Evening times-Republican., 1902-10-22
MAKERS MEET
The Tenth Annual Convention
Attracts Thousands of Wis
itors to Milwaukee
IOWA is WELL REPRESENTED
Parade of the Delegates and Visitors
Was Notable Feature -Ex- Gov
ernor Hoard Tells Of the Great I'M
portance of the Dairy Industry and
Its Remarkable Growth.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 22.-Butte,
men from nearly every western state
are attending the tenth annual con-
yention of the National Creamery But
ter Makers association, which is be-
ing held in the Exposition building.
In great street parade this after
noon Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas, Soutt
Dakota, Wisconsin, and other states
had large representations. Fully 5000
delegates and visitors attended the first
session, which was opened by II. j
Niefert of Walker, Iowa, in the alb
sence of President George L. Haskell
of Lincoln, Ncb., who is ILL., and unable
to attend the convention. Former
Governor Hoard, for over a quarter o.
q century leader in progressive dairy
OF welcome He stated that as the sec
ond state in product of cheese in the
United States and third in the but
ter manufacturing interests. Wisconsin
naturally welcomed the great butter
making interests of the United States
Il am one of the pioneers in the dairy
business in Wisconsin, and have bee,
more or less active in the business sinct
1870" said Governor Hoard, when the
aggregate value of the dairy produc,
of Wisconsin amounted to about $780,
600, while today it is valued at $40,O0O,-
900. Today we have approximately
100000 mich COWS in this state, and
their average product per year is SAC
each, or the total sum / have given.
This represents a marvellous growth
in thirty years in one state, and today
Wisconsin enjoys the proud distinction
of standing third in the value of butter
product in the states of the union, low,
and New York being first and second.
In the value of cheese products Wiscon-
the greatest
Governor Hoard gave an off-hand
and interesting address of a historical
character. extolling the great cream
cry interests of the United States, the
aggregate value of which is so great
that it can scarcely be computed in
collars and cents. He reviewed the
growth and wonderful advancement of
the national creamery buffers makers
organization, since its first session in
Madison up to the present time, when
1t has a membership of 5000 or 1000
active makers, dealers and others in
terested in the great product.
Nearly every prominent manufacture
ing and exhibiting firm has an attract
i've electric display of signs and fea-
lures which they desire to have made
prominent, so that the big building is
one blaze of bright illumination at all
times. There are to be seen a total of
about 1000 tubs of creamery butter
from every butter-making state in the
union. Everything pertaining to but
ter making as conducted by the state
dairy school at the University of Wis
consin is shown, and here the astound-
ing figures as to Wisconsin's greatness
ere shown. For instance, the univer-
sity dairy school shows state dairy
products in 1900 as follows: Dairy
butter made in the state, 25,OOO, 900
pounds; creamery butter made, 55,-
100000 pounds; total made in Wiscon-
sin. S0000,000 pounds; total value of
this product in 1900. s16.OoO.OOO. In
cheese Wisconsin made in 1900 45,OOO.-
900 pounds of cheddar; 15.O00,0OO
pounds of Swiss and other similar
grades; total in cheese manufacture in
1900, S6,O00,000, or total in dairy in
terests of $22,0O0,O0O in 1900.
The first dairy school in the United
States was opened for students at the
of Wisconsin in 1890; the
total number of creameries, cheese fac
nYi nC nfF} do, nj ;,, 4
States is estimated to be 9,245; there
Ire 100000 dairy cows in Wisconsin,
and 1s,112.I0s in the United States; the
census reports for 1900 state that L.
)71,745,127 pounds of farm dairy butter
are made annually in the United
States; the butter made in Wisconsin
each year is valued at $11,921,914, the
cream at $123,5S7, and the skim milk at
s45S, 1S7; Wisconsin produces nearly
the entire cheese made in
he United States.
The National Dairy union, which has
! total membership between $4,000 and
$4,000, and of which Governor Hoard is
president, will hold it's annual meeting
1t the exposition Thursday morning.
rhe chief object of this organization is
% look after legislation in the interests
If the dairy business and to head off
uch unfavorable measures as it can. !
rhe great fight on the oleomargarine
1ill was conducted by this association.
Il. B. Gurler, the largest individual far
ner in the United States, who milks
700 cows daily and sells his product for /
10 and IL cents a quart in Chicago, is
reasurer of this association and is in
attendance.
Iowa appeared in line with $50 rep
each man wearing white
zap and jacket; Wisconsin was repre-
,ented by 500 marchers. each man
wearing high buttertub paper hat and
/ yellow oiled apron. Elgin board of
rade, 200 strong; Michigan delegates,
headed by two women on horseback,
md seventy-five in all; South Dakota,
fifty strong; Kansas, 125, each man car
wing a sunflower umbrella: the Mill
yaukee commission men, $50 in num-
,er. each man with large sunflower
n his buttonhole; New York with fifty
and the various manu-
acturing and supply companies in var
ous styles and vehicles.
Today technical papers We're read by |
orof. S. M. Babcock. Madison. Wis: j.
:. Monl-ad, New York. Kansas City,
Sioux City and Sioux Fallsare 'hustling
or the next convention. The presi-
lent of the association Is likely to go
O Fl. j. Niepert, Walker, Iowa, and the
secretary -treasurership to Z. Suden-
lorf, Elgin, Ill.
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