New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-02-10

DAIRY MEMS ASS TON.
synopsis Of the Proceedings Of the ninth
Annual Convention Hold at Albert Les,
Freeborn County.
There was present good representation
Of those identified with the dairy interests
in the state, while the attendance Of citi-
zens of Albert Lea and of the adjacent
country was very large. The President OF
| the Associa ton, William Fowler of New
port, called the convention to order and
| introduced Mayor A. c. Wedge: who made
| a few appropriate remarks. In the
absence OF w. D. Hoard, who was to have
made the response, the Hon. D. p. Myers
! of ST. Paul was called upon by the presi-
dent, and he uttered the appropriate SEN
timents in a few we'll timed phrases.
President Fowler next introduced the
pioneer veteran farmer and editor,
Col. John II. Stevens, who had
engaged to address them, and his re-
observation and experience. After the APP
pointment OF committees and music, Frank
! D. Holmes read an essay on butter. This
was followed by a lively discussion on but.
terine and oleomargarine. One OF the most
emphatic speakers in denunciation
of these false forms of butter was
| w. D. Hoard. He denounced these
products as great frauds which should
| be put under great restrictions to keep
them from crushing great and noble in
dustry. John T. Ames read a paper on
the subject OF curing hay.
! A. P. Kinstry, read O paper the subject
being "Give Us Something Fresh.' He
urged dispatch in the process OF butter
making, and also dispatch in marketing
the butter after it is produced. In the dis
cussion which followed Frank B. Holmes,
Commissioner w. Rice and w. D. Hoard
took an active part. The point was en-
phasized that COWS should not be let out
into the cold on severe winters day to
get water. Ice water is very injurious. 1t
contracts the COW and interferes with the
function OF giving milk There were numer-
Gus other testimonials on the economic
value OF artifcially warming the water for
COWS. The use OF stanchels was strongly
denounced. Mr.. Kinstry estimated the
or $50 per year.
present and future OF Dairying'' This
was the subject OF q paper by Hon. Fl. G.
Howard OF Minneapolis, assistant state
dairy commissioner. He said
1 First, we must use good, rich, juicy
grasses. Second, pure, clear, cold water.
Third, skill in making. We can raise grasses
OF as good quality as can be grown in the
east, and at half the costpe ton Hemade
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
4 States. The paper closed with an appeal
to farmers and dairymen to make a vigor-
GUS stand against this blatant iniquity
/ J. H. Potter, a prominent dealer in
Minneapolis gave testimony that large
quantities OF the counterfeit are sold in the
flour city, nevertheless. Both Mr.. How
ard and Mr.. Rice testified as to the diff
Guilty OF deciding the matter by law.
G. +. Dexter OF Chicago read a 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, a reputa-
ton for uniformly good and superior
quality, and lastly, the presentation ofthe
product on the market SO 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
a full system.
T. D. Curtis, Syracuse, New York, read a
paper entitled GLOW to make the best but
ter The discussion OF Mr.. Curtis was
followed by 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-
rance and carelessness OF prod than
the competition OF counterfeit forms OF
butter. Prof. Ed. Porter. of the state uni
versity, who detailed at length the growth
and present conditioned the university ex-
peri1nental farm and the departments Of
4! agriculture.
G. E. Smith OF Minneapolis read a paper
on s.Things did not find in the report OF
the diary commissi oner. !"
| He found q 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
made the sale OF butterine possible Edu-
cation for the farmers was worth more
than q Thousand pages of anti-butterine
| laws.
Diary Commissioner Rice said the law
resulted in keeping prices of butter from
! four to five cents higher than for the same
grade in Chicago. y
The report OF the. committee on nominal
tions caused "a collision. The first ballot'for
/ president waslost by % to27. Alater bal
lot resulted in the election OF President w.
| Fowler OF Newport, Secretary r. G. Judson
! Of Pennington and Treasurer John e. Put
nam OF Big Lake-the old board. The
treasurer's report for 1885 showed Re-
ceipts, $663.21; expenditures, $458. SIS;
balance, S204.66.
w. d. Hoard OF Fort Atkinson, Wis, de-
livered an address on 1.-The question
OF forfeit" He said Among the leading
expenses OF common or Improbable dairy
farming are az the cost OF farming a half
! productive soil in a. halfproductive way
in the raising OF food for the COWS; (2) the
cost OF Keeping two cows to do the work
OF one. He called for three specific changes;
first. inthe idea OF the farmer himself as to
what constitutes sound daily practice;
second, a change in the idea OF what a dairy
COW is and what she is good for. Toomany
think she is for the purpose OF raising
steer, and, as consequence, they get steer
results. The men who make the most
money in dairying regard her as the moth
er OF another cow that if possible shall be
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