St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-10

LACK OF MILkMAIDS.
Changers Regr ct Their Ina
bility to Secure SatiSfae-
tory Dairy Help.
The Young Women Of Today
Are Above Milking the
Cows.
Wrong Kind Of Cheese Hith-
erto Manufactured in This
State.
Too Much Attention Cannot
Be Paid to the Production
OF Butter.

Dly room IN dairy nan was well HIled,
and during the day members of the as
ISOLATION came in in such numbers that
the seating capacity of the hall was
taxed to the utmost. The students of
the agricultural school were dismissed
for the day. and formed no unconSid-
cradle part of the audience.
The president delivered his annual
address at the opening of the morning
session. He said:
while there have been many things to
discourage the dairymen during the past
three years, there have been some things to
encourage them On the whole, this has
been fairly good year for the dairy bust
ness. think there is a chance TO insure
still greater prosperity in the future by i'm
proving the quality of the dairy products.
In all the market reports there is noted a
sharp demand for fancy grades of butter
and good demand for dairy products in
general
Mr.. Perkins dwelt on the importance of
more education along this line. He spoke of
the great Importance of the school of agri-
culture, and the farmers institutes, the pro-
ceedlngS OF which, he thought ought TO be
published. He urged the good of discussion,
the importance of the proper care OF cows,
and. in closing, spoke of the traffic in cleo
margarine as serious detriment TO the dairy
interests. He hoped the laws OH the subject
would be strictly enforced, and such new
ones made as the thing demanded.
The chair appointed Hon. Jared Benson a
committee of one on legislation.
Col. John ii. Stevens, of Minneapolis, Of
fered a resolution rendering the thanks of
the association to the board of regents of the
state university tor the erection of the new
dairy hall, and soliciting them TO consider
the propriety of the admission of the daugh-
tiers OF farmers to the experimental school on
an equal footing with the sons. Col Stevens
resolution was adopted.
PiIIsbury,s Talk.
Ex-Gov. rillsbury, of the board of regents
of the university. was called on to address
the convention, and expressed his pleasure
at seeing so many farmers at the agricultural
school and farm. He hoped they would ex-
anime the farm and make themselves IA
miiiar with the work. In lumber operations
during the past thirty years. he said, he had
each Dear purchased thousands of pounds of
butter, and found q difficulty in obtaining
butter of a quality the lumbermen would eat.
He had often thought that the men who
made poor butter did not get what they
ought for their labor. and that the market
was depressed by their poor products He
hoped the school would be great aid to the
farmers in assisting them to make better
butter. The United States exported So 900
pounds of cheese last year and 1900 900 of
butter. The butter brought an average of 10
cents a pound. Europe stood ready to take
ali our surplus at fair prices He expressed
himself as heartily in favor of giving girls
the same opportunities Tor an industrial edu-
cation as boys, and thought all the members
OF the board of regents were ready to put in
operation such a school as soon as the means
could be procured.
4 spirited discussion was star ed by the as
sertiop from A. P. McKinstry, of Farbault
county, that the improvement in Minnesota
dairy products began with the introduction
OF creameries, when men began to make the
butter Mrs. NJ. II. Lamb, 3ot Alma City,
took issue with him. President Perkins also
70 ri in hn Mo- De-
bee, of Blue Earth, thought the customs OF
the day were driving women out of dairying
American girls he said consider themselves
too nice to milk cows. Even a European
dairymaid he had sent for informed him on
her arrival that she would not milk COWS nor
clean stables. Since this dislike for dairy
work had spread even to the old country he
saw no help for it, and the men must either
do the work or quit the business.
Cry for Dairymafds
j. II. Monrad thought the last speaker mis-
taken. If the work were made more pleas
ant and better wages paid there would be no
difficulty in securing reliable female help.
lie had found one young lady, former
school teacher, running the engine in
creamery and taking entire charge of the
establishment. but she received the same
wages a man would have been paid for the
same work. Girls must be coaXed back to
the dairy by improved appliances, pleasant
rooms and better pay Hon. A. Foster, of
Guilty IL securing dairymaids by paying the
same wages he would pay man for the same
work. A. j. Dexter. of Wisconsin, and H. A.
