Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1901-01-10

Wisconsin has 1000 creamerles ana
1000 cheese factories.
Wisconsin stands second in the list
of cheese producing states of the
union, making one-fourth of all ne
cheese produced in the United States.
These are some of the facts con
tanned in the report of Dairy and Food
Commissioner II. c. Adams, This is
Mr.. Adams biennial report to the gov
ernor and the legislature, and after
making a strenuous argument for the
Grout bill by recounting the benehsS
that will come to Wisconsin dairy n
terests by its passage, he discusses
the present status of this great and
growing industry of the state. HIS e
port says in part;
Modern dairying, with its improved
and more productive methods, las
been favored with a rapidly growing
domestic market. Secretary Wllsoa
of the United States department OF
agriculture, who has been making
study of the foreign butter market ana
has made a number of shlpm eA-S
abroad, states that there is much AM
we'll grounded prejudice against or
American butter. American Oleoma"-
garine is not only sold in foreign mar
kets as butter, but process butter,
melted and reworked. has been oN-
ported and sold as the best creamery
butter.
The suggestion of the secretary tn 1t
there should be governmental tnspe2-
ton of dairy products intended for "N-
port is wise one and should re
adopted and urged upon the attention
of congress by all friends of the dairy
interests and all interested in the eN
tension of our American trade, Our
meat inspection system has received
the approval of all interests in tins
country 1t has improved the chara2-
ter of our meat exports. 1t mas
STRENGTHENED and broadened the for
eign demand. A similar system ap-
piled to dairy products would produce
similar results. Denmark, with an
area one-fourth as great as Wisconsin,
exports annually $33,0OO,OOO worth OF
butter The government fosters ana
encourages this industry by insp &C.
ton, instruction and by all the liis
which laws can give. The domestic
demand in this country may not al
ways keep pace with dairy production
and it is the part of wisdom for this
government, through its agents, to
constantly study foreign markets ani
educate American producers in the
character of the demands of these
markets.
The agencies now at work to extend
dairy knowledge in the United states
are many and strong. The dairy
schools are increasing in number and
attendance, forty-three states and ier
ritories giving dairy instruction IN
their agricultural colleges or univefst-
ties. Fourteen states have regulr
dairy courses or dairy schools VS.
Consin has one of the best schools Of
this class in the country and for three
years it has been crowded to its full
capacity. 1t is sending annually
well-trained body OF young men into
the farm neighborhOOds and into the
cheese factories and creamerics Of the
state. They go out equipped With the
best modern knowledge of their bust
ness. Invention has changed and Is
constantly changing the manufacture
of dairy products, as of all other man
ufactures. The dairy school keeps
abreast of the times and teaches the
latest and best knowledge about soils
tillage. crops, breeding, ratiOns, barns
care of milk, and all the details Of
making, shipping and selling butter
and cheese. 1t teaches the boys to
keep books, to be accurate in accounts
to be definite in their thinking, to be
on the alert for new and valuable
ideas; in other words, it gives them
the equipment in their business which
is demanded of men in the great mer
camille and manufacturing enterprises
of the country. Every student who
goes out becomes an educator in the
community into which he goes. He
becomes a more productive citizen and
causes other citizens to become more
productive. The state becomes richer
not only in knowledge, but in material
wealth and is amply repaid for its mod.
STdJe expenditure VI IuOutg' luS
present facilities of the Wisconsin
dairy school are inadequate for the re
Quirements of the increasing body Of
students. No expenditure Of money on
the part of the state can be more prof
itably made in behalf Of our dairy
interests than by giving to the school
all of the buildings, appliances and in
structive force needed to meet the de-
mands made upon it
There are 1000 creameries in Wis
consin, a number which is not exceed.
ed in any state in the union except
Iowa. A comparatively small number
are proprietary, the owners purchasing
milk upon some fixed basis, taking
their own risks and profits. A great
number are cooperative in part, and
the manager Of the creamery owning
it, making and selling the product. de
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