Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-01-05


1t made sour silage, but he reports
that the cows ate it greedily. 1t Is |
expected that many more OF these +
silos will be constructed. The stave 7
silo is, we believe, bound to supplant |
all other kinds. 1t is especially |
adapted to localities where the farm
ers are in straitened circumstances but |
are inclined to experiment with the /
silo. The great cost Of constructing I
some of the square silos makes it diff
cult to introduce them into new locali-
ties. The round silo will prove to be (
a pioneer in many parts Of, the world /
as we'll as in a few sections Of our
own country.
We have before referred to the at
tempt to be made by buttermakers TO
get tax Of 10 cents per pound put on
oleomargarine colored to represent but
ter. This seems a just thing to do. as
II leaves under the two cent rate all
oleomargarine not colored to initiate
butter. 1t is the fact of imitation that
must be fought and not the fact OF the
| making and selling of substitute Tor
butter. Rye and barley are used as
substitutes for wheat and we would
not think OF making law to prevent
their use as a substitute. 1t Is the de-
| ception that is harmful and not the
| thing, provided the thing is healtntul.
/ But now there is a movement on FOOT
among certain dairymen to change the
issue. At one or two national meet
ings of associations that represent
more or less the dairy interest, the
words "eolored to initiate butter" were
stricken out, and resolutions passed
asking congress to pass law putting
a tax of 10 cents per pound on all oleo-
margarine. To us this seems very
unwise thing to do. People have
right to purchase eleemargarine If they
want it. Some may want to use It Tor
wagon grease. If the National Dairy
Union insists in fighting along this
line, it Is about certain 1t Will tall
in obtaining the legislation demanded
Not only will the city people be against
them almost solidly, but very large
proportion of the country people have
so much regard for justice that they
will not indorse the fight. Besides, the
National Dairy Union has raised money
for carrying on the fight against col
ored oleomargarine. Have they a
right to divert the money to fighting
uncolored oleomargarine?
discussion has been started by a
hotel paper on the use of cheese as a
, diet. 1t lays the blame on the cheese
, makers because the latter do not make
, cheese that is fit to eat and that is
put on the market in a green state. A
dairy paper replies that the grocers
> are as much to blame as the makers
that they do not show enterprise
T enough to build curing room anc
. buy up good green cheese and cure Il
/, for sale. 1t appears to us that 1t |:
E entirely out of the question for th'
Q grocers to do this. The writer in thu
: dairy paper quoted knows that thu
g matter Of curing rooms is a large one
s that 1t requires good deal of knowl
: edge along dairy lines for man t
e fully appreciate the value of the littl
|, things entering into the curing 0
!. cheese. II our eheesmakers find 1t dit
q f1cult to make proper curing arrange
: ments, what are we to expect of TIL
3 city grocer? Besides, If the groce
d should construct curing rooms HI
4 would be never sure that he could ge
t cheese that would cure into first-clas
salable cheese, for he would be pow
4 erless to control the details of max
!. ing. This question of selling greer
j. cheese is discussed at about ever.
: cheesemakers' convention we attend
q The makers Justify their selling 0
q cheese uncured by saying that the gro
n GERS demand 1t, for they know tina
r they can sell that kind of cheese with
d out loss. Most of the cheese that
s ripened and put on the market is s.
s sharp that the public will not buy il
g and Well-ripened cheese Is in tn
. minds of most people sharp cheese
n Our makers do not seem to haV
n learned yet the secret of putting on tn
a market a well-ripened mild cheese. Q
n course some of our cheesemakgrs d
Is make such cheese, but We refer to tn
? general mass of cheesemakers. Ger
Il tainly the sale of cheese Is greatly cur
> tailed by the fact that most of TIL
i cheese on the market cannot be cate
except at a risk OF disarranging tn
N whole digestive system of the eateri
r How the difficulty is to be overcome
= a problem for the eheesemahers, cor
: ventions to solve.
ID There is a report in circulation OF
It movement on foot to introduce no
lie raising on large scale into Siberii
h There is DO doubt that The industry
he already established there, but it seen
IS hardly believeable that 1t can ever a!
lie sumo such proportions that 1t wi
III menace the position n the foreig
n market Of our own pork products. Al
Or cording to the rumors mentioned,
At great European syndicate is being OF
t Vanized with capital of $50 000,0Ol
he intention is not only to raise hog
In Siberia but to provide transports
ton for them to the German and Eng
ar lish markets. from which they are sup
m posed TO drive out the American por
10 products. 1t will probably be fonn
n on. investigation that the alleged syr
l. dicate il a long way from controllln
=, g5O 400 tllU of caDitaI 0r any 0the