The Dickinson press., 1883-12-22
BUTTER AND CHEESE.

Abstract OF the Proceedings of the
Annual Meeting of the Mime.
sofa Butter and Cheese Associ.
ation-Addresses and Discus.
sions.
The third annual meeting of the Mime.
sofa Butter and Cheese association was held
at Austin, Mower Ct unity. The attendance
was large, and the proceedings during three
days session were of considerable interest
TO farmers, and especially TO dairymen.
President G. Z. Marvin of Rochester pre-
sided.
An address of Welcome wa made by
Rev. E. r. Lathrop of Austin, and a re-
Spouse by G. A. Houston of Iowa, who at
tended the first Minnesota Dairymen's asso.
citation at Rochester two years ago. He
said: THAT part of Iowa which had given
attention to stock raising and dalrying has
exceeded every other part in prosperity, as
conveniences of farm life there. We be.
lieye that Southern Minnesota, which lies
in the great dairy belt of this grand coun-
try, is to be lifted up into great prosperity
by mere attention to this great interest.
In five years more the change from whe
to dairying will be wonderfully appsr.
eny."
President Marvin delivered an annual ad-
dress. He said the growth OF this industry
during the pastfew years is marvslous. Sin.
gle counties in our State that a few years
since only made from $4,000 to 100000
pounds of butter and cheese, annually have
increased under its creamery and factory
system to 100000, and in some cases to
more than 100000 pounds a year. This
has porportionately increased the amount of
beef, pork, poul ry and eggs produced as
these products s asys increase in the sss."e
ratio with butter and cheese. From h repu-
tation Of manufacturing only the most COM
mon grades OF butter and cheese, tie pro.
duct of the Northern dairy has so improved
that it is highly complimented and sought
after in all the leadiag markets because Of
its superior body, texture a.d flavor.
The solution os the oleomargarine or ad-
liberated product question it seems to ME
isto produce goods of tie highest possible
quality and standard; cooperate to make
them on the most economical practicable
plan; place them on the markets at prices
insist that impure goods shall be sold for
what THY are, and Don their demand will
so diminish that factories must ol)se for
want Of patronage. To successfully accom-
p!ish this the patrons must sustain the
manufacturer and be willing that he should
realize e fair profit, which will enable him
to success ully prosecute his business.
Secretary Rice of Olmsted county made
an address in which lie spoke ofthe advan.
tages of paying increased attention to the
cow. These are seen in increased thrife, in.
dustry, peace, and culture. Olmsted coun.
ty in four years has doubled her number of
~ yru oIyN ri OnoovN asr} o,,n \ "A 1,~-r
number OF hogs; and never, with two ex.
ceptions, raised ss much wheat as this year.
Rochester stores keep harol} any book &C.
counts; IS. 600 q month is paid for Olmsted
county cresDl, and three farm mortgages are
now paid off where n is put Oh. -Four
teen OIL nsted county men have gene to
Europe this year to buy stock.
4 large volume OF statistics we're intro.
duoed TO which bret reference NAV be
made.
The value OF this years butter product
in Minnesota, at an average valuation of 80
certs per pound: will exceed S., $50, 600, and
that oil asst year was lose to &C. Coo. In
1880 there wasn't a sinsl, creamery in the
state worthy the pameu and the one erected
ut Spring Valley in 1881 was much COM
men'ed upon. To-day there are seventy
sizstle creamef les or butter factories. aud
l~C14 Lu4loSA 10 DeABS duSHISuLSu flClCSI
every ninth. The success Of farmers i'll
Northern Iowa, in raising milch COWS and
the product, stimul ated iaterest in
the mater in Southern Minnesota and from
the Manchester creamery in Iowa, esteb.
lished 10 longer than 1873, scores have
sprung up in both states. The middle and
central northern portions of Minnesota are
. lso beginning to foil DIV the example of the
more southe ly parts, AID good judges pre-
die. that withip the next
product in Minnesota will exceed ten
millions Of doll irs. The methods employed
have been described frequently; a cream
cry is bu:ls in q town or small city in the
OF a good grazing country. Farmers
with mich COWS are supplied with cans of
such diameter that an inch Of cream there
in will make q pound of butter, and are paid
by the irch, the price ranging from n'ne-
teen to twenty-five cents, though the latter
is unusual and regarded very high. The
fa4mers generally ackno9l.j ge that they
more for the cream when scll in
way than they coul make fthey man
u:ac'ured it into butter and her scld it.
The crcameries have wagons ard regul.r
from which thu cream. is gathered US
often as needed. Few Of the farmers have
any urge herds, the object being to make
the dairy interest AT adjunct to the regular
agricultural pursuits. The steers wsre
raised for beef and enough OF the heifers are
kept TO insure a large enough herd to
make the business pay. AS the c-eameries
! ..vathe milk on the farms tie elves don't
and a usual adjunct Of thy
cat'l herd is a drove of hogs, to whom tie
surplus milk is given. Both hogs and cat
ile require C arn for fatterins purposes, and
is is es mated that in F.llnore the largest
dalrylt 6 county in the state, 65,000 acres
were I'll .nted in corn ltst year, es against
$1,000 acres in 1882, the latter acreage beil g
Tne c%reaaaeries do not furnish butter f r
home consumption, but send their modue.
to the east, OR to Urge home cities like st.
Paul and Minneapolis. The making OF
cheese does not meet with much favor, and
the anlountm manufactured in the state in
1882 was hut 247, 1856 pounds. Cheese facto.
ries take ell the mlls, leaving nothing for
fattening calves and hogs.
From advance shee,s of Commissioner
M:lilres' statistics for 1883 it appears that
there were 2t7 600, COWS in the state of Min
nesota in 1883: huttcr made in 1882,
amounted to II, 1856. 7ss.
The number OF pounds of bnttet for 1883
is not given or estimated, but at IL S 10
pounds to the COW, the yiell of 1882, tie
product for the present year will reach IT,
1884, or more than C0),Gc0 III excess Of
the product. of 1882. Coutlsd with the
above tabls is q column i'll which it is sta
ted that. there are thirty.tkree cheese fac.
tories III the state,
With the growth of the dairy interest
came the interesting query "What is the
most profitable breed If cattaa for Mime
sota's uses?" The question has not been
fully settled, since the years of trial have as
yet been so few. Many f.rmers have spart
.provement in quality ia one Of the
most notable Outgrow,hs of the las.
few years. Shorthorns, Holsteins, Polled