The Dickinson press. (Dickinson, Stark County, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1883-1927, 1894-01-27
DAIRYING IN MINNESOTA
ANNUAL REPORT OF DAIRY CON-
MISSIONER ANDERSON.
He Thinks Pasteuri.ed Mink should
Now BE Demanded-Statistic Re-
gardtng 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, Il. 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. It is a 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
good as far as they 60, but they do not
go far enough. They are enacted more
for establishing standard of richness
than anything else. He recommends, now
that this has been accomplished, that the
laws be 80 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
Pasteurization comes from DR.. Pasteur,
the French scientist. It consists of heat
ing milk to temperature of 20 or 80
degrees centigrade Q5S to 176 degrees
FAhrenheit) and then rapidly cooling. It
is claimed that typhoid germs are de-
stroyed at 58 to 50 degrees, vaccine at
60. pneumonia at IS to GO and tnber-
Culcsis at 60, but to destroy the latter
the heat must be kept up for half an
hour or longer, while for the others a
very short time is necessary. In Sweden
ard 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
pies Of milk inspected between Ang. l.,
1892, and Dec. 1, 1893, was 2,844. This
includes milk sent in on trains to the
cities, but not that inspected at dairies
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
.subrits 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 2O1; number of cows, 527, ,424;
pounds of butter made in creameries,
.10,016, 800, valued at $3,924, ,61O.
The following table shows an estimate
of all the dairy interests of the state:
:21O creameries at $500 each. $525,OOO
each ...... 1900
$1,000 .................. $4,000
20 cheese factories at $500. 10000
10000 milch cows at 800. 100000
$4,000, 900 lbs butter at 21c.. 1890, 900
1000, 900 lbs butter ut 15c... 100000
10000, 600 lbs butter at 1Oc.. 100000
1000, 600 lbs cheese at 9c.... 10000
Total. .s1s, $4,000
Farmers selling milk to cream
efleS SosVOV
Separators in Minnesota fac
tories. ................. G5O
Separators used on farms... 200
wanled-C"ih weathcr.
Usage, Iowa, Jan. 23.-All the ice
houses in this city are empty and the
Cedar river is still open. 1t is feared
that unless cold weather comes soon the
community will suffer for want of ice
next season.