The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-03-01
MINNESOTA BUTTER
1t Takes First Place at the St.
Paul Convention.
OwatOnna Carries Off the First Prize.-.'
Remarkably Low Scores are
Made

st. Paul, Feb. ga sweeping vic
tory for MINI esota-the banner butter
| state-was the official scoring of ex-
hibited butter as announced at last
| nights session of the creamery butter
makers convention.
The North Star state secured the
highest award and three medals out OF
four Kansas won the silk banner for
the highest state average-S9. A per
cent But Minnesota state average
was SO. 80, OF only onetwentieth of
one per cent lower than the Kansas
score. Moreover, Minnesota's average
was really much higher in view OF
the fact that Kansas sent only 80 en-
tries, all, no doubt, from the best Sun
flower creameries, while Minnesota
| sent in the unusual number of 262 en-
tries, which must have included many
from creameries not in the high class.
For separator butter the gold
medal went to E. o. Quenvoid of
Owatonna, Mimi, whose score was 81 :;
the silver medal to G. FL. Jensen Of
Bernadotte, Mimi, who scored 9615.
For gathered cream" butter the gold
medal went to w. G. Noble of South
Waterford, Me-, score o. the silver
medal to M. Magnusson of Bee, Mimi,
scoe 9O4. Only Mr.. Magnusson had
previously obtained a medal This is
his third successive silver medal for
"gathered cream butter. He secured
one at Lincoln and one at Sioux Falls.
The Silver cups went to Marvin
Powers of Corley, Iowa, score "a. 80 d;
R. Sorenson of Utica, Wis, score
90. so; F. E. Barrett of Union, ILL.,, SO
| O. L. Distad of De Smet, S. D., SO A;
William V. Beach of Charlotte, Vt,
SO. so.
Although other states competed,
state averages were announced for
eight states only. Kansas led with
SO. A per cent. Then followed Mime
sofa second, 80. 80 per cent Illinois
third, SO. "a; Iowa fourth, SS. "a Wis
consin fifth, 1918, !; South Dakota
seventh &c. 80, and Vermont eighth,
Sc. &c.
All the scores were low. They were,
in fact, the lowest made during the
nine years of the associations history.
The average score was low this year
because the exhibits were so numer-
Gus. They constituted, as has already
been mentioned, the greatest display
of competing butter samples ever seen
in America. But the reason for the
low score made by the high scoring
tubs is not clear even to the judges.
Said one of them last night, "We
have made no changes in our methods
of scoring that would account for this
difference. Always, of course, the
butter exhibited at our conventions is
inferior to butter made at other sea-
sons of the year because the last OF
January, when the sample butter is
manufactured, is perhaps the worst
time..in the twelve months for making
first class butter. This year 1 think
the week in question presents uncom-
mon drawbacks in the way of weather.
That may account largely for the fact
that our prize winners this year had
remarkably low scores.
Of separator butter there was exhib-
tied 1856 tubs and of gathered or cam
butter 80 tubs About 800 tubs secured
a rating above 80 per cent, which en-
titles the owners of those tubs to share
pro rata in the So, 900 distributed for
cash premiums.