Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1884-10-08
Daily xexnsttr Jnurxal.
Our Dairy Products
Report Of the Commitsee Of the Keaasbec
County Agricultural sosisty.

Following ~ their hepoH'-
We congratulate the people Of ear
county of Kennebec upon the mAgnifi-
cent exhibition of butter and cheese pre-
sented for our inspection. We congratu-
late the producers in that they have 80
clearly comprehended the necessities OF
the situation and 80 intelligently and
successfully economised their resources
az to place the state of Maine in the front
rank as o producer of first class dairy
products. In the amount of products
we of course fall far in the rear, but we
beliaGe that in the quality of both butter
and Cheese, we stand second to none.
We also congratulate the farmers and
farmers wives upon the fact thatthe dairy
businese Of our state is 30 rapidly in
creasing, that already it has become one
of the leading industries; and most Of
all we congratulate them that while pros
ecuting the most profitable branch Of
agricultural industry, they have at the
same time satisfactorily answered the
most important queation sof tha age, how
TO keep up the fertility OF our farms.
The ono great cause Of The HnpopulArity
Of AaiEg farming has resulted from sell
ing haS petstoes and grain. While the
/ bank account has increased, our farms
have been running up an account against
us, and when we die and the Treasurer
skips over to Canada, somebody. will
realize the Importance Of paying as-we
60 along Hundreds Of Maine farmers
have learned that q we'll cared for herd
Of cows will pay more than the market
price for both hay and grain with good
sprinkling of cotton, seed throwgin, and
that with all the resulting fertility carried
| back to the field, the great problem il
solved. The best evidence. of this il
found in the constant aud rapid incre ase
LOT the dairy business. According to the
best estimates and most reliable: tatistics,
the butter and cheese produced in our
state the last year. 1888, equaled in value
at the regular market price all the wheat,
corn. barley, oats, rye and wool for the
same period. It amounts to more than
lone fourth Of our entire agricultural
productions except live stock, and yet the
business 10 only III ito infancy 30 FAR al
Maine is concerned. One gratifying fact
IL that with the increased production
comes increased demand and higher
prices. The latter not because rings OF
boards ofitrade have doomed Maine but
ter, but because Maine farmers have pro
Ivided themselves with better cows, and
| provided the cows with better feed and
4 care, and thus given their wives some
thing to work with, and enabled them to
put goods upon the market, that will sell
upon their merits.
i We also most heartily congratulate the
consumers upon these same gratifying
facts. While in the past year you have
been willing to pay for good butter. You
have been compelled to go largely out of
the state for it, and it is not pleasant
truth to be told, that you have not al
WAYS got what you have paid for. Hun
dreds of tons of oleomargarine, butterine,
and other abominablc and filthy adulte-
rations called butter, have been sold and
consumed in our state annually, one
single firm handling for the retail trade
"a ton a week for the Gntigr .GaF..
This busincSsin the past may Have hae
some good itlQgnre iu compelling Us K
produce bettc,%g onde in self defence, 5ut
now they bcatsps ~ priG, aud our ouly
l1encdy II to hfVcit from the market eir
Ituciy. -.
4 Afiba slatoi aiccih,g If The Panon.
Iof NGsbanirX. If Maine. aeld recently
Iai Old iaJarl, STEPS were tallcn to pro-
cure sHtu legislation a> will Absolutely
prohibit rs manufacture or sale tn Tho
state. mad we uepe ts6t Gle odd INeRno
bee Ag.icAltagJEs 0isty, Nia Join hear
tily IN he work. IctusHll take hoid to-
4 sGIhcr and .4csslop a public sentiment
tl8l' viii ms allow the people to he thji-
robbed and poisoned When the matter
rame np ~ odd Orchard "a lady reporter
for one of the leading dailies.of The ,tatt
remarked. "that is good, YOU only havt
10 compcte with them. we have TO eat
their vile compounds
The argument of the western dittiIlei
that If the manufacture of beer ana
whiSkcy is prohibited, there will be nc
market for our surplus corn. is as good
as that of bogus butter makers, that i!
we stop their business there will be no
use for the surplus grease of Chicago
Cincinnati and st. Louis.
The former simply relates to an un.
necessary luxury, protected by high inn
port duties, and at the same time taxed
by high excise duties for the support OF
the government, while the latter seeks by
wholesome legislation, to Danish from
the tables of the rich and poor, alike the
surplus products of filthy slaughter pen,
/ and packing houses, putried with age
and corrupted with disease, dissolved
and deorderized with poisonous acids, ye
Ahrxing witliit germs of disease, which
would make the vilest whiskey blush fol
shame. This. brother and sister farmer,
! of kennebec, is what you have to com
pete with to-day in the markets of you,
own state.
While we look to our legislators TO give
us such a protection as justice demands,
let us at the same time seek to protec
ourselves by placing on the market al
abundance of such goods as are here dis
played, for the admiration of the crowd
and the examination of your committee
We are exceedingly sorry there are no
prizessenough to go round, but as sucl
is not the fact, we congratulate the Socie
ty upon the fact that each competition
and all her friends will be completely
satisfied with our work. There were
entered nineteen lots of butter, and nine
teen of cheese, also there were four en-
tries of brownbread, three of whit,
bread and two of graham.
Your committee got the word ego" al
10 A. NJ, and for three mortal hours We
wrestled with nice and intricate problem:
before us. The butter was fairly good,
and the cheese full better than usual al
our fairs. The bread-with the excep-
ton of one loaf of white-was not ar