The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-12-08
The Ma nuiacturers OF At,lteratest Goods
Rouneily Denounced and Legislation
Earnestly Urged.

business. The governors address was follow
ed by an address by the Hon. Austin Belknap,
Of Boston, president OF the association. in which
made 10 Snsasss
the dairy interests Of the country
and more especially Of the wess. He dwelt at
length upon the adulterAtion Of butter and
cheese, and suggested q law requiring dealers
to place 4 mark on every package Of adulterat-
ed product, thattho consumer may be protect.
the association adopting some plan 10 prevent
this fraudulent adulteratlon of dairy products
The display OF butter was tho 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
saving and butter and cheese perfecting dr.
rangements % interesting az instructive to all
identified with the dairy interests and in
uustriee. The entries we're unprecedented.
some classes having nearly $4,000 voseh &
butter In thena - -,
SECOND DAT,
Nov. 3Oth, the convention wa opened by 4
discussion Of oleemarg arine and other frahdu-
lent compounds in the .adulteration OF dsirV
products, Mr. EhglehAIds OF Chicago told Of
tae magnitude Of the adulteraton bleiress in
6utter: Forty per cent Of buttor is used, and
me balance is butterine. Tho Manufacture and
nes: interests Of Ceicega. fhs oaestion % Of
adu1tefatton 10 Ore of vital interest to farnoors
ND dairymen: It is destroying the butter trado
at nome and abroad ,;r rott export Tor six
mo4tqS ths teas ~ compared with tho same
psttcd last year fell off nearly so per cent. he
urged the nocessity Of state laws regulating the
matter: What there should be ought to he indicat-
ed by this convention, but uutil the government
makes it o criminal Ofense t. oxport a1ulterat
ed products. but lttlo good can be done for our
export t!ado: He orelnihd by ,irglns the con-
yent!on e take prompt action upon tho subject
on tho snbject. ue like c1 the creamery ;n-
tcrest Of Iowa to young ch,sd growing up for
ibe honor and saly::Ion OF the state; denounced
o1eonareasine as Herod who was seeking its
life, and plcadet elcIuently that ill help to put
him out of the way
:, MI: Smith Of New York gave brief history Of
the dairy business in the country The question
OF how to iucrcaae tna home mark aud foreign
demend was easl, sylvci. Make y better Quali-
ty. Mr. Simpson Of B. stan sad 1t was notsuffi-
Gent to cenounce AID suppress adultesation in
dairy products. Wemust attack adu9teration in
all goods.
c. T. Dextet> Of ,CtitsSo, thou:sht this con.
yeq:ion can 10 but little else than Stir Ills
natter up. But little good can be done towards
suppre:singi it until these Adulterated products
were declared deieterious to public health.
Tho 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
pSfticipated In by number Of delegates, prac-
tical creamery and dairymen. The cause OF
the shortage in both GUNNER and winter was
widely discussed and q great variety OF reaeons
given for it. 1t seemed to be agreed to by all
naas.s fnat set'rrang ! milk while being cooled
caused = greater decrease than moderate sea-
sons; that length Of time in chu1 ming had the
eject in short time Of producing a little more
butter, bnt Of poorer quality than longer time:
that the kind and quality Of feed had much to
40 with the quantity an! quality of both cream
BILE influence upon both quantity and quality: =:
that the length Of time milk is permitted to
stand before skimmiDg has much influence in
the manner OF setting milk in both quantity and
quality OF cream and bRtter: In tie discussion
OF creameries In general the weight of o. inion
eeemed 70 be IN favor of creameries sufficiently
Aree to take gathering area Of ten miles, MI:
Burreu of Little Falls, N. Y, spoke At length on
ensilage, and that was followed by a general
discussion on relative value :of different feed
.Sor iGF &C. rs =, s :fo'iS.ine RESOLUTION xas
Resolved, That committee OF thirteen DO
appointed BY tins association, with power to
or preparing draft Of q bill embodying the
requisite provisions to be presented to the forth
coming congress for enactment, and also II
deemed advisable for draft to be presented
TOR action by the various state legislatures. 1t
shall be the further duty of the said commission
lation.
,.I,', ~: THIRD DAY.
On Thursday, Dec. Sc, in tho convention
there was discussion Of the ensilage question
BY Mr.: Burrell, Of Little Falls, N.Y., He gave
q detailed account 0f his experience with ensiI
ege. A resolution declaring that it pays to fee d
oO cent corn to good dairy cpws at least nine
monthe IN tho year was adopted. A discussion
oi tne topic, Bitter Butter, ensued. A great
variety Of opinions as to the cause was given,
such - tungus growth, character Of feed, tenn
Reratnre, etc. The weight of opinion was that
ehe prime cause of bitter butter is s.temperatrre,
II u generally conceded that where an even
;s:saMa3Perature ;:aa3P wes secured by submorging cane,
htsie M or no trouble was had from this cause.
=, Inc next topic was butter bleaching ia tubs
Ihe concauston arrived at was that the chief
s ssose. neg IN noe;properly soaking the tubs be-
tote packing. The committee on gathering
cream recommended that creamelies take 70
eree9i sum hea ey patrons, no, frozen crean1or
SIeam wnlchs hed been frozen, and, thawed,
be skinned in winter under twenty four homs
eter setting, The temperature should not be
!eee tean 1fty, though sixty is better. The re-
porE GenQu1ced farmers who in any way tam
PeE Wta max OF crt Am 40 unworthy Of patron
ege. ,Ih!s report called out. . spirited dis Gus
aoo :. wmet xesolted in thorepor* being remauilell
.; 70 sne committee for modification, it appearing
i3,,s IN =. tho" discussion that tho milk pro-
blame sor .l BAD buteF nor Se consldere xaas a
as tne only crook in the dairy business.
I1e next topic was some needs Of the west
ern dairy, upon which Mr.. Colt, Of Now York,
dairy stock To secure this % dsirympen pnsause 'ast
ratse tAAa o1n COWS and TO secure thoIhigh4st
returns better. food and shelter must be pro
dnoed. He recommended the earlier cufting
efgrass for hay and stated it ia q fact that COWS
running down In desh cadnot give healthy milk,
Inc awarding committee on butter gave
aud ono to Ohio These include premiums in
al classes for which premiums were offered.
Hartman Sanford, of Amber, To-, was awarded
The grand sweepstakes prize. This, was sold Il
% cents Immediately on the award being made
haSSP * Re ea%Rc 9a tessrdds q sa1 sAese: %
5.s .s s% prodses:a dt:: a q es;3ss
the exhibit was not, fair average Grade Of
American cAeaEI ND Il Sdviseds Io1as cheese m
makers to raise their standard. A delegate
gave . : reason, that they could not eet miIk.
t1s Ss .s%e % s, 1ass
poor ~ Iowa cheeae might be, it brought fif-
teen cents At home, while tho best cheese in
eastern markets is worth thirteen or fourteen
cents. At the evening session cheese making
IN al lts details was ably discussed by Hon:
Geo b. Loling, commissioner of agriculture.
and many others
, on EridaX 1t the election Of officers, Mr..