The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19
CONNECTICUT DA1RYMEN.

tary's Report.
 Hartford, Jan. 1S.-The seventh an- nual meeting of the Connecticut Dairy mems association was begun at Jewell hall this forenoon and will be continued through Wednesday and Thursday President A. R. Wadsworth of Farm ington presided. There are four direc- tors whose terms expire at the present meeting. They are George E. Manches- ter of West Winsted, Hubert F. Potter of Montowese, T. S. Gold of West Corn wall, and Harry T. Miner of Vernon. The directors holding over are John s. Krkham of Newington, J. B. Noble of East Windsor Richard B. Enc of Weatogue and J. c. Schwink of Meri- den.
 The well known visitors present were Dr. Henry A. Afford, chief of the dairy division in the agricultural department in Washington, and Dr. Piffard, presi- dent of the Genesee Salt company of New York.
 The judges in testing and scoring of exhibits are George A. Fales and Orrin Douglas of Boston. These gentlemen have been judges at the annual meet ings of the association for a number of years.
 The report of the secretary, Mir F. H. Stadmuller of Elmwood, showed a total membership of 14S, composed of S1 life and 67 annual members. This, however, is only about per cent. of the owners of herds in the state. He favored an in- creased membership, as it would add to the efficiency of the association. Five dairy institutes were held during the ! ,Nft 1l1 oF LA oC- ton is the securing of legislation that will protect the commercial interests of dairymen, guarding against fraud and dishonesty. The statute suppressing the sale of tub butter as cAeamery product has been enforced as far as possible. The secretary thought that the con struction of suitable dairy buildings at Storrs Agricultural college should be required by legislative act. This would afford opportunity for proper courses of dairy instruction. In round numbers the invested capital in this state in dairy enterests exceeds ten million dol- lars, and the yearly product is more than five million dollars in value. The dairy schools of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and New York are worthy of | imitation by our state. An appropria- 1 ton of $10,0O0 would ensure the neces- sary accommodation at Storrs for the school which is needed. | Cattle Commissioner William B. l Sprague made a brief speech, covering ! the genreal grounds of his work in the state during the year. The points were embodied in his report to the governor, which has been published.
 Dairy Commissioner John B. Noble spoke of his work through the past l year
 The annual report of John B. Noble, dairy commissioner for the state of Con- necticut, has just been issued. It con- tains eighty-two pages devoted to a careful review of the subject and laws ! entrusted to the dairy commissioner for supervision and enforcement.
 Oleomargarine, cheese, molasses and vinegar are among the food products which have received very careful atten- | ton during the last year.
 The report shows that in 1886 about 2656,S54 pounds of oleo was sold in Con- necticut, great portion of which went under the name of butter. Enactment of laws providing that oleo must be sold without deception re- | QuCGu lu0 tOtdI SdieS III 1000 lO ipOut 5000 pounds Thousands of pounds of oleo were shipped into Connecticut last year, nearly all of it from Rhode Is- l land, but the vigilance of the commis- sioner and his deputy has been con- l stantly exercised to prevent any viola ton of the law.
 No oleonargarine is manufactured in Connecticut, but it is disposed of by six licensed wholesale dealers and by quite large number of retail dealers Prompt prosecution of those violating the oleo laws have served to check those l who were inclined to make unlawful sales.
 FARMS IN THE STATE.
 The report states that there are in the state 26,350 farms of an average size o1 eighty-six acres making an area of g., 256, 100 acres of farm land, which is val ued at $S95,595.
 According to the last census, there l were on these farms 511, FPS acres o1 meadow land, on which was grown SIP, 906 tons of hay. There was 89,695 acres on which cereal crops were grown, l., 471,9 ,957 bushels of Indian corn were pro duced, and of all grains 2339,93S bush els.
 The value of farm crops in the state reached the enormous sum of $17924, 31O
 These figures show the immense i'm portance of the agricultural business o the state.
 On Connecticut farms there were kep in 1850, 85, 461 cows. At the present time it is estimated that there are 130,00' cows, valued at at least S5, 1000, ,000 Dur ing the last quarter of century the in crease in milk production has been very rapid.
 Tn 1890 it reached 54,413,S22 gallons There are now produced in the state an nually 354, ,413,822 quarts of milk, most o which is sold in different cities or madt into butter.
 The report contains a list of the fifty six creameries in the state, showing th' amount of capital invested in these en terprises to be almost SS00,O00.
 It is apparent that the creamery in terests of the state are becoming nor and more important and that this forn of investment furnishes a good payin. business for the farmers and for thos who furnish money to carry on the en terprise.
 CHANGE FOR CHEESE-MAKING.
 The report also devotes conSiderabl space to giving information concernin, i cheese The tota1 cheese rnanufac cturpt