The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-01-25
STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATIONS

| The Sixth Annual Meeting Held af Coium--
| bia-TaIks by Able Men On Interesting
| Subjects-A $4,000 Dairy Building Rec
commended.
The sixth annual session Of the State
| Dairy association was held at Column
bia. DR.. r. II. Jesse, president of the,
| state university. delivered the address
Of welcome. After delivering pleasant
words of greeting, he assured the asso-
citation of the sympathy that the uni--
versity had for every industry of the
state. He thought the times demanded
4 $4,000 building on the university
campus, equipped for practical dairy
instruction. Such schools were in sue
cessful operation in other states, and
should be in Missouri. He congratu-
lated the association and the taxpayers.
Of Missouri upon the fact that the uni
yersity. with all its OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
cultural, medical and law, upon one.
campus, in one intellectual, federal
swhole-was prepared and permitted to-
teach all practical industries.
Hon. Norman J. Coleman, of st. Louis,
made response. He commended the
proposed dairy school, and urged that.
the association lend its influence to Sc
curing it. He spoke of the good the
association has done in having secured
the ELECTROMAGNETIC law. Practical
dairy instruction would add to the
value of butter by teaching how to-
make a purer and better article. Mis-
souri, could not now supply the de-
mand of its own citizens for butter
and cheese and sent annually thou
sands of dollars abroad for these
products. This should not be true, as
40 state had greater resources.
Col. j. r. Rippey, secretary of the
state board of agriculture, read a paper
Upon 1.-THE Anti-Oleo Law" He said
that the law. though not perfect, had
reduced the number of dealers in oleo--
margarine from 400 to 20. 1t had i'm
creased the price of butter and added
500, coo to the annual revenu received
by buttermakers.
w. n. Tivy, of st. Louis. told how
the law had been obtained against the
strenuous opposition of the dealers in
oleOmargarine. Nearly two million
pounds more butter are sold in ST.
Louis annually since the passage of
the law.
A. Allen, of KidGer, answered the
question why Missouri Is Behind
Other States in Dairying," and Col. VI.
b. W. Harmon, of Pickering. read a
paper upon clarifying Compared With
Beef and Pork Production
a. H. Shepherd, of Columbia. deliv--
cred an address on 1.-The Farm Dairy
and How to Make 1t Pay b. More
head then told How Dairying is De-
veloped in Kansas and Colorado"
David May discussed the question of
Diseases Transmitted by Cattle to
Milk"
Atthe conclusion of his address there
was Il general discussion on the propo-
to divide the state into eight
dairy districts and to appoint a COM
missioner for each district TO see to the
enforcement of the ELECTROMAGNETIC
A committee was appointed to
confer on the subject.
Some time was devoted to witness
ing dairy methods and processes. as
shown by members of the agricultural
faculty and experiment station
staff. Methods were shown in testing
milk, determining the degree of ripe
ness of cream and churning and work
butter. Much interest was mani
tested in the dairy exhibit on the first
floor of the agricultural building.
Resolution were passed commencing
work of the agricultural college
and suggesting the erection Of n S30.-
BOO dairy building on the university
campus. The proposition will be put
before the next general assembly.
Propositions to hold the next annual
convention at Mexico and Appleton
City were referred to the executive
committee for consideration.
TIE premiums were awarded as fol-
lows: Best sample butter, creamery
print or roll, first premium. 81, total
score %, ]. J. Smith, of Sweet Springs;
second premium. 81. total score 9O1z, 7.
+. Powers, Memphis; best creamery tub
butter, first premium. 81, total score
~, Mayview creamery, Mayhem,
Mo-; second premium, S., total score
J2i4, c. c. Stephens, Garden City; best
butter, print or roll, first
premium, 81, total score 92L, c. 1.
Hematite; second premium,
3, total score %, L. I. Henry. Deer
best cream chedder cheese, first.
premium, s., total score 50, James Tav-
Newark. a premium of SO was
awarded William Vandiver. of Column
Dia, for the best paper on butter MAX
ng.
OFFICERS FoR TIE ENSUING YEAR.
President-A. Dow. Georgetown.
Fice-President-A- H. Shepherd. Columbia
Second Vice President-G. b Lamm, Seda,.
ia.
Secretay-Leyy Chubbuck, Kidder.