paying prices
in comparison, this trouble could be done away
with.
MIR. 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 aud do some injury to oleomargerine
Mr.. Saunders stated that the dealers in the
r. paid about the same price as they did in
thia market, the fact was no announcement
was given fox 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
pc boards sr., Of trade Nv. such wa as were
was what was needed. At this point rules and
regulations governing such an organization
were cad 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 q 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 q car load of freight was guaranteed.
MIR. Viscoute 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
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 cents per
pound, and could not supply the demand. Mr..
visconle 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 judges of cattle at fairs.
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