The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-12-22


Months Term of the Present In
cumbent, All but Twenty of the
Half-ThOusand Creameries and
Cheese Factories I'm the State
Have Been Inspected.
Dairy Commissioner Bowler has COM
pleted his annual report, which shows
that, with the exception of about twenty
creameries in the northern part of the
state that operated for a short time dur
Ing the spring and closed down before
the inspectors could reach them, the de-
partment has made an inspection Of
every creamery in the state
Five inspectors have been on the road
the greater part Of the time. and a de-
tailed report OF the inspection and the
conditions surrounding each cooperative
creamery has been filed. In all 563 cream
cries were visited. From the report of
Dairy Commissioner Berndt Anderson.
who preceded Maj. Bowler, a general i'm
preston became current that there was
nearer ZOO than 500 creameries. It de-
Velops, however, that many creameries
: named on the old list had been closed
for long time
With few exceptions the creameries or
gained on the cooperative plan have
been successful In Minnesota, and the
farmers interested thereby reap consider
able profit that they would not have
were 1t not for so ready a market for
their milk. Taken as class, the cream
cries are economically run and are q
matter Of considerable local pride where
ever they are located
1t not infreQuently happens according
to the report, that the entire product of
a we'll established creamery is bought by
a New York commission house and in
turn sold to the very best Eastern trade
Aside from supplying the Minnesota de-
mand, a very large proportion Of Mime
sofa butter made by cooperative cream
cries finds ready market in Chicago and
the East, as Minnesota butter now has
a reputation that is not rivaled In the
West and takes front rank with the prod
uct Of any state or cline.
Forty-one "cheeseries" have also been
visited by state inspectors. Secretary
Smalley has coined the word "cheeseries"
for cheese factories, as he believes it just
as legitimate as the word creameries
Though not as evident In numbers they
have an important place and beGa a close
relation to the creamery interest," Min
nesota full cream cheese" has a reputa-
ton equal to that Of it's creamery butter
and a large amount Is imported every
year, says the dairy commissioner.
The department has been very success
full in it's prosecutions of violations of the
pure food law The total amount of fines
collected during the period is $3.50. This
. amount was derived in the following
manner:
Twenty-Five convictions Of hotel and
restaurant keepers for the sale of oleO-
margarine. fines 1925; 8 cases brought
against dealers for the sale of renovated
butter, without proper label, fines $50; 8
convictions for using boNc acid as a pre-
SENTATIVE fines $3.50; Is convictions for
selling adulterated milk, fines 1915; con-
yictions' for sale of alum baking powder
without proper label. fines Sis: convic-
tons for selling imitation cider vinegar,
fines $3.50; 16 convictions for selling adul-
terated lard, fines s475.
In the Twin Cities, Duluth and else
where the commission secured 1852 sam
pies of milk and anaylzed them in the
chemical laboratory. From the above it
Is seen that only eighteen convistions
were secured which indicates that milk
adulteration is being reduced to mini
mum, as nearly every case where an
adulteration is discovered represents
conviction, as the law prescribes what
percentage of butter fat makes pure
milk.
The department during the year ana
lyzed 1872 samples of various food prod
ucts, as follows: Eight hundred and for
ty samples of vinegar, POP samples OF
lard, III samples Of baking powder, SS3
samples of spices, 13 samples of honey, 3
samples of Jelly, samples Of candy, 80
samples of cheese, 299 samples OF butter
and 81 samples OF linseed oil.