The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-29

IN use or Farm SeparatOrs-NOtea
of the Dairy.
Inc inspectors of the state dairy and
1000 commission found a full-hedeed
roieo" factory in Minneapolis last week.
w men the plant was first unearthed IT
was supposed that the product was
renovated butter" but a test of several
| samples developed the fact that the
stuff was "oleo." The people operatinp
the plant were not possessed of a gov
eminent license, which is necessary be-
fore "oleo" can be made under tho low
and were also violating the state law
II IS the intention of the commission to
prosecute the case to the limit.
Durlng the past few days it has been
ascerta1ned that the state is being flooded
with circulars that are said to be mailed
IN chicago and which set forth the ad-
Vantages to be gained by using a new.
preservative that has been recently dis
covered. The circular states that the use
OF the new preservative will enable farm
ers and creamery men to keep milk an
indefinite time and will also thicken
cream.
the members of the state dairy and
1000 commission have investigated the
new preservative and say that 1t Is a
wicked preparation and very injurious
owing to the fact that 1t contains nnick
lime. The circulars were sent to coun-
try creamery men and store dealers. and
the commission is notifying these nao-
pie, wherever possible, that the preserva-
tive Is injurious and must not be used
The dairy and food department has
brought action in MINNEAPOLIS to test the
validity of the provision in the new
dairy law that prohibits the coloring of
oleomargartne or butterine in imitation
OF butter. The suit is brought against
the Armuor company, from whom Butter
Inspector Mcconnell bought a case of
oleo that looked as ent1cing as any cream
cry prints, and would, in its appearance
deceive Jersey cow. The Armours will
fight the case through to the federal SUI
preme court, relying upon the decision
OF that court in the pink law case, and
insisting that they have as good a right
to color oleomargarine as farmers or
creameries have to color their make to
give it a June butter look
Another important suit brought
by the department Is one against
the Cudahys for selling a lard
compound, made up of lard and beef
stearine, and labeled compound" lard, in
stead Of "adulterated," as the law re-
quires. Another suit against the Lilli-
bridge-Bremmer company, also involves
the sale of compound lard. Assistant
Commissioner White seized two pack
ages of butterine sent from Duluth by
express, consigned to Brooks Bros, ST.
Paul. The fact that there Is no such
firm led TO the discovery and confscation
of the stuff.
New York is the greatest market for
Iowa butter. Seventy-one per cent of
the shipments to points outside the state
go there. To Chicago goes 9.5 per cent
to Boston 81 per cent, to Philadelphia
81 per cent and to New Orleans 1.6 per
cent. Still smaller quantities go to other
points, and three foreign countries are
included in the list of markets. The dairy
commissioner finds little encouragement
for the cheese industry. Within the past
year eight cheese factories have been
changed to cheameries, seven have been
closed and six new factories have been
opened. The total value of the cheese
produced annually In the state is ap-
proximately s350,1e0.-Hoard's Dairyman.