Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-02
MARKET ACROSS SEAS
Secretary Wilson Plans to Ex-
tend the Market for Dairy
Output.
Butter and Cheese From Ameri-
can Farms Sent to Foreign
Chimes.
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Something to Be Learned From
Swiss Methods Of Packing
Products.

Washington. April ., Secretary VIII
son is now giving his personal attention
q the extension of our foreign sales of
dairy products. and III addition 10 the
nsw system af inspection he has estah-
lished at New York and other shipping
points 10 head off bad butter ard
cheese, he is sending agents into new
fields 70 report upon the requirements
of the markets. The tastes Of consun-
efs and the facilities for handling the
trade AS fast as these agents make
thsir reports the Information vii. be
communicated 10 he dairymen of the
country.
The assistant chief of the dairy divis-
ion of the department. has just been
sent To Porto Rico. Cuba and other OF
the West India islands % study that
market. which in sonle respects i. pc
yculiar and REQUIRES special conditions
because Of the climate. Other agents
haze been al work in China. the Pnilip-
pines and the East Indies for several
mouths and their reports are beginning
n come in.
Denmark at present monopolizss the
butter trade in the tropical countries
because her dairymen understand what
is neezs sary to please the tastes of the
Giiities. They make their butter in a
peculiar way and send II in small tins
herinetically sealed, so that il is prac-
tieally insured against climatic changes
by reason of the heat. You find DANISH
butter on the shelves Of every grocery
store n all Of the tropical countries
alongside the English jams, French
sardines. Chicago beef and canned
PEACHES from; California. Al the same
lime there is curious anatomy pre-
sented by this trade WThile Denmark
furnishes marty all the butter cen
sumed byorr nearest reighbprs in the
West Indies and South America, and
by our new citizens in thu Philippines.
we- feed her CONS and Secretary Nilsson
thinks that the tn.e has come for US TO
reverse the conditions ard turn our
feed into butter on our owr farms in
stead Of shipping 1t across The oesan 70
be returned in the forni q butter and
sold under our Vary noses
Experiments have demonstrated that
twelve pounds af feed viii produce one
pound Of butter undsr ordinary circuni-
& 81 ances. Al this rate the freight upon
the feed We send 10 Denmark is equal
70 the cost Of sending Its equivalent in
butter TO that country IN Refrigerator
ships besides giving US the prof. and
the employment for our labor. Seere-
tary Wilson considers this IL sufficient
Importance 70 demand his personal at
tention. and he has taken up the sub
ject With his usual zeal He believes,
however that We must first establish a
reputation for our butter and cheese be-
fore we crowd upon the foreign mar
ksts and sor that purpose he is Geter-
mined 10 prevent the export Of inferior
Qualities beyond the limits Of the coun-
Try Under the present regulations no
body can ship a round Of butter With
out a certificate from an Inspector Of
the Agricultural department. bar the
manufacturers of good butter are Ne
csising every eneonragement and aid
that h can furnish them.