The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-02-15
NORTH STAR BUTTER
REPORT ON PARIS EXPOSITION
PAYS 1T DUE
HONOR
MANY AWARDS FOR MINNESOTA
Special Mention for Sam HaugdahI
and Freedom County-United
States Surprised Exhibitors
From Other Countries.

The state dairy and food department
has received in pamphlet form the Off
cial government report on dairy products
at the Paris exposition. The United
States secured 1874 awards for dairy prod
ucts at that exhibition. of which num-
Der Minnesota secured Is, Wisconsin 9
and Iowa 4. The Minnesotans sharing in
the awards of honor were:
Sam Haugdahl, New Sweden; Albert
Lea Dairy association; w. I. Noyes, Mo-
land; Aage Wind, Litchfield: J. K Ben
nett, Clinton Falls; Fosters Creamery as
ISOLATION, Frost; La Belle Jersey dairy,
NJ Sondergaard Casey; Mrs c. II. Rob
bins, st. Charles; H. M. Slater, Fair
mount
The report speaks especially of one
Minnesota, Sam Haugdahl, the world S
champion buttermaker:"
Referring to the appended list of
awards for dairy exhibits, in class 40,
the following comments seem desirable.
Two of the highest distinctions the
grand prix d'honneur-are especially no
table
1.-The first was won by Samuel Haug-
dahl, of New Sweden, Mimi, for tub
of butter at the special show in May.
This was the only Instance during the
entire exposition in which the highest
honor was awarded to an individual ex-
hibitor for a dairy product. The same
lective displays, but to no other single
exhibit or exhibitor. The United States
and the successful maker thus justly
claim to have received what was virtually
the grand sweepstakes, or very highest
award fer a single lot of butter shown
at the Worlds fair of 1900 It may be
added that this decision was made by
the French members of the jury, while
the American member was absent, serV-
ing upon the sudbury on cheese, and with
out his solicitations; it was solely upon
the merits of the article. Later, some
members of the jury seemed to think this
action too exceptional. and revision was
proposed, but the majority sustained the
original award, which was duly con-
firmed.'
The report contains six maps of coun-
ties especially famed for their creameries,
one of which is Freedom county, Mime
sofa, of which it gives the following sta
tistics: First creamery established in
1890; number of creameries, 2S: number of
cows, 900; number of creamery patrons,
2640; butter made in creameries, 4000,-
600 pounds.
The report takes rap at the accommo-
dations afforded for the dairy products
display as follows: sen
1.-The location and accommodations were
alike unsuited to the purpose Upon the
shore of dirty sheet of stagnant water
called by courtesy the lake of the
Bots de VincenneS, a fairy pavilion was
constructed by erecting a skeleton frame
and covering it with canvas This Tempo
rary shelter, standing upon low, moist
ground, with bad air and unfavorable
surroundings, failed to keep out the
storms on the one hand, and on the other
it became a Veritable oven on a bright
summer day. In this framed tent the
delicate dairy products were exposed
day after day upon open tables, with no
protection whatever. Conditions could
MOI hn 1a11 III
tant and inconVenient place the products
had to be moved from the storage and
regular agricultural exhibit quarters at
the Champs de Mars, passing two sets
of customs and octroi Cor city tax off,
Gals en- route, with much red tape, delay
and annoyance, and neceSStating a gov
ernment escort, which had to be paid for
1t was actually more trouble and expense
ace of Agriculture out to Vincennes
park, guard them there, and move back
again, than it was to get them from New
York to Paris; the products were also
subjected to very much more exposure.
deterioration and injury
mo other country except France !"
says the report, attempted to show
natural milk and cream There were nll-
merous EXHIBITS of pasteurized and ster-
iized milk from Austria, Belgium, Ger
many and Switzerland, as we'll as France
which were creditable enough In their
way, but by no means deserving of the
substantial recognition they received at
the hands of the jury The French ex
hibits of natural milk and cream were
in striking contrast with those from the
United States. At the July show there
was not single one of these local ex-
hibits which was fit to use the day after
reaching the grounds, and evea in the
moderate temperature of the Nav and
September shows the French products
were all sour on the second and third
day. But there stood the natural nrod-
ucts from America, just as they would
be delivered to consumers in New York
and Chicago, sst.l perfectly sweet a fort
mer journey of 1900 or 1000 miles,