The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-07-07
AMERICAN BUTTER ABROAD
Success Of Shipments to England
of Iowa Products.
NEW FIELDS FOR DAIRYMEN
Efforts of the Secretary of Agri-
culture to Open Foreign Markets
A New Industry About to be De-
veloped- Methods of Conveyance.

One Of the many practical schemes
devised by Secretary WILSON to en-
large the market for American agri
cultural products abroad has already
been crowned with gratifying success.
Soon after his installation as the head OF
the department of Agriculture, Mr. Wilson
conceived the idea that American butter
of the highest grade could easily command
a profitable sale In England and ON tho
European continent if 1t were shipped and
delivered for consumption in an appetIZlng
form He. therefore, made plans for anex-
periBental shipment, and induced the Iowa
4 Agricultural College, OF which he " as Tor
DIerly the president, to furnish the butter
with w hich TIL. experiment was To be tried
The Agricultural College operates dairy
farm with q daily product of eight hundred
pounds and the new Secretary OF Agri.
culture assured the management that he
would see To it that this quantity or any
other which the institution should offer
should be exported under conditions which
world make it's sale both practicable and
profitable.
BY his direction agents of the depart
ment were sent to New York to facilitate
the handling of the butter when IL arrived
by refrigerator car from Iowa, and esp"-
Ciany to see that il $ hould not be exposed
to the sun on It's passage from the car TO
the refrigerating boxes on board hip sew
craI tons Of butter were forwarde from
the Agricultural College, and each pound
was stamped by the department officials
in Now Work hafnrp fainr fTunSfpTrp1 In
an ocean liner. Care was also taken that
the butter should be carried In special
rcfrigerators, so that it should not absorb
the odors of the meats, fruits and yegeta.
bios usually packed together prorIisc;I
ously in the refrigerator boxes which carry
American products to gn markets
The result Of this unusual care has now
rcen strkingly shown in the receipt Of an
order fton a London firm of butter Iner-
chants fDr the entire product OF the Iowa
Agricultural College. As said above, 800
pounds are made mp into prints daily at this
institution. aud one or two shipments viii
now Ice rpade each week during the year.
II Is confidently expected by the Agricul-
tural Department that other similar orders
Will tie received from England, France and
Germany, and these VIII be placed with
producers who can meet the tests applied tO
the butter already accepted for export
The department stands ready to furnish
information about these tests 20 any dairy
farmers who may apply.
John Woodson. q cotton planter and stock
man in Texas, who has just returned from
n trip abroad, and is spending a few days
in Washington. recently called on Secretary
Wilson 10 testify to his personal know ledge
and appreciation of the success Of the de
partment's experiment in exploiting the
merits of American butter He said:
II am on my way home after an absence
ofthree monthS.s pcntin England. Scotland
Germany, Denmark, sweden and Finla MI
studying the methods employed ia the dairy
and creamery business Of those countries.
Ny intention is to establish a model dairy
farm on one OF my ranches, for I am con
WINGED there Is ToTe money in il than in
raising cotton, and | believe my State
affords a great field for developing this
industry, TO which heretofore little OF no
attention has been paid. / intend 20
make butter for export exclusively. only
few years ago German butter had thecali
in all the markets or the world, and brought
the highest prices. Today Finland is sur
passing Germany in that line since the in
PRODUCTION of modern churning in the for
mer country Oleomargarine cannot be
manufactured OF sold in Finland They
have dairy institute over there, and four
teen dairy schools for the purpose Of train
ing Young men and women in all the details
OF butter-making.
"a prominent merchant in ChemnitZ
wrote 10 the American consul recently ask
Ing how hecoald rapport good American but
ter for his trade, and thatit would bring a
high price. At my hotel in London had
some American butter, which the English
patrons OF the house agreed was equal to
any made in their own country. 1t was
part Of shipment made by Secretary
Wilson OF the Agricultural Department,
sent to England as an experiment. The
Secretary has made a move in the right
direction, in his efforts to open foreign
markets toourproducts,a and hedeserves the
gratitude of all the daiTymen of this
country"