Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-19
IOWA BUTTER EXHIBIT
Attendance at State Dairymen's
Convention Today Expected
to Pass 1000 Mark
MEETINGS DO GREAT GOOD
Tho Advance in tho Score Of low. But.
ter Each Year is Largely Due to the
Earnest Work of tho Association
Machinery Hall at Waterloo Crowded
With Exhibits.

terlay to attend the Iowa State Dairy
mems convention. which started It's Of
fetal meeting with the program last
night. The supply men and many but
termakers were present early and
many other butterma1-ers and creamery
men arrived last night and this morn
ing. kilograms were received stating
that three Pullman cars loaded with
New York and New England butter
and commission men were in Chicago
and would arrive In Waterloo this
morning to be present during the meet
ing.
Everybody is surprised at the enthu-
siasm and attendance SO far and no
enc has reason to change his opinion
that the convention will be the largest
state meeting ever held. The supply
mon have their exhibits all In shape
and the machinery hall. tho the largest
in the city. Is crowded to its utmost
capacity with the exhibits, and Is
bower Of yellow bunting and chrysan-
themums, every machinery and other
exhibit being decorated with bunting
and flowers. all Of the butter yellow,
the official color OF the dairymen.
The scoring OF butter 10 still going
on under the supervision OF Professor
Mckay and Scorer W. d. Collyer. The
in dications are that the exhibit will
without doubt be the best ever held
from the point Of contestants for hon
ors and the scoring OF butter. An
Friday afternoon.
President Schilling, Of Mason City.
arrived in Waterloo yesterday and Is
busy looking after the convention. He
IL much pleased with the work done
and the outlook of the convention.
Speaking Of the exhibits he said: They
told me a; the headquarters this morn
Ing that the thing was simply great.
that We were starting on the best con-
vention we had ever held. end We have
held some good ones. but on getting
about butter hall and machinery hall
I am free to express that the whole
We knew that the exhibits of the sup
ply men would be ahead of anything
we had ever had Experis nee has
taught the supply men that 1t pays to
attend these conventions and exhibit
their goods and they are surely here at
this convention In full force. Al to
the butter exhibit. was somewhat
afraid that Wa would not come up to
GONE Of the exhibits we have held, but
there is more butter on exhibition than
ever before and Professor Mckay IN
forms me that 1t Is going to show
great Increase In the standard Of Iowa
butter
Continuing. Mr. Schilling said: you
know, OF course. that the object Of the
dairymen's association J. to advance
the interests Of dairymen and the
quality Of Iowa butter. II the scoring
OF the butter gives az high points to
the contestants as 1t now promises to
give, one thing We can realize. and that
Is that the iowa butternaker has taken
a big step in advance in the last two
years These meetings are no. farces;
they do good. Every buttermaker who
attends one Of our conventions studies
methods and means. snd then goes
uCflI6 anu VI 0NSAS00 WAAoS az AAss"
learned. The result IL shown in an adj
vance in the score Of butter each year.
No good butte rmaker thinks he Is too
wise to learn. and the tallD and round
ia bles Of the convention do each man
good. and each learns new point or
two. / am enthusiastic in the work.
iowa butter Is growing better each
year, and thereby commanding high
er market price. and do not blame me
II say that the iowa Dairymen's AS
ISOLATION IL to have credit for the great
err part OF the Improvement"
The attendance today Is expected to
70 over the 1000 mark. Secretary
Kieffer received forty two applications
for membership In the association yes
terday.
Governor Cummins did not arrive in
the city to speak last night, but sent a
message stating that he would posi-
lively be present and deliver his adj
dress to the convention this afternoon.