The San Francisco call., 1901-12-27

the trade was urged. One delegate said
the competition was too keen, thereby
causing the manufacture of too many
cheap qualities. Another insisted that II
the quality was not improved the East
ern butter makers would capture our
market. The necessity of a more diversi-
ned education Of creamery operators was
advanced as the only solution of the prob
lem of Improvement. The market was
glutted with second rate butter marked
with the best creamery brands, thereby
deceiVing the public and harming the in
terests of the trade. With proper edu-
cation this growing evil must eventually
be removed.
Thomas Hodge next spoke on the ques-
tion, How Can the Creamery Operator
Aid the Merchant?' The speaker urged
that the operators should visit the mer-
chants with whom they do business and
study the methods of shipment and land
ling of dairy products. This, he thought,
would educate the operator to the impor-
tance of attending carefully to those little
details which go to make the success of
any business enterprise.
Need of Dairy Inspector.
w. H. Roussel argued that an inspector
ought to be appointed by the State to in
spect dairieS and examine into the meth
DDS of handling milk. He urged that the
attention of the Legislature should Oe
called to this important matter, in order
. that the quality of butter now being
turned out might be improved.
After some discussion the matter was
referred to the committee on resolutions
with instructions to report to-day.
Professor Anderson said that the rea-
son so much inferior butter was made in
California was because there was too lit
tie attention paid to the handling and
care of milk and cream. Milk was al
lowed to remain for hours in unsanitary
places, in which impure matter was db-
sorbed, the result being a production of
butter not at all calculated to benefit the
health of the public or enhance the in
terestS of the dairymen. If the milk and
cream were properly handled existing
T complaints against our lacteal products
might not exist.
The closing paper of the session was
on the subject, Qualifications of the
Creamery Operator" by H. P. Carpenter
of Los Banos. He held that the principal
qualifications which the operator should
POSSESS are knowledge of his business,
cleanliness and cheerfulness. In the gen.
eral discussion that followed the matter
of scoring butter was debated and it was
decided to score samples OF butter at l
o'clock to-day. 1t is by this process that
the quality of butter is determined and In
consequence its value.
Interesting Papers for To Day.
The programme of the sessions to day
is as follows:
Morning session. $3.50 o'clock-"Care and
San Francisco; Tubulars, G. w Kneib. Port
land, Or; Cleanliness in the Creamery E.
H. Zimmerman, Watsonville; Butter Scor-
ing" W. D. Macarthur, San Francisco; But
ter Contests as Educators, ~ w. NJ. Turner,
Serraville.
Afternoon session, 2 o'colck-.'B .'Bacteriology
as Applied to Creamery Work. DIR. Archibald
A. Ward, University of California, Berkeley;
Assisting Our Patrons to Make Their Busi-
ness Profitable" J. E. Thorp, Lockeford; /;
Practical Self-Education of the Creamery
Operator George E. Peoples Fresno; Con
venience in Creamery Construction and Equip
ment," c. F. Andrews, Point Arena.
The election of officers will take place
this afternoon. A banquet at 1880 O'Clock
ct q prominent restaurant will bring 1he
| convention to a close.