Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-10-27
DAIRY EXHIBIT
IOWA BUTTER MAKING INTER-
ESTs AT LOUISIANA PUR-
CHASE EXPOSITION.
Plans for State Exhibit to be Formulat.
ed at the Annual Meeting of the
State Dairymen's Association at Wa
terIoo Nov, 10 to 81.

One of the most important subjects
that is to come before the annual meet
ing of the State Dairym ems association
which is to convene in Waterloo ON
November Is for a three days session,
is the discussion of the exhibit of dairy
products which the state of Iowa will
make at the ST. Louis Louisiana Pur-
chase exposition. Senator G. j. A. En-
ickson, Iowa Commissioner for the eX-
position in charge of dairy and apiary
interests, will be present and the en-
tire plan for the exhibit will be formu-
lated.
Senator Erickson has the assurance
of prominent dairymeii all over the
state including the officers of the state
association, that they will assist in
making the exhibit one that will reflect
credit upon the state, and maintain
Iowa's long standing record in butter
making. At the close of this conven-
ton, Commissioner Erickson thinks he
will be able to announce definitely the
plans of the dairy department of the
exposition, plan for the construction
of cases for refrigeration, is under con-
sideration There will be maintained
on the exposition grounds a complete
refrigerating plant and in connection
with the manufacture of Ice, which will
be furnished to exhibitors, as well as
cooling processes.
Four Dairy Barns.
In the tests which are to take place
a regular creamery will be maintained
on the exposition grounds The con-
tracts have been let for the erection
of four dairy barns which are to cost
$5,SS9 each, which must be finished
before winter so that the cows to be
used in the dairy test will have to be-
come acclimated before the teason of
tests begins. These barns are to be
regular octagons of 100 feet in diam
| eter and two stories high. On the
second floor will be bed rooms for the
/ stablemen and four gigantic feed bins
each with a capacity of about 500 BUSH
els of ground feed. The most inter-
! esting feature is the provision on the
main floors for the housing of cows
! whose milk giving qualities are TO be
4 tested during the exposition These
| cows and other cattle Will be fed
there during the winter. A big silo has
i been built and is being filled with 81
! lage.
Senator Ericsson and Superintendent
Clute OF the apiary department have
!
| placed it in cold storage to remain
there until time to put it on exhibition
/, at st. Louis. They We're able to pur-
1 chase all of the first premium hone!
i exhibited at the state fair and the bal
ance is of equally good quality. The
price at which this was purchased wa
thirteen cents to fifteen cents, maxim,
! an average of IA cents per pound
With the honey which is to be shown
by individual exhibitors. it is the in
! tention to have a full ton Of honey OF
! exhibition from Iowa, Senator Erie
son is very sure that with the exhibit.
his department will have they will bt
able to capture the first prizes at st
! Louis. The only states he has to fea,
.iare California and Missouri. which arr
the greatest honey producing states il
the country. III southern California
: the bees work the year around and tn,
product is enormous.