Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1901-03-07
THE BUrTERMAKERs.
Tncy Hold Most Successful Conventios
ut ST. Paul. Minnesota Comes Out
With Flying Colora.

ut st. Paul. Minnesota Comes Out
With Flying Colors.
The ninth annual meeting Of. the Ma
tional Creamery Butter Makers Asso-
President George e. Haskell, of Lincoln,
Neb.. with $500 delegates present.
Governor Van SAINT welcomed the dele
gates on behalf Of the state, Mayor
Smith on behalf Of the city Of st. Paul,
and President n. A. Boardman on behalf
Of the st. Paul Commercial Club. Re.
sponse was made by J. q. Boardman for
the delegates. The afternoon session was
occupied with the presidents address, the
report Of the secretary, suddendorf, and
the appointment Of committees.
The parade, which was the big feature
OF the day. formed at Rice park, and
was headed by q platoon Of mounted
police and the Minnesota State band.
The judges Of the parade were Major
Alvord, Of Washington, d. c., who Is
connected with the dairy division in the
department Of agriculture; ]. Van Smith,
| of st. Louis, and J. F. Harris, Of Chi
cago Minnesota took first prize.
All concede that the convention has
been the best ever held in the history
of the organization. It will be some
weeks before the meeting of the next
convention 10 decided upon. II weather 10
taken into consideration. Kansas City
will get the next convention. The repre-
sentatives of that city are using st. Paul
weather as one of the arguments favor.
ing their city.
Former Governor Hoard, Of Wisconsin,
delivered an address, filing the place of
Secretary Wilson OF the department of
agriculture. who was unable to be pres
| ent. Governor Hoard dwelt upon the
| wonderful progress in butter-making In
the United States during the past twenty
years, the invention of new machinery
| and the perfection Of creameries He
wanted to impress the minds Of the but.
termakers that their zeal in perfecting
the creamery should not allow them to
forget the interest Of the cows, which
| were most important. The man who Is
| an expert at caring for the cows 10 of
| more importance to the industry than the
| man who is an expert at operating q
! creamery. According to creamery sta
tisttcs. it requires more milk to make
pound Of butter than it did five years
ago. He advocated the employment Of
| experts who would instruct the dairymen
| in the art Of raising cattle and post them
in milk sanitation.
Minnesota secures the highest award
on butter exhibit and three medals out
Of four at the national buttermakers'
convention.
Kansas won the silk banner for the
| highest average. The sunfie wer state had
| Twenty-Five entries "a the exhibit with
an average Of 1914 yer cent. Minnesota
was close second with 1898 per cent.
Minnesota sent 263 entries from cream.
| cries Of every class while the twenty
| nine from Kansas undoubtedly came
from the best creameries in the state,
which makes the small defeat Of Min
nesota in this particular look more like
| . victory.
For separator" butter. the gold medal
went to E. o. Quenvold. Of Owatonna.
MIMI. whose score was 81: the silver
| medal to c. H. Jensen. Of Bernadotte,
cream" butter the gold medal went to
w. c. Noble. Of South Waterford. Me-.
score. 81; the silver medal to M. Mag
nusson, Ct Bee, MIMI. score, 9OX. Only
Mr.. Magnusson had previously obtained
| q medal. This is his third successive sill
yer medal for gathered cream butter.
| He secured one at Lincoln and one at
Sioux Falls.
| The silver cups went to Marvin Pow
ers, OF Corley. Iowa, score. 941k: r. Sor-
| enson, Of Utica, Wis.,. score. 931k: r. e.
Barrett. Of Union. ILL.,. IS: o. L. Distad,
of De Smet. s. D.. 50: William v. Beach,
Of Charlotte. VT. 93h
Although other states competed. state
averages were announced for eight states
only. Kansas led with 1914 per cent.
| Then followed Minnesota. second. 1898
per cent; Illinois third, 1894: Iowa fourth,
1924; Wisconsin fifth. 8s.13: Michigan
| sixth, 1886; South Dakota seventh, $3.50
and Vermont eighth, $685..
| All scores were low, the lowest made
during the nine years of the associations
history. The average score was low this
year on account of the large number Of
entries. The cause Of the low score
made by the higher scoring tubs is not
clear to the judges. One Of them re-
turned the explanation that the week
| in which the butter was made presented
extraordinary drawbacks in weather.
The National Creamery and Buttermak.
ers' Association reelected George r.
Haskell president at last evenings ses-
sion by reclamation. Mr.. Haskell did
not consent to become q candidate for
his old position until late in the after
who. was the only avowed candidate up
| to that time. withdrew his name on the
floor Of the convention. Vice-President
Leland Griffin. Of De smet, 8. D.. and
E. Sudendorf. Of Elgin. Ill.,, secretary and
treasurer. were elected without oppose