The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-05-13
Minnesota Buttermakers To Compete
at the Worlds Fair.
State Dairy and Food Department Will
Cooperate With Them.
An Attempt Will Be Made to Land the
Worlds Championship.
commissionerMc conneII Explains Con
ditions to Dairymen.
From Wednesdays Daily.


The state dairy and food commission
plans to cooperate with the Minnesota
buttermakers in an attempt to capture
the first prizes at the national buttermak-
ers' scoring contest to be held at the Louis
lana Purchase exposition. w. w. P.
McConnell, dairy and food commission
er, today will issue circular address
ed to the buttermakers of the state am
nouncