St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-04
OF BUTTERMAKERS.
The Minnesota Datrymen's Assocfa-
ton in Session.
Interesting and Important Discus
sions--The Proceedings.


which NJ. ID. Hoard made strong plea for
warm drinks for cows. tellingSf a case
where the use of warmed wate> gave one
pound in four additional 10 the product.
j. I. Ames of Mortified also favored
warming the water to 80 or 90 degrees.
Mr.. Ames, Mrs. Lamb and others advo-
Gated milking pals furnished with strainers.
The sense of the convention favored warm
drinks and artihcially heated stables.
Dairy Commissioner II. c. Howard Of
Minneapolis discussed The Present and
Future of Darying in Minnesota.
Twenty-Five years ago, the speaker said,
many believed that the Northwest was
treeleSs desert, and that the water was so
full of alkal that the settlers preferred
whisky for drinking purposes Eastern
papers devoted columns to prove that the
region of
PROFITABLE DAIRYING
was confined to the rocky pastures of the
East, Claiming that grasses grown there could
not be repl oduced in quality on our Western
prairles. twenty years experience has
SHOWN these assertions 10 be false, so far as
Suuhesota Is concerned. The soil, with
rev years cultivation, will raise all sorts of
grasses that can be raised in the East.
NO otner state can bo9st of so many
lakes OF pure spring water. AS milk con-
tainS about SIS per cent. of wafer II il very
important thar the drink of the cows be as
pure as possible. Ice taken from our lakes
ana used Tor dairy purposes never imparts
any bad flavor to the goods, a very import
ant point in making butter
= the fact that we took the grand sveeD-
stakes prize at New Orleans proves thar we
have some of the best and most skillful but
ter makers in the world. Yet while one
fourth OF our butter is fine" and another
quarter good the rest is of all grades
colors and conditions. TheiaSt half if first
class goods, would sell for twice what il does
This state of carelessness and ignorance ex-
lists through all the dairy regions of the
west. If the dairy farmer wants to make
money he must keep posted Let him take
and read good papers that treat on these
/ matters. -
Minnesota is blessed beyond all other dairy
regions in her
UNRIvALED CLIMATE
/ Disease is practically unknown in our dairy
herds. The COW, if properly treated, is the
/ idealization OF healthy contentment and the
/ fountain source of the most healthy and
most nourshing food ever discovered for
mankind. With these advantages the dairy
interests of Minnesota are progressing
very rapidly. In 1850 we had 268,777
/ COWS; in 1885 we had 40S,00O cows.
/ In 1886 We made 32,000,O0O pounds
| of butter, an increase Of nearly 80 per cent
in I'VE years. Our total dairy products for
lSS5 were Sl4.3ll, 200. In 1898, if the ratio of
| increase holds we shall have $50 900, 900 Of
reasonable TO suppose will be double the
value of all the wheat we will raise that
year.
At present there is comparatively no mar
/ ket for butter outside our own state, because
| OF the extensive manufacture of mixtures
OF tallow, lard, acids and worms, which are
sold as genuine butter. Chicago now pro
duceS daily more pounds of butterine than
the states of Wisconsin, Iowa and
Minnesota produce of butter. This
nF let,
our financial injury, has a much more seri-
Gus effort on the afflicted people who eat the
| compound which. by the evidence of the most
| learned professors in the land, contains bac-
terra and other forms of animal life highly
/ dangerous to the consumer.
The overhanging cloud of this great fraud
is threatening to destroy the dairy interest
| of the United States. Minnesota is vitality
| interested in this question. The success
fuI raising of cattle and hogs in this
! state on paying basis de-
ponds largely on the dairy. All stock
men, turner's and consumers or butter
should unite with the dairymen in the fight
we are making against adulterated butter
Gentlemen. the question is, shall fraud and
/ iniQuity triumph over right and honesty 10
the ruin OF this people, physically aud hnan-
! ciallyr
| How to Make the Best Butter was the sub
/ ject of an address this afternoon by L. ID.
/ Curtis of Syracuse, n. Y.
! Good butter, said Mr.. Curtis, may be made
/ under quite unfavorable conditions; better
/ butter may be made under better conditions;
| but the best butter is made only under the
/ best conditions and by the most skillful
manipulation. Iu the selection of the
herd l give no preference TO any breed ;
/ IL is only necessary that the cream be
rich in fat and churn easily. Even
elephant milk is said to be superior in this
| respect. These qualities can be practically
/ ascertained only by the test of the churn.
4 Great care must be exercised in the feed
Even the breathing Of air passing over car
riOn or an onion field has been known to faint
] the milk OF the cows lnhallng IL. Salt
should be placed where the COWS can go and
lick it at any time. They will not take too
much when it is always present. Salt not
only aids the digestion of the COW, but affects
the
CHURNING OF THE CREAM
in winter early-cut hay-timothy or orchard
grass-with mixture of clover or other
sweet grasses, il supplemented with corn
meal and oatmeal, or wheat bran mixed in
/ equal proportions by weight, will make a
good feed for butter. It is well also to have
little sweet ensiage beets once
/ day. Give the COW plenty of clear,
pure water to drink, and let her not
| be put 70 TOO much trouble TO get
| it. Chilling the COW by TOO colo water in
| winter shrinks the flow of milk and reduces
| its quality. All the surroundings must be
| pure and sweet, and the cows must be con-
stantly supplied with pure, sweet air. The
| air supply should come in at the cows heads.
| Fifteen minutes of bad yentilation-or ven
/ tilation from the rear-will give the
milk taste of the barnyard." Absolute
! cleanliness is the next essential. While al
persons have some idea OF cleaulines., nave
noticed that some have no idea of nastness.
| The person and clothes of the mixer, the
cows udder, the pail must be scrupulOusly
clean. Straining cannot be depended upon tC
remove all filth.
THE EVENING SESSION
was opened with an address by Prof. Porter
of the State Agricultural college, which
was mainly devoted To an account OF that
institution and its work, including a
brief history of the State university and
The address was listened to with great in
terest by the large audience, and at its close
was rewarded with a round OF applause,
after which Mr.. Lombard sang Are You
Sleeping, Maggie" TO the great delight OF
the audience, who encored him, and he
responded with America" il
which he was joined by the
audience. Mr.. Hoard followed with
a couple of anecdotes, after which the
president introduced G. II. Smith OF Min.
neapolis, who read paper entitled, Some
thing l Did Not See in the Dairy. To
morrow night the association will conclude
its labors with grand banquet at the Pa
Wilton rink. Adjourned until tomorrow al
10 a. IN.
Professor and Bigamist.
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