The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-04
INTERESTS OF THE DAIRY
CREAMERY ORGANIZATION
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED


ut the Omaha OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
tary CrickmOre Denies n False
Report About the Topeka Exhibit
Robert Crickmore, of Owatonna, sec
| rotary of the Minnesota DairynAn'S
association. was In the city Saturday
and stated that the work of organizing
cooperative creamerieS and cheese fac
| tories would be resumed just as soon
as the farmers had completed their
seeding.
In the southern part Of the state
spring work was well under way, and
the coming week would see great ac-
! tlVity In the central and western part
of the state.
| He thought the corps would take the
road again about April Is, when they
would be reinforced by several promi-
nent dairymen. and al that time the
farmers would be able to leave their
work and come to town.
Points on the ST. Paul &, Duluth
railroad would be covered first after
which the corps would make a circuit
or the Northwestern line in Southern
Minnesota.
The success which had attended their
efforts had led them to persevare in
the work, and excellent results were
cities where meetings were held cream
cries had just been organized, and the
| meetings were productive of renewed
| interest among the farmers who had
pledged support to the creameries.
President John Mathiason. of the
State Dairymen's association, accompa-
MED by Secretary Crickmore, held
conference Saturday afternoon in Min
neapol1s with E. l.. Danforth. secretary
Minnesota Y Of ho Troy,
Mississippi exposition at Omaha, With
reference to securing space for the
| dairy exhibit
The Minnesota creamery men expect
to secure something over 500 square
feet for the exhibit which will easily
De the hneSt exhibition of high scoring
butter ever taken out of the state.
Assistant Dairy Commissioner Law
renee is also a member of the commit
tee appointed by President Gibbs, of
the Minnesota commission, 10 attend to
! the dairy end of the Minnesota exhibit
MI. Lawrence met with the commit
tee yesterday in the capitol, where
many of the detail matters were talked
over.
The conference held with Secretary
Danforth later in the day was perfect
~ satisfactory to the dairy committee.
| From now on the committee will de-
/ vote its time and energy to securing
the cream of Minnesota butter for this
show.
The dairy committee will wait upon
several OF the roads entering Omaha
this week, to see if arrangements can
be made for special refrigerator serv-
Ice from Minnesota to Omaha. The big
expo will be held just at the wrong
time of the year for the exhibition of
butter. No matter how high the but
ter might score in competition and col
oring, if it is the least bit out of fla
Vor, It's scoring qualities are impaired
I just that much. However, unless ar
engagements for the proper handling of
the product are made, no exhibition
will be made, as the first is none too
good for Minnesota butter.
Minnesota not only maintained her
| previous high standard of butter at the
Topeka show, but it did even more
took first place. It has certainly been
great incentive to farmers and
creamery men alike to strive to obtain
perfection in their butter
AT the Omaha show all states will be
represented, as well as Il number of
! foreign countries. Should Minnesota
! be awardd the first diploma there,
which is quite possible, she might in
deed have just reason to be proud.
The cars carrying the Minnesota but
ter will be appropriately decorated
with steamers and flags, as was the
excursion train carrying the Minnesota
delegates to the National Buttermak-
ers' convention at Topeka.
Some INSCRIPTIONS person has been
circulating the runor that twenty-five
tubs OF the Minnesota butter entered
for exhibition at Topeka We're rejected
Which accounted, so the rumor goes
for the exceptionally high score of the
Minnesota entries as a whole. After
the best scoring butter had been select
ed, the rest was rejected.
Mr.. Crickmore requested The G | o h q
to deny the statement as absolutely
false. The rumor had been quite gen
| eral, he said, having come to his ears
from number of sources
Mr. Crickmore stated that every tub
of the butter was scored before ship
ment, but that out of ITO large t,Ihs
of butter only three were rejected. This
was an exceptionally small proportion
when the various sources of supply are
taken into consideration. Two of these
tubs were rejected in st. Paul. and one
at Albert Lea.
The State Dairymen's association
has not as yet been able to persuade
Hacker, of the state agricultural
school, to turn over to the association
the last years books. Prof. Hacker
still retains possession of the COPY of
the annual report.
1t is thought that Mr.. Hacker will
surrender the books to the association
In the near future, as nothing can be
done towards having it's annual report
printed until the records are turned
over, and considerable pressure is be-
ing brought to bear towards this end.
Several towns are agitating Cooper
atiVe creameries, but no new orders
| We're received last week either by Cor
nish. Curtis & Greene, or B. F. Fargo
d Co., the two representative houses in
! the Northwest in the creamery supply
line.
The importation Of milk cows into
the state Of late years has been prin-
cipally common stock, graded off here
and there with short horn, GUERNSEY
| or Jersey. This run Of stock gives in
all the best results to the dairyman
| unless he be an expert in dairy and
| breeding, then his largest margins are
on the side of the fancy stock.
| 1t takes years Of practical experience
to properly breed registered stock, and
very few people in the dairy business
| In Minnesota have that experience
The comparative newness of the indus
| try is responsible for this fact
Not alone does the dairyman or far
mer need to know the peculiarities and
characteristics Of his cattle, but to be
successful he must know his cows as
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