Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1881-03-16
BUTTER AND CHEESE,
Notes of the National Convention at
Cedar Rapids. Iowa.

well attended, ON account of The inter
rupt1on to trains by storms, SIS was ex-
pected, and consequently not SO much OF
q success. The following notes of the
proceedings will be of service TO the
dairymen:
The following resolution by Mr.. An
derson, of New York, was unanimously
adopted: ~. r--...5.. fsff Dbl
WHEREAS. II has come to the knowledge OF
your committee appointed to examine the dairy
products now on exhibition in Cedar Rapids
that cheese adulterated with lard has been
shown to the delegates to the convention and
others; therefore, t+.tt . .s ...t
ResOlUed. That this association condemns the
practice which some parties are trying to intro
duce IN our system OF dairying, it being dis
honest proceeding, and certain of iniuring our
export trade. which has been built up so sue
cessfully by the means Of genuine, honest, and
superior products
The topic "The Relations of the Pro
ducer and the Dealer" was then taken
up, and spirited discussion of an hour
and half ensued.
Mr. Buell., of Illinois, opened, and
spoke from the producers standpoint.
He thought the produce is too much at
the mercy of the commission men. He
makes shipments of butter to them reg
ularly, and sometimes he receives more
than the quotation price and sometimes
less. But quite often the account sales
show that it brought two, four, or five
cents per pound less than he thought it
was worth in purchase. He could not
help thinking sometimes that his COM
mission merchant either used poor judg-
ment OF that he had really sold the but
ter for more than the account sales
showed. If he suspected the lat
ter he had no means what
ever under the present plan Of dis
covering whether it was so OF not, and
he suggested as remedy that on every
account sales should be stated the par
ties to whom sold. In making these re-
marks he had no intention of question
ing the integrity of commission men in
general, as he believed the vast majority
of them to be honest, but he had no
means of telling which were honest and
which were not. He read their cards in
the daily newspapers, but read nothing
In them as to characters selecting one to
deal with.
Judge Luce thought such remedy as
Mr.. Buell. proposed would do no good,
for il we have to deal with rascally com
mission men they will beat us every time
in spite of our efforts to detect them, and
the only way to do is to find out the
honest men and deal with them. ZAP
plause.
Prof. Knapp, Of the Iowa Agricultural
college, said that if a da1ryman would
uniformly ship good goods with recog-
nized brand on, and always to one man.
he need have no fear Of being cheated.
Mr.. Marvin, of Monticello, said that
dairyman who received his freight at
Cedar Rapids recently received three
tons of soapstone, and it is supposed
that he intends to use it IN his butter
Mr.. Marvin was appointed committee
to investigate the matter.
MI. Sherman, of Iowa, called atten-
tion to and condemned unsparingIy the
practice of some dairymen of buying I'M
sailed butter, working it over, and brand
ing it creamery.
Prof. Knapp, of Iowa, delivered very
interesting lecture on "The Grasses of
Iowa" He said the climatic conditions
of the state were radically different from
those Of the eastern states or southern
Europe. Timothy is native product
OF southern Europe, and hence was not
suited to Withstand the peculiar condi-
tons OF our hot weather in certain sea-
sons of the year, especially in July and
August. By using barnyard manure or
chemicals fair crop can be raised, but
there is not manure enough in the world
to fertilize the prairie lands of the west.
We must get substitute from countries
where the climate is similar to ours.
Central Asia and parts Of Australia.
for 111cto,,an Tn a 1o4%o7, ooJ75o4,.x,
They have a grass that produces four
crops a year, making seven and half
tons to the acre. The professor related
his experience with the Hungarian grass
and millet, and thought these articles
more profitable than timothy or clover.
He related some experiments made with
corn planted in drills ten inches apart,
six kernels to hill, and cultivated two
or three times during the season. This
corn made twenty tons of fodder to the
acre. Each stalk had one and some
two ears, and there was probably eighty
bushels to the acre in twenty acres
planted in this way.
A general discussion followed, AMI the
delegates piled the professor with nu-
merous questions, which his vast in
formation on the subject enabled him to
answer satisfactorily every time.
The next topic was that of transporta-
tioD, and was discussed by several repre-
sentatives of the leading lines of rail
roads and ocean steamships. They all
agreed that the transportation and ex-
portation of butter and cheese was rapid
~ becoming business of great magni-
tude and they all promised there would
soon be increased facilities on the rail
roads and steamships for safely carrying
those products.
By request, Mr.. Huston, of Waubeek,
read paper, which he had prepared for
the late state association of dairymen on
the condition of the creamery business
in Linn county. It was very interesting,
showing that there are thirty creameries
in the county, producing 1,50O, 900
pounds of butter and $4,000 pounds of
cheese annually, the value of which is
about $780, 200.
The topic, 'The Importance of Uni
formity in Quantity and Quality Of Pack