The Saint Paul globe., 1897-06-07
I'VE FEATURE OF THE
1897 FAIR.
BUTTER, CHEESE AND SUCH
WILL BE GIVEN GOOD SPACE AND
FINANCIAL ENCOURAGEMENT
THIS YEAR.
PREMIUM LIST is GIVEN OUT,
the Board of Directors to
the Farmers.

That the Minnesota state fair has an
able and aggressive management is
shown not only by the unusual success
Of it's recent fairs, but by the rapidity
with which plans are being matured
for another mammoth exhibition That
the fair Of 1897, to open on the Ham
line grounds on Sept. 6, will be even
larger than it's predecessors there is no
doubt. The premiums offered for hors-
es, cattle, sheep and swine have been
published and reference has been made
TO the effective manner in which mem
bers of the board are building up the
live stock departments. The prizes Of
fered for field, garden and orchard
crops have also been published, show
ing premiums to have been increased
to such an extent as to expand the ex-
hlblts and largely increase the interest
in the fair through all the rural por-
tiens Of the state
Ihe prizes for dairy products are
much greater than have ever before
been offered and are not less attrac-
tive than those in other departments
The dairy department will be under the
direction of J. M. Underwood. of Lake
City, one of the board of MANAGERS,
and will be made to fittingly represent
this rapidly developing and important
interest. Mr.. Underwood is one Of the
pioneers in the state dairy association;
is, and for long number of years has
been, the owner of herd of pure bred
GARY cattle, and is an enthusiast in
this line of work. He is capable and
1eIable and under his mana cement the
work of the department will be so con-
Quoted that no reproach can in any
way attach to it. The whole exhibit
will be so displayed and judged as to
add to the reputation of this state for
high grade butter and cheese, and will
be made to create an increased demand
for both products in the general mar
kets. Minnesota butter and cheese
have an established place in the mar
kets of Chicago New York, Boston and
Montreal and are expected soon to
command place in the London mar
ket as we'll.
The growth of dairy interests during
the last few years has been truly Won
derful. There are now nearly, if not
! quite, five hundred creameries in the
state, with sixty additional skimming
| stations, and there are about seventy
ndlI
OF these creamerieS have been built
during the last three years. Prices are
not as good as formerly, but there is
nothing alarming in this for Mime
! sofa dairymen. The ease and cheap
ness with which foods are produced for
dairy cattle, the small cost at which
both butter and cheese are made in CO.
T operative ereamerieS and. cheese fac
tories, the light cost Of transportation
to the East and the perfect ship
ping facilities in the refrigerator cars
permit butter and cheese from Mime
sofa to be placed on Eastern mar
kets in prime condition at a profit,
/ even when prices are so low as to be
ruinous to Eastern dairymen Butter
! can be produced at about half the cost
III Minnesota that is possible in New
| York. Even at prices which will force
| Eastern dairymen out of business en-
! tlrely, Minnesota creameries and. cheese
! factories can be operated with profit
In view Of these well-knoWn conditions,
the ultimate supremacy Of Minnesota
as a dairy state cannot be questioned.
Valuable educational work is being
| done. not only by the State Agricul-
tural society, but by the school of ag-
| riculture and the farmers Institutes.
! Farmers are also giving the matter
| careful study, and the many advan-
! tages accruing to communities where
cooperative dairying is carried on and
| the best plan for organizing creamery
associations are very generally under
stood. How to build and equip cream
! cries; the best methods of raising food
for stock and how to breed, rear and
! manage dairy animals are questions
that are being carefully studied. With
| this information gained, creameries
| are being constantly established
that are successful from the start add
ing greatly to the prosperity of the ad-
jacent villages or cities and farming
communities.
Not only will the best products of
butter and cheese be exhibited at the
fair this year, but all kinds of modern
dairy machinery will be in operation
products are produced. Here is the list
| of premiums:
Glass 66-Butter-
Creamery-Made from the milk or cream Of
different herds delivered at a creamery or
factory, in tubs of not less than twenty
pounds, pro rata premium minimum points,
! &c. $3.50.
Dairy-Made on a farm, from a single herd
of cows of any breed or grade, in tubs or
jars of twenty pounds or under, pro rata
premium. minimum points, 81, $40.
Print-Made a farm, from a single herd
of cows OF any breed or grade, not less than
ten pounds. To be divided pro rata in pro-
portion to the number of points scored above
"a, $35.
Ornamental-Display of granular butter first
S. second SO.
Display of ornamental butter. first s12, sec
ond $S.
Sweepstakes-$SO to be divided equally $40
to lots 1, and 8, and awarded to the entry
scoring the highest in its lot
Class 67-CheeSe-
Factory Cheese-Two boxes required any
size style, pro rata premium, minimum
points, so. to be divided pro rata among
hbits scoring over so points, according to the
number of points scored over S0 SIS.
Dairy cheese, two boxes, first SIS, second
$40. third S..
SWISS three large one small. first SIS.
second $40. third $5
Six Goudas, first $40, second S..
Six Edams, first $40. second So.
Brick one dozen, first $40, second S..
Prfmost, one dozen, first $10 second So.
To aid the committee in determining
the real as we'll as the relative merits
of samples, the following scale of
points will be observed: