The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1894-01-25
DAIRYING IN MINNESOTA

DAlKYlNG In MIN NEOUIA
ANNUAL REPORT of DAIRY COM
MISSIONER. ANDERSON.
He Thinks Pnstcur1zed Milk Should
Now BE Observation-Disclosures Re
garding the Dairy Interest Of the
North Star State.
st. Paul, Jan 23.-Dairy Commissioner
Anderson to-day received the advance
sheets of his annual report to the gov
ernor. Enclosed with it is the report OF
Deputy Commissioner Graham, u. Is.
Williams, cheese inspector, and the chem
lists of the department. The report IS
complete in all the departments, and con-
tains much useful information of general
interest to the people who purchase and
use the goods under the inspection of the
department. 1t is complete review of
the work for the past year, and makes
number of recommendations for the
future. Among other things the commits
sioner says that the laws Of Minnesota
regulating the sale of milk are very
good as far as they 60, but they do not
20 far enough. They are enacted more
than anything else. He recommends, now
that this has been accomplished, that the
laws be so amended as to provide for the
Pasteurization of all milk offered for
sale in order that all bacteria or disease
germs may be destroyed. The term
Pasteurzation comes from DR.. Pasteur,
the French scientist. 1t consists of heat
ing milk to temperature of 70 or 80
degrees centigrade Q5S to 176 degrees
Fahrenheit) and then rapidly cooling. 1t
is claimed that typhoid germs are de-
stroyed at IS to So degrees, vaccine at
60, pneumonia at IS to 60 and tuber-
culcsis at SO. but to destroy the latter
the heat must be kept up for half an
hour or longer, while for the others
very short time is necessary. In Sweden
and Denmark they have big stations for
Pasteurizing milk, and all milk sold must
go through this process. Commissioner
| Anderson says that the time is coming
when either this process or sterilization
must be adopted in this country.
The report shows the number Of sam
Piles of milk inspected between Aug. 1,
1892, and Dec. /, 1893, was 2,644. This
includes milk sent in on trains to the
cities, but not that inspected at diaries
and cheese factories. A comparison be-
tween the milk standard of this state
and those of Massachusetts, Michigan,
New York, New Jersey, Vermont and
Wisconsin is made, and the Minnesota
standards for butter fat is shown to be
much higher than any of the others.
Assistant Commissioner Graham also
submits report giving much information
regarding the dairying interests OF the
state. According to this the number OF
creameries in operation in Minnesota in
1893 was POI; number Of cows, 527, 424
pounds of butter made in creameries
19,916,3OO, valued at $3,924 ,G1O.
The following table shows an estimate
of all the dairy interests of the state:
21O creameries at $4,000 each. $525,OW
Al skim stations at $1,000
! each .''''' 1''oo>
a. vacant creamery plants at
$1,000 .................. 44,Oo(
20 cheese factories at $780,. lG,OOt
100000 mich COWS at $40. l2,OOO,OOt
100000 lbs butter at 21c.. 3,99O,WN
1000. 600 Tbs butter at &c.,. 1,O5O,OO'
100000 Tbs butter at 1Oc.. 1,OOO,O0'
1000 600 lbs cheese at &c.,. 10000
Total. .s1s,s52,o o
Farmers selling milk to cream
cries -o,OU
Separators in Minnesota fac
tories. 20
Scparators used on FARMS. ~