The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-10-10
NEW EXHIBITS SENT
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MINNESOTA BUTTER FOR OCTOBER
SCORING LEFT ST. PAUL
LAST EVENING
TOMORROW DAIRYMENs DAY

There Will BE n Progfhmme of Es-
pecial Interest to- Butter, Makers,
and the Minnesota Building VIII
BE Elaborately Decorated Out of
respect to the lOcGasiOn--Item
of Interest for Dairy Farmers.
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Supt. James A. Harris was in st.
Paul last week arranging for the ex-
hibits to be sent to the fourth scoring
or butter at the Trans mississippi ex-
position. which will take place today.
The exhibits were taken out Of cold
storage last night, placed in an iced
refrigerator car and sent on their way
10 Onaha. Nearly all the creameries
that had exhibits entered at the last
scoring are again represented, and in
addlllon there are twelve or fifteen
more, so that Minnesota will again I'M
douDtedly have more exhibits at the
scoring than any other state. Supt.
Harris hopes that Minnesota will again
lead all competitors, but he fears that
the race VIII be much closer one this
time, as the conditions are shaping
themselves to give the states to the
South better chance. Cool weather
Is one or the prime necessities in the
making Of good butter for exhibition
purposes, and at this scoring Mime
sofa will not have that advantage over
the other states. Supt Harris is in
clined to think that one or two exhibits
from other states may equal those from
Minnesota, but he does not believe that
1t is possible for them to be better
In addition to the butter scoring there
is to be cheese scoring today. In
TINS Minnesota is not we'll represented,
as this Is not cheese making state.
invitations were sent to all the cream
cries to enter cheese exhibits, but only
a few were received. These were sent
along in the iced car with the butter
exhibits. 3D.
There is to be but one more butter
scoring, and that will occur about Oct.
70. After that scoring the medals will
be awarded.
Tomorrow will be EDaiFymens day at
the Mississippi exposition. Invi-
tat1ons to be present5have been sent to
dairymen in all parts of the country,
and it Is expected that there will be
large number present There has
been no especial programme prepared,
but eX-Gov. Hoard, of Wisconsin, will
be present and Willxdeliver an address
to dairymen e.
For that day the Minnesota building
will be decorated with attractive cards
bearing information touching on the
dairy interests Of this state and show
ing the growth of the industry in the
past few years. The cards will also
show in detail the results Of the scor-
ing that has taken place. Several
thousand Minnesota, dairy maps have
been sent to Omaha by the state dairy
and food commission, and will be dis
tributed tomorrow.
The executive committee of the Ma
tiCnal Buttermakers' association will
hold a meeting at Omaha on Oct. 20,
and arrange the programme for the an
nual meeting of the association, which
will be held at Sioux Falls next Feb
ruary. E. B. Williams, of the Mime
sofa state dairy and food commission,
who is a member Of the committee, will
attend the meeting.
Every horseman knows how large a
part the card and curry comb play in
maintaining good condition in the
horse, and no one thinks Of keeping
horse, Where any pretension to CIV
ing it care is made<at all, without
cleaning 1t regularly and we'll The
practice, however, is no more beneficial
to the horse than to the, cow, and in
deed there are some reasons for the
regular cleaning Of the COW which do
not apply in the case of the horse
Cleanliness for the milk's sake is one
of them. The accumulation of dirt on
the skin and in the hair, if not regu-
larly removed by free use Of the brush,
card or curry comb, is very certain to
get into the milk, with results always
hurtful to the quality Of the butter pro-
duced. The carding, also, helps to
maintain q condition of good health
and in winter time is no bad substitute
for exercise. and this is important
where the herd is carefully housed, as
for the most part it should be. Those
who desire to progress in dairying
should not forget the large part which
thorough and regular cleaning of the
COWS has in up-to-date dairy work.
Iowa Horseman.
There are about 100000 cows in the
United States that are classed as milk
cows, and, while a very large proper
ton Of them do not fulfill their mis-
sion as milk producers in a profitable
way, it is probable that they are the
best we have. The general impression
is that the exclusive dairyman should
have herd Of cows composed of some
one or more Of the dairy breeds, those
animal admitting this AS an ideal to
be gradually approached. this is proba-
bly, correct, but. as a practical propo-
sition shortly to be attained. there is
not much in it. The dairy division Of
the department of agriculture estimated
that in 1895 there were only a little over
100000 COWS Of the nine dairy breeds
in the country, counting Devons, Red
Polls and Maine State Jerseys as
separate dairy breeds. the others being
Jerseys, Guernseys, Ayrshires, Hol-
in-Friesiars, Dutch Relted and
Brown Swiss. The number has, of
course, increased considerable since
1895. and few Simmenthalers have
been imported, making a tenth dairy
breed, if it were admitted those already
enumerated were entitled to that des-
igration, but the number is still very
far from being sufficient to fill the de-
m6nd for 5000 900 milk cows, and for
long time to come the milk and milk
products Of the country will have to be
the yield Of something else than the
dairy breeds.
the American Guernsey Cattle club. in
which $500 will be given in prizes. This
method has been adopted Sy the club
to create a more lively interest in dairy
cattle, and it is to be hoDed it will be
successful. Detailed information can
be had by applying to William II.
Caldwell, Peterboro, N. H.
The square box has a good manv
things in it's favor as a butter package.
but it is. an undoubted fact that, unless
butter is intended for export that
packed in tubs will eutsell it. The New
York Produce Review says that the
experience Of the past season in that
city proves this very conclusively, a
considerable amount Of butter having
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