The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-06-20
DAIRY EXHIBIT In PLACE
MINNESOTA CREDITABLY REP
RESENTED AT OMAHA's SHOW

Dairymen Profit by the Recent Re.
duction In Rates by Through
Trunk Lines - North D.kot.
Dairymen's Association MAY Dis-
band-IOwn Has the Food Adu,
ternfors Under Good->:e..entre..
tomorrow the first of the Minnesota
dairy exhibit will be put in nace at
the Omaha exposition. Only seeing If
can do full justice to its bea1rtv and
| completeness. The entire interior If
the huge refrigerator is lined with
roses, which, with the fire workmanship
'i Inc huge case. cannot make the ex
hiD ,, othsf than thing of beauty.
Inc recent reduction in the dairy
.ates by through trunk lines is evil
uehce IN itself of the prominence which
me garry industry is attaining in tho
NortnWest. Every year there has been
scramble for this business bv the
irlelent nnes, but this year two new
,ii,t h1ve &c opened ofilces in st. Paul and
put nalf-dozen solicitors on the road
Little attention is paid to the small
shipments, but it is the carload loo
which the traffic peop,e are after. If is
sa1e to say that when the seasons bust
ness mas been figured up the result '
80" Gil unprecedented increase
over last year
quite an interesting question has
come UP having ITO do with feeding of
sWeetened skim milk to cat lie. II mas
peen argued that sweetening the food
brings no beneficial results Recent ex
perlments have proved that this is not
true: The largest proportion of the
solids of skim milk, when swefr is
milk sugar. AS long as it is sweet Won
get the advantage of neary five pounds
OF sugar to every 100 pounds of milk,
When 1t sours the sugar is changed to
Tactic acid.
Ihe reports from sea ports all agree
That the cutting off of the American
steamers in the foreign trade will not
at ali embarrass the shipment Of dairy
goods to England. There is still ample
provision for sending butter in tho
best condition
If the prices abroad warrant ship
ment there will be no difficulty in get
ting the goods across the water in
proper shape.
The annual nesting of the North Da-
kota Dairy association at Cakes,
N. D., last week was not we'll
attended, although officers were elect
ed for the coming year. There is no
certainty that the organization will
continue longer than that The North
Dakota wheat crop. if good, will just
about do up the industry there, as the
farmers there have rot yet been
brought to see the virtues of diversified
farming. Good butter can be made in
North Dakota, but it will be some time
before dairying becomes nearly as
popular as it is in South Dakota
Central depots where milk is received
and filtered, before being delivered TO
the consumer, are now a feature of
several large European cities. Large
cylindrical vessels are divided hGHiZon-
tally by compartments near their CEN
ter, containing sand of three successive
degrees of fneness, the coarsest being
the lowest, and, as the milk arriving
from the country is poured through
pipe into the bottom of the vessel it
rises through the sand filter and is run
off by an overflow pipe into cool els
tern, from which it is drawn directly
into locked cans for distribution. The
sand is renewed daily.
The state dairy commissioner of Iowa
has just made his annual report to
Gov. Bushnell. Aside from the manU-
facturers of oleo. none of the food man
ufacturers of the state We're chafing
under the new prohibitive food laws.
He says the oleo men have been per-
couraging others tn do the same by
selling the product without complying
with the regulations of the state
department.
About the only butter imported into
Japan is that coming from the United
States. The "Japs" are developing
quite an appetite for butter and Min
nesota is doing it's share to appease
that demand.
There is considerable difference of
opinion over the effect of the late cleo
decision on the dairy industry. The
Elgin Reporter contends that state ac-
ton is made so ineffective to stay the
cncroachments of the counterfeit stuffs
that our only salvation is to join forces
with all the manufacturers of food
products, and secure national law
along such lines so that not oleo alone.
but all food products, will be placed
under the control of the national gov
eminent and prevent their sale, ex-
cepting for what they really are. The
Chicago Produce, on the other hand
takes the other side of the question
and holds that the passage by congress
of the pure food bill would be the
greatest calamity to pure food, as it
makes it impossible for the states to
enforce the laws they already have,
let alone additional ones.
The St Paul Dairy Reporter, in dis
cussing the question, says:
while the late decisions do not cut
out any substantial ground from under
the feet of the friends of pure dairy
products, the objections TO national
law such as proposed are more fanciful
than real. The state laws can still
have a place and do good work. Some
of the states have about the legislation
needed, and are enforcing it vigorous
ly, but they are more or less affected
by the lack of proper laws or negl-
eence in enforcement in other states.
National laws then would be servicea-
BILE to the dairy interests, and they
can safely join hands with those who
urge pure food legisla ton from con-
gress."
The last eight years has witnessed
a wonderful growth in the Guernsey
cattle interest. There are 1880 Guern-
seys entered on the books of the Amer
lean Guernsey Cattle club, over one
third of which have been added since
the Worlds fair year. There are 161
members in the club, or rather that is
the number of the membership certifi-
Gates issued.
These cattle are deservedly popular.
and a registered Guernsey sire, crossed
on a herd of native COWS, never fails
to leave, in his offspring. clear evidence
of his prepOtency.
WOODMEN ATTENDED CHURCH.
Tonight They VIII Welcome Head
Consul NorthcOtt. of Illinois.
Minnehaha and North Star Lodges OF Med
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