Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-02-12
SI,DAIR I ZEN Ola TON.


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& There was present b good representation
81 those identified vi h the dairy interests
70 the state while the. endancs 81 eiiti-
sens 81 Albert Lea and q the adjacent
country vas very large. The President Of
the Associa ton, ~ illiam FoWler al New
port, called the convention to, order and
introduced May Or "a. e.. Wedge. who made
q few appropriately remarks. In the
absence OF Nv. y. Hoard, rho sWasto have
made the response. the Hon. y. ~ .yers
of st. Paul WAS ca lied upon by the presl-
dent, and he uttered the appr; 1priate sen
ti,nents u al !, veil timed phrases, -,
pioneer veteran farmer and editor,
Col John u. Stevens, who had
engaged TO address them, and his re-
marks we're replete with che result Of his
observation and experiences. Alter the ap-
pointment Of commit tees and music, Frank
d. Holmes read an essay on butter. This
was followed by q lively discussion on but
$terine and cieomargarine. One OF the most
emphatic speakers ~ dennnciation
Of these false forms OF butter was
products az great frauds whlch should
be put under great restrlctlons 20 Keep
them from crushing great ana noble IN
duetry. Ohm Ames read 9 paper On
the subject q curing hay.
. A. r. klnstry, read q paper, the SUBJECT
being Give Us Something Fresh lie
ureed dispatch IN the process OF puIter-
making, and also dispatch IN market1ng
the butter alter II ls produced. IN the dis
cusslon which followed FRANK =: Holmes,
Commissioners W.zKlce and w. ~. hoard
took an active part. The point was en-
phasized that cows should not be let out
into the cold on a severe winters day to
get water Ice water Is very nlur1ous. it
contracts the COW and lnterteres with the
Junction OF giving mlik: Ihere were numer-
Gus other testimonials. 8. on the economic
value OF art'tlclal!y warlRng tne wafer Tor
COWS. The use OF stancneis was strongly
denounced: MT. hlnsury estlmated tne
cost OF feed Tor g cow az ten Genus per Gay
or $36 per year.
Present ana iuture OF Dairylng' Inns
was the subject OF q paper by hon. ID. Z.
Howard OF Minneapolis, assistant state
dairy commissioner. He said:
First, we must use good, rich, juicy
grasses. Second. pure, CLEAR cold water.
Third, skill in making. We oanraise grasses
OF as good quality as can be grown in the
east, and at half the costper ton He made
a strong onslaught on butterine and said:
The overhanging cloud Of this gigantic
fraud is threatening to envelope and dis
troy the dairy interests OF the United
States. The paper closed with all appeal
to farmers and dairymen to make a vigor-
GUS stand against this blatant iniquity.
J. II. Potter, prominent dealer in
Minneapolis gave testimony that large
quantities OF the counterfeit are sold in the
| -four CITY, nevertheless. Both Mr.. How
ard and Mr. Rice testified as to the diff
Guilty Of deciding the matter by law.
C. F.SDexter Of Chicago read paper on
the commercial relation OF the dairy pro-
| duct and the producer.
| Among the elements governing the selling
value of the product are: quality, manner
Of presenting it on the market, q reputa-
ton for uniformly good and superior
quality, and lastly, the presentation OF the
product on the market 80 as to meet the
| increasing demand for large quantities,
strictly uniform in style of package, age or
freshness, color and other essential points
which determine the quality or character.
No one of these conditions is sufficient by
itself to secure the best results through the
varying conditions of the markets during
| q full system. r9,H
| T. D. Curtis, Syracuse, New York, read
paper entitled "How to make the best but
! ter" The discussion OF Mr.. Curtis was
followed by q paper from C.. L. Smith,
which treated mainly OF the dissatisfaction
OF the butter industry in the state. This
! the writer attributed rather to the igno-
ran and % o Eth tina. N
butter Prot Ed. Porter, Of the state uni.
yersity, who detailed at length the growth
and present condition of the university ex-
perimental farm and the department OF
agriculture. j.-..
/ C. L. Smith Of Minneapolis read a paper
on "Things ! did not find in the report OF
the diary commissi oner."
| He found great deal, he said, in the re-
port against Chicago butterine men. He
found little about the ignorance and care
lessness OF the Minnesota farmers who
! made seven and eight cent butter. Farm.
ers must have better facilities for butter
making The sale OF so much vile butter
cation Tor; the farmers was worth more
i than a thousand pages Of anti-butterine
i laws. 5.sl -5ss5s0s >. e$%'o
Diary Commissioner Rice said the law
| resulted in keeping prices Of butter from
1 four to five cents higher than for the same
/ grade in Chicago.
II Thereport ofthe committee on nomina.
tions caused acollision. The first ballot for
president waslost by % to27. A later bal
lot resulted in the election Of President w
Fowler Of Newport Secretary r. C. Judsou
Of Pennington and Treasurer John Z. Put
nam Of Big Lake--the old board. The
treasurers report for 1885 showed: Re.
ceipts, S663.21; expenditures, $45S5J
balance, 1904. 66. If. = r..
i . w. p. Hoard Of Fort Atkinson, Wis, de.
I livered an address on 1.-The question
OF forfeit" He said: Among. the leading
expenses OF common or Improbable dairy
farming are ~ the cost OF farming a hall,
4productiye soil in q half productive way
in the raising OF food for the COWS; (2) the
cost Of keeping two cows to do the work
4 OF one. He called for three specific changes
i first. in the idea OF the farmer himself as ia
what constitutes sound daily practice
second, a-change in the idea oiwhat a dairy
i COW is and what she isg rood for. Too n any