The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1903-01-08
Manitowoc Farmers are Deeply
Interested in il
INDUSTRY IS AN IMPORTANT ONE
Particularly to this and Adjacen
Counties
THE BOARD MAY REGULATE PRICES
And by Methods Of Instruction and Friendly
Supervision Bring About a more Uni.
form Quality Of Product -

A movement is on foot to establish a
Central Cheese board for Wisconsin, the
purpose being to improve the grade of
cheese as we'll as to insure uniformity In
price. Milwaukee is endeavoring to
secure the location of the board but it
by no means follows that that city
will be chosen. Manitowoc is deeply
interested in the cheese industry, being
one of the staples of the county, also
one of the great resources to the farmers
Secretary U. s. Baer of the Cheese
makers association was In Chicago the
early part of the week to confer with
the cheese-buyers of that city, who pur-
chase most of the Wisconsin product,
by way of ascertaining their views upon
the a.lvisability of establishing Central
Cheese board in this state to guarantee
uniformity of quality and price.
Before leaving for Chicago Mr. Baer
gave out an interview in which he said
Il favor any arrangement at any
point in Wisconsin which will improve
the uniformity of Wisconsin cheese and
tend to give uniformity of price. l
don't mean to say that the point should
be Milwaukee, but favor Central
Cheese board if the city and men who
establish it propose to furnish official
scorers and instructors whose duty it
shall be to visit the cheese factories Of
the state and teach the cheesemakers in
the hundreds Of small factories how to
make the best quality of cheese 80 that
when cheese is shipped from Wisconsin
that in itself will be a guarantee of its
quality and an assurance of the price
that it is to bring
"The Wisconsin product is the finest
cheese produced in the United States,
and don't think am at all extrava-
CANT in that statement. The state is
adapted to the production of every kind
of cheese in the very best qualities We
make Swiss cheese that is sold all over
the country rs an imported article; we
make as fine grades of Limburger as
are made in the lowlands of Holland,
and our best cheddar ranks just as high
a, the Canadian product. Our only
fault is that it is not all uniformly good,
like the Canadian product.
in the 1, ,657 cheese factories of Wis
consin there was made last year 70, OOO,-
600 pounds of cheese, or over one fourth
of all that is made in the United States.
The average price it brought was 10
cents a pound, or $1,000, 900 for the
years product. Tha: makes the cheese
industry the largest single farming
industry in the state.
"Our exhibit this year, which will be
made on the second floor Of the Republi-
can house, Milwaukee promises to be
larger than last year, though this is
possibly the last year that an exhibit
will be feature of the annual conven-
tion. A resolution will be introduced
in the convention to abolish the display
in connection with the annual meeting,
and to substitute monthly educational
exhibit in some central place to be held
during the cheese making season.
"The attendance this year promises to
be about 800, of which number about
500 will be paid mp members Of the
association. The increased attendance
is the chief reason TOR our returning to
Milwaukee this year.