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DAIRY Mates,
At III, Geneva Experiment station
series OF six rooms FOR curing cheese
has been arranged, and they are so
perfect in their construction and ar
rangement that any kind OF tempera-
tura between 40 aud 80 degrees can DO
maintained indefinitely. The rooms
referred 10 are separated from the out
side walls by passage four feet wide.
This proves strong defense against
the influences OF the outside atmos-
phere Each room Is separated from
the passage and the other rooms by
double walls and air spaces This
makes II possible to keep the tempera'
ture under control within Two de-
grees. Hot air giues from below and
cold air fues from above enter each
chamber, the cold air dues connecting
with ammonia expansion coils aud
lime tanks. These tiaes are controlled
by dampevs operated by compressed
air Ia connection with theTmOstaJs.
This arrangement regulates the tenn
perature Automatically, and the man
ager can 90 10 sleep ia confidence that
he will NOT wake up In the morning
and fad his experiments ruined by a
change OF 20 or 30 degrees in the tenn
peFature Of his curing rooms. In these
rooms have recently been carried our
som. experiments 70 ascertain II the
favor OF cheese is greatly affected By
the temperature n which II Is cured.
-Four temperatures were tried IS. 81,
e5 and ~ The lowest temperatures
gave the best nayogs. and the cheese
Improved In Favor with age. These
rooms at Geneva are model ones. and
without doubt will greatly influence
the construction Of future curing
rooms In our largest factories.
At the recent meeting Of stoekmen
In Fort Worth, Texas. 4 resolution was
passed requesting congress not 10 en-
, act into law a bill 10 further tax cleo
margarine. The vote vas passed with
but three dissenting voices, though 10
is perhaps worthy OF note that only a
few delegates possibly hundred
were present at the time the vote was
taken. Since the National Live Stock
Association includes In It's meuuar-
ship some dalrymeu's associations, the
vote d the majority Was 10 the nature
OF a blow from beaind. TIE argument
used was that oleomargartns raised
the price Of steers as we'll az cotton
seed oil. But the fact is that the Ia.
creased value to steers is "a matter u
cents rather than OF dollars. and tie
manufacture OF bogus butter !s hpuud
In the end 70 hurt the market Tor
steers more than Il heIps. When the
dairymen can manufacture butter and
sell IL without competition wtra a
counterfeit they Will devote their en-
ergies to producing butter. But dairy.
men have been driven out OF the baaG-
ness BY the thousands IN the past ton
years and many Of hem have been
forced into steer raising Had {. no;
been for oleOmargarine there would be
thousands now producing butter that
are raising steers. The fever dairy
men, the more steer raisers. The re.
'ult Is sure to be a rush into steer
iaising Till the breeders become so
1umerous that the profits will be again
reduced to a narrow margin The beef
producers are hurting themselves when
they deliver blow at the dairy inter
ests.
Howard and Butler Not Pardonea -
Reports from Washington show tina,
Howard and Butler will not DO mar.
doned. They have too often violated
the internal revenue Law relative u
oleomargarine. Attorney General
Griggs. in advising the president no,
to pardon the prisoners. said au h
obvious that the business in which
wilkins was engaged must have been
one Of great profit. otherwise he could
not have afforded to make the very
large payments In compromise which
he did make or offered to make That
ne was aware OF the fraudulent and
dishonorable nature OF the business in
which he was persistently engaged. ap.
pears from his own statement made
In a letter addressed to the commits.
sioner OF internal revenue, Oct. n
1888. 1t is absolutely clear that for
such a persistent violator of the Ia "
something more than money penalty
was essential. The sentence OF i'm.
Drisonment imposed In this case was
peremptorily required by the circum-
stances. Nor can | say that the sen.
tence was anything hut moderate.
DO not think that the sentences should
be interfered with"