Holmes, of Steele county, took part in the
discussion. c. L. Smith said men were not
fair to the women. If wives and daughters
were expected even to take an interest in the
dairy they must share in the proceeds as
well as in the work. If the daughter knew
that the flavor and quantity and price of the
butter meant dollars and cents for her in
dividual use she would have very lively
interest in doing the work just right. He
advocated women's rights to equal wages
with men for similar work.
d. W. Richards. of Freeborn county. found
fault Wit the men for being unwilling to
provide their wives with the necessary i'm
PIGMENTS TO make their work easy, while
insisting on the best appliances for them
selves. W. W. PendergaSt of the agricultural
school, said that every member of the family
ought TO take all interest i'll the work of the
farm. and that while the men ought to do
the rough work, the women should under
stand how 1t Is done. In closing he re-
marked: 1.-The trouble is that too MANY
seem to think there is something not exactly
respectable in milking COWS and doing dairy
work
AT noon dinner was served to the associa-
ton at the students eating hall.
Cheese-Making.
The afternoon session began at half past
2oclock with the appointment of commit
tees. Madison Cooper o. C. Gregg and John
7. Ames were appointed q committee on res
olutlons. The committee on nomination
consisted of Hon. Jared Benson, chairman;
Clinton ID. Smith. Mrs. NJ H. Lamb, Col. j ;.
II. Stevens and Col. Hegan
w ii. Moves, or OWatonna, was the first
speaker of the afternoon. The subject of
his paper was ''Cheesemaking." He said:
The first requisite in successful cheese
making Is good, substantial, well-built fac
tory, one in which the temperature can be
controlled in all kinds of weather In this
factory should be placed the very best
modern machinery. The next thing is to
secure the best material to make cheese Of
The cheesemakers' greatest trouble and per-
pleXity is to get nice, clean. pure. unadulter-
ated milk. Cows should be kept comfortable
at all times. and have clean, sweet feed to
eat, and pure water 10 drink. Stables should
be warm and well ventilated. The stalls
should be so constructed that the COW is
practically clean all the time Mixers should
brush all dirt off, or, better yet, wash the
cows udders before milking and milk dry
AS soon as the milk is drawn il should be
str lned and placed in clean eight or ten
gall on cans and aerated and cooed-the
nights milk to sixty degrees ana morning
to Sc, enty degrees-aS soon as possible. II
should be kept i'll a pure atmosphere and
can-coVers should be left off and thin cloth
spread over the tops of cans till ready to start
Tor the factory. The milk should be hauled
on spring wagons and the cans should be
protected in some way from sun in summer
and zero win DIS of winter
Inc speaker proceeded 10 give detailed
account of the proper way to make cheese
which was clearly and concisely given.
Aid. E. 6. Potter, of Minneapolis, ask ed
Mr.. Noyes if if were not true that the
Cause of Failure
of cheese factories in the North west had
been the fact that the manufacturers had
persisted in making a cheese that was moi
what the local market demanded. His ex
perience had taught him that the home mar
Ret demanded a mild, soft open cheese
whereas too many makers persisted in max
ing hard strong, long keeping cheese. which
they had learned to make in New York for
Canada. ee
A spirited discussion OH the merits of the
different kinds of cheese followed, some
speakers claiming that it is unsafe for the
average factory to make soft cheese while
Others insisted that the right thing to do is TO
make soft cheese and sell il as soon as made
for what 1t is worth, instead of specializing
on the markets. This discussion was finally
deferred till later.
Miss Jenneta L. Shepperd, lecturer on de-
nestle economy In the farmers institute,
read an interesting and instructive paper on