Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-09
BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.
Close of the National Association at Hi
waukee-Financial Failure.

waukee-Einancial Failure.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. SIN the morning
session of the National Butter, Cheese and
Egg association, Charles Beach, president
CT the Wisconsin association, read an in
teresting paper on the Cow and Her Re-
lation to Civilization" stating that the
COW contributed S250,OOO,OOO TO the ma
! toms wealth in the past year, but cattle rails
ing had decreased, in 1860 there being
eighty head to 100 people, and in 1850 only
seventy-two. Chairman Smith introduced
the question of abuses of the patent law
under which many dairymen suffered The
matter was thoroughly discussed but no
action taken.
The afternoon session was devoted to
committee reports and short speeches, when
the following principal premiums
were announced: Sweepstakes premium
for best butter. VIM. McCrede. Algonum.
H., first, and Hiram Smith, Sheboygan
Falls, Wis, second. The convention will
formally close tomorrow, but the greater
number of delegates left for home to-day.
The convention proper was a success in a
commercial sense. but the dairy fair was
financial failure, the attendance being very
slim on account of the extremely cold
weather. The Exposition association is at
least $4,000 out of pocket by the opera
ton. To-day wound up with a banquet
given by the Merchants association to the
delegates.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. AT the second
days session of the National Butter.
Cheese and Egg association p. KuleshofF,
delegate of the Russian department. of ag
riculture. was introduced. The gentleman
is making a tour of the country for the
purpose of investigating the American
system of agriculture. Jonathan Perrian,
of Illinois, addressed the convention on
hay and grass and the question of butter
favoring, which he considered due to the
kind of grass fed. The great reputation
of Pennsylvania butter for fine flavor is
owing to the grasses of that region con-
tanning benzoic acid. The time
would come when butter would
be favored arti6cially. Seaman,
of New York, Harris, of Stratford,
Canada; Seymour, of New York; Boutelle,
of st. Louis; Hoard, of Fl. Atkinson; Bur
rell, of Little Falls, N, Y, delivered ad-
dresses upon topics interesting for the
butter, cheese and egg trade, and the fol-
lowing dispatch from the Manhattan Hay
and produce exchange was read:
''Our intelligent friends in convention
assembled. representing the dairy and kin
dred interests, must not forget that hay
and straw, well cured and cared for, make
better, nicer cheese, cleaner eggs, brighter
homes, happier faces and larger bank ac-
counts than can be expected otherwise.
Accept our cordial greeting. Your inter-
ests are identical with our country's, and
both are only beginning to be developed
In the afternoon reports of various COM
mittees we're read and discussed. Thomas
Higgins, of Cheshire, England, spoke at
length on the excellency of habits in dairy
fair and the increasing kind feeling between
the two countries. The report of the spe-
cial committee on the expenditures of the
legislative committee, stated that the ex-
penses were accounted for, but no steps
were taken to reimburse members of the
committee who had paid their bills. j.
Mcdonald, of Philadelphia, was elected
president, and R. NJ. Littler, of Iowa, Sec
Rotary of the Nationa! association. Vice
presidents are one from each state. to be
named by the state delegations and SUBJ
mitted to the executive committee. A
grand ball in the evening closed the second
days session. Owing to the extremely
cold weather the attendance was very light
and most of the delegates returned home
on the night trains.