Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1881-12-08
BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.
Proceedings OF the Great National Con.
yentiOn Held at Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

vention Held at Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
Progress Or the Butter, Cheese and Egs
Busipess-InterestingF Papers and
-. .aei;ja Discussions. -..3ihff
The Ma nufacturers of IAdulterated Goods
Roundly HsnoGnced and Legislation
Earnestly Urged.
The formal opening of the ninth convention
Of the National Butter, Cheese and Eggs asso-
citation at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, took place on
the 29th inst, at Greene's opera house. Six
hundred delegates from twenty-five states were
present. including large delegations from New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Chica-
go, st. Louis. Milwaukee and other points.
Nearly thousand xisitors,- prominent.
and leading business men from all directions,
were also there At the call of the roll OF, t. Q
states, twenty-five responded, as follows. Penn
sylvania Illinois, Indiana, OHIO, Missouri,
Iowa, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Virginia,
Maryland, West Virginias Wisconsin, Minnesota,
Nebraska Colorado, Kansas, Michigan, Dako-
tay-Fermont, Massachusetts, and Maine
Gov. John b. Gear welcomed the association
10 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 tie dairy inter-
ests, and noting the immense magnitude Of the
business. The governors address was follow
ed by an address by the Hon. Austin Belknap
OF Boston, president of the association, in which
he noted changes during the past score of years
made in business generally, but especially in
the dairy interests Of the country
and more especially of the west He dwelt st
length upon the adulteration of butter and
cheese, and suggested law requiring dealers
to place mark on every package of adulterat-
ed product that the consumer may be protect
ed from imposition, and urged the necessity of
the association adopting some plan to prevent
this fraudulent adulteratlon 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
rangehents as inter esting as Instructive to all
identified with the dairy interests and in
dustries. The entries were unprecedented,
some classes having nearly 5000 worth of
butter in them. y
Nov. 3Oth, the convention was opened by
discussion Of oleemarg arine and other fraudu-
lent compounds in the adulteration OF dairy
products MIR. Englehardt Of Chinsgo told Of
the magnitude OF the adulteration business in
U0ttSI. IOTty per CSuL VI OuUer u uSeO, ana
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 rita. interest to farmers
and dairymen. Il is destroying the butter trade
ct home and abroad. Our export for six
months this year as compared with the same
period last year fell off nearly so per cent. He
urged the necessity of state laws regulating the
matter. What there should be ought to be indicat-
cd by this convention, but until the government
makes it q criminal offense to export aiulterat-
ed products, but little good can be done for our
export trade. He concluded by urging the con-
vent:on to take prompt action upon the subject
on the snbject He likecei the creamery in
terest of Iowa to young child growing up for
tie honor and salvation Of tie state; denounced
oleomargarine as q Herod who was seeking its
life, and pleadet eioquently that all help to put
him out of the way.
Mr.. Smith of New York gave brief history of
the dairy business in the country. The question
Of how to increase the home market aud foreign
demand was easily solved. Make better qusli-
ty. Mr.. Simpson of Boston snd it was nctsuffi-
clent to denounce and suppress adulterstion in
dairy products Wemust attack aduiteration in
all GOODS ,-a vs.
G. T. Dexter, of Chicago, thought this con-
yention can do but little else than stir this
matter up. But little good can be done towards
suppressing it until these adulterated products
were declared deieterious to public health.
The discussion closed by the convention pass
ing the following:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this con-
vention that law should be passed to prevent
adulterations Of butter and cheese.
discussion on shortage in cream butter WAS
participated in by q humber of delegates, prac-
tical creamery and dairymen. The caus Of
the shortage in both summer and winter was
widely discussed and great variety Of reasons
gwen for It 1t seemed to be agreed to by all
that stirring milk while being cooled
caused SHORTAGE; that wet seasons
caused greater decrease than moderate sea-
sons; that length of time in churning had the
effect in short time OF producing little more
butter, but of poorer quality than longer time;
that the kind and quality of feed had much to
do with the quantity anl quality OF both cream
and butter; that the atmosphere has considera-
BILE influence upon both quantity and quality;
that the length of time milk is permitted to
stand before skimming has much influence in
the manner of setting milk in both quantity and
quality of cream and butter. In the discussion
of creameries in general the weight of ol inion
seemed to be in favor Of creameries sufficiently
largeto take gathering area of ten miles. Mr.
Burrell of Little Falls, N. Y, spoke at length on
ensilage, and that was followed by a general
discussion on relative value of different feed
for stock. The following resolution was
adopted;
4bCcOlfS0S udb d COulIllbt60 Oh GQlIbSoQ De
appointed by this association, with power to
appoint sub committees charged with the duty
of preparing draft Of bill embodying the
requisite provisions to be presented to the forth
coming congress for enactment, and also if
deemed advisable for draft to be presented
for action by the various state legislatures 1t
shall be the further duty of the said commission
to take such steps as it may consider necessary
to secure the enactment of the proposed legis-
lation.
THIRD DAY.
On Thursday, Dec. 80, in the convention
there was discussion Of the ensilage question
by MIR. Burrell, of Little Falls, N Y. He gave
q detailed account of his experience with ensil-
age resolution declaring that it pays to feed
oO cent corn 10 good dairy COWS at least nine
months in the year was adopted. A discussion
OF the topic, Bitter Butter, ensued. great
variety Of opinions as to the cause was given,
such as fungus growth, character OF feed, tenn
perature, etc. The weight Of opinion was that
the prime cause of bitter butter is temperature.
Ii Is generally conceded that where an even
temperature was secured by submerging cane,
little or no trouble was had from this cause.
The next topic was butter bleaching in tubs.
The conclusion arrived at was that the chief
cause lies in not properly soaking the tubs be-
fore packing. The committee on gathering
cream recommended that creameries take no
cream Skinned by patrons, no frozen cream or
SiSohL WblCu uuu uttu IfOZen ana lnaWeO,
none from very sour milk. No cream should
be skinned in winter under twenty-four hour g
after setting The temperature should not be
less than fifty, though sixty is better The re-
port denounced farmers who in any way tam
per with milk or cream as unworthy of patron
age. This report called out spirited dis GUS
sion which resulted inthereport being remauded
to the committee for modification, it appearing
in the discussion that the milk pro-
ducer does not like to take ali
the blame for all bad butter. nor be considered
as the only crook in the dairy business
The next topic was some needs of the west
ern dairy, upon which Mr.. Colt, of New York,
read an essay. The great need is profitable
dairy stock. To secure this dairymen must
raise their own COWS, and to secure the highsat
returns better food and shelter must be pro
duoed. He recommended the earlier cutting
Of grass for hay and stated it is fact that COWS
running down in flesh caanot give healthy milk.
The awarding committee on butter gave
twenty three premiums to Iowa, five to Illinois
and one to Ohio. These include premiums in
all classes for which premiums were offered.
Hartman Sanford, Of Amber, To- was awarded
the grand sweepstakes prize. This was sold at
66 cents immediately on the award being made
known. The committee of awards on cheese
In making the awards volunteered to say the