Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1899-12-14

Dairy Notes.
The United States department OF
f., agriculture Is making strenuous ef-
forts to establish q butter trade with
the oriental countries, such as China
and Japan. Recently a governmental
order was given to a Minnesota cream
cry for 10 cans OF butter containing 20
pounds each to BIO sent to China. The
cans are Theoretically sealed and then
are packed In boxes with sawdust The
butter Is similar to that put on our
,.bwn market, with the exception that
Il has trine more color and more salt
The butter is not as highly favored as
some, but that fact increases It's chahee
OF keeping, 1t is learned that the gov
eminent will carefully watch results
and II this shipment does not prove
satisfactory, will endeavor to ascer-
tain the reasons and guard against the
mlItakes In future.
At the coming dairy conventions this
winter makers Of dairy butter Will do
woll to send butter for exhibition pur-
poses. Most OF the poor butter on the
markets comes from people that sup
pose they are good butter makers.
Their grocers do not like to tell them
Tint they do not make the kind OF but
tor the market demands, but the judges
ut the dairy exhibitions have none OF
that sympathetic feeling and will score
sthe butter as 1t deserves. II more
would compete at these places 1t would
greatly advance the interests OF the
dairy. Every housewife should con-
TIder II favor to be told just where
she fails In coming up to the demands
OF the public, Sometimes 1t will be In
the color, sometimes the salt, often 1t
will be found to be something that
may be easily remedled. We should
remember that there is commercial
standard that will have recognition,
The trouble with most dairy butter Is
that II has been made In accordance
with the standard In the mind OF the
butter maker, and not In accordance
with tho general commercial standard,
The export of Canadian butter to
England has undergone many
changes within the last twenty years.
There was a time when 1t appeared
certain that Canada would control to
a large extent the butter market OF
Great Britain. In 1881 the value OF
Canadian butter imported into England
was over $3,9OO,0OO. Then Danish but
ter began to compete with 1t seriously,
the latter butter being under the
watchful supervision Of the Danish
government. That government did not
hesitate to go beyond what we call
governmental sphere to influence Its
trade. Canadian butter continued to
decrease in quantity imported for the
following eight years, till In 1889 the
value OF Canadian butter sold In Eng
land was only little over Sl74,OO0.
After that time there was some Inn
provement but nothing that had the
appearance OF permanency until the
Canadian government took the matter
in hand in 1897, The authorities began
the substituting Of cold-storage steam
ers and the partial substituting of
creamerles and cheese factories to such
an extent that the Canadians were
stimulated to send their butter across
the water in its best condition, and of
best quality. 1t made a reputation for
itself on the English market and from
that time the trade has rapidly de-
veloped In 1896 the value Of butter
sent to England was $S93,OOO, but in
the following year. under the foster
ing care of the government, the amount
sent over was valued at $l,912,OOO. In
1898 the amount was about the same
as the preceding year, namely, $1,915,-
900.