The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-04-08
Dairymen Discuss Plans For State
Fair Exhibits.
ANNUAL MEETING CLOSES
VALUABLE PAPERS READ AT
YESTERDAYS SESSION.
Resolution Demanding Refrigerator
Facilities at the State Fair
Prizes Awarded at the Butter and
Cheese Exhibit-Cash Premiums
Won BY Various Diaries.

The sixth annual meeting Oh the Otdh
Dairymen's association came to close
late yesterday afternoon. The meeting
was a source of profitable interest to
the many who attended. Another meet
ing viii be held in the city during the
week of the state fair next October.
More for the purpose of enlisting the
interest of dealers in and consumers of
dairy products than to awaken the at
tention of dairymen north or south, 1t
was resolved to have the next annual
session in Salt Lake City, the market
center oS the state.
The retiring officers of the associa-
ton were reelected. They are: Lorenzo
Hansen of Wellsville, president Seth
Jones of KaysVille, vice president; +.
B. Linfield of Logan, secretary and
treasurer
Following President Hansen's address
yesterday morning, Professor L. a.
Merrill of the Agricultural College read
a carefully prepared paper on NAH
agement of the Dairy Cow From Il San
itary Standpoint"
Professor Linfield. also of the ACri-
cultural College faculty, gave d scien-
tific and practical talk on Some Prin-
ciples of Breeding" and President Han
sen read paper on THE Marketing Of
Dairy Products"
The discussion on the several to0ics
was timely, far-reaching and evoked
lively interest.
VALUE OF THE INDUSTRY.
A resolution was adopted setting
forth that the dairying industry is now
worth $5,000,000 annually to the people
of Utah, and gives promise of growing
in Importance very fast. Therefore, the
trustees Of the state fair association
Were requested to provide cold storage
facilities for the dairy products to be
exhibited at the fair next October
Mr.. Alma Merrill of Richmond sUg-
gested that the association should fix
the age of cheese to be exhibited at
the fair. so uniformity may be adhered
TO. State Dairy and Food Commissioner
ii j. Faust, jr., favored premiums for
June and September cheese.
However, the entire matter os ar
ranging for the exhibit OF dairy pro-
ducts at the October fair and the reSa-
lation Of premiums was referred TO Il
committee consisting: of Mcssrs. Han
sen. Jones. Faust. J. r. Murdoch of
Charleston and Merrill o. each: to
confer with the directors of the fair as
ISOLATION.
The treasurer's report. shpvrine, total
receipts Of sSS and disbursements %
S32. so, was adopted. Twenty ih:ec new
membership fees were repeated rad.
BUTTER AND CHEESE EXHIBIT.
The associations exhibit CT butter
and cheese at the Hall of Relics closed
last evening. Premiums and prizes
were awarded as follows:
Cash prizes aggregating $40 contrib
uted by H. j. Faust. jr., j. B. Brown,
the Elgin Dairy company. j. N. Chris
Hansen and F. B. Linfield. were award
ed by the judges to the Ogden Valley.
creamery, the Manti creamery. II. ].
Faust, Meadowview and Elein c, Gamer
les, Lorenzo Hansen and the Crystal
creamery, whose samples OF butter
scored, respectively, Q! per cent. 9615
the Statewide. Me2dowViilc and Elgin
c~eameries, and s. per cent for the last
;wo named competitors.
II the next grade, for second prizes,
thu Charleston creamery scored 94l2
per cent: the Benjamin creamery, 81
9s- cent; the Kaysvilie creamery, 9334
DER cent; /. X. L. (Morgan) creamery.
9c1G per cent; the o. NJ. Union OF
Franklin, and the Union of Richmond,
~ per cent, and the Raymond creamery
OF ogden scored 911a per cent.
For the butter scoring the. highest,
sailed with Worcester salt. the ogden
Valley creamery Won the SIS watch Of
Tered as a special prize by the Worces-
ter Salt company Of New York, and the
Manu- creamery was 9NaTCeQ 1ne sec
ond prize, a Sl5 watch. The Ogden VAL
ley and the Manti creameries took
prizes of $40 and So for butter scoring
highest points. the cream OF which was
separated by De Laval separator.
The Meadowville creamery won ton
of Green Seal salt offered by the Inland
Crystal Salt company for having the
hest butter sailed with that brand H.
J. Faust's butter. sailed with Genesee
salt, won that company's prize of a dia-
mond pin.
II the cheese exhibit, the following
competitors Won the associations cash
prizes. in the order named: Lorenzo
Hansen. 96iz per cent: H J. Faust, sc
per cent; ". Hooper, IS per cent; I. X.
L. creamery. 941A per cent; Charleston
creamery, 81 per cent; Buhler, so per
cent in points.
The Worcester Salt company's first
prize. a watch worth S25 went to Lo-
renzo Hansen for the best cheese saIted
with the donors salt, and the Hooper
dairy took second prize, a S15 gold
watch.