The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-12-08
BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. /
Proceedings Of the Great National Con.
ayension Held at Cedar Rapids; Iowa.
Progress Of the 1sn1ter, c1seese and Egg
lstsiness-Interesting Papers and
Discussions.
The Ma nuiaeturers Of A.sulterate,i Goods
Rou,lelly Denounced and Legislation
Earnestly Urged.
The formal opening Of the ninth convention
Of the National Butter, Cheese and Eggs ASSOC
citation at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, took place on
the Doth inst, at Greene's opera house. Six
hundred delegates from twenty two state were
present., including large delegations from New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg,S Ch1ea-
go, St Louis. Milwaukee and other points.
Nearly a thousand visitors, prominent
and leading kNoipess. men from all directions,
were also til the cah of the roll OF 9
states, twenty-five responded; as follows: Penn
sylvania, Illinois,, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri,
Iowa, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia,
Maryland, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Dako-
ID v6THOuts k06ehCuuH0IUS dDu 04dlucs
GOV. John b. Gear welcomed the association
to the state In an eloquent address, in which
he noted the progress Of the agricultural de-
velopment of the state, and especially the rapid
and extensive development Of the dairy inter-
ests, and noting the immense magnitude IF the
ed by an address by the Hon. Austin Belknap,
Of Boston, president Of the association, in which
he noted changes duxing the past ecore Of years
made in business generally, but especially'in
the dairy interests of the country
and more especially Of the west. He dwelt at
cheese, and suggested law requiring dealers
to place mark on every, package of.adulterat-
cd product, that the consumer may be protect
ed from imposition, and urged the necessity of
the association adopting some plan to prevent
this fraudulent adu1teratlon Of dairy products.
The display of butter was the largest ever
exhibited at any fair in the United States, and
the collection Of dairy implements, machinery
and appliances can only be computed by the
acre, exhibiting the progress in these labor
saving and butter and cheese perfecting ar
rsngeme1ts IS interesting as Instructive te eli
dustries. The entries were unprecedented,
some classes having nearly $4,000 worth Of
butter in them.
SECOND DAY. $500.
Nov 3Oth, tho convention. was opened by a
discussion Of oleemarg airline and other fraudu-
lent compounds in the adulteration of dairy
products. Mr.. Englehardt of Chicago told Of
the magnitude of the adulterstion business in
butter. Forty per cent of butter is used, and
the balance is butterine The manufacture and
trade in butterine is one of the principal bust
ness interests Of Chicago. The question Of
adulteration is one Of vital interest to farmers
and dairymen: It is destroying the butter trade
months this year as compared with the same
period last year fell off nearly so per cent He
urged thelecessity of statelaws regulating the
matter. What there should be cug to be indfcat-
ed by this convention, but until the government
makes it criminal offense to export adulterat-
cd products, but Little good can be done for our
export trade. He concluded by urging the con-
vention to take prompt action upon the subject
l. s. Coffin Of Fort Dodge, To-, READ paper up
on the subject He likered the creamery in
terest Of Iowa to young child growing up for
the honor and salvation Of the state; denounced
oleomarga:iIe az Herod who was seeking its
lite, and pleaded eloquently that all help to put
him ont Of the way.
Mr. Smith of New York gave a brief history of
the dairy business in the country: The question
demand was easily solved. Make a better quail
ty. Mr.. Simpson Of B. ston lid it was notsuffi-
Gent to denounce AID suppress adulteration in
dairy products. Wemust attack adulteration in
all goods.
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matter up. But little good can be done towards
| suppressing it until these adulterated products
were declared deleterious to public health.
The discussion closed by the convention pass
Resolved sol !s': TSt it is the sense of this con-
| vention that q law should be passed to prevent
| authorizations Of butter and cheese
| A discussion on shortage in cream butter Was
participated in by a number Of delegates, prac-
| teal creamery and dairymen. The caus OF
the shortage in both summer and winter was
widely discussed and great variety Of reasons
that stirring milk while being cooled
caused shortage; that wet seasons
caused a greater decrease than moderate sea-
sons; that length of time in churning had the
effect in asfhort time Of producing little more
that the kind and quality of feed had much to
do with the quantity an! quality Of both cream
and butter; that the atmosphere has considers.
BILE influence upon both quantity and quality
that the length Of time milk is permitted t.
stand before Swimming has much influence il
the manner OF setting milk in both quantity and
quality Of cream and butter. In the discussion
Of creameries in general the weight Of o. inion
seemed to be in favor of creameries sufficiently
large to take gathering area Of ten miles. Mr..
Burreu Of Little Falls, N. Y, spoke atlength on
discussion on relative value of different feed
for stock. The following resolution was
adopted:
Resolved, That committee OF thirteen be
appointed by this association with power to
appoint sub committees charged with the duty
ol>preparmg draft OF q bill embodying the
requisite provisions to be presented to the forth
coming congress for enactment, and also il
eeemea ADVISABLE foS draft to be presented
1or aclon by the various state legislatures. It
snali % me 1ulther duty OF the said commission
TO take such steps as it may consider necessary
to secure the enactment of the proposed legis-
latlon. I
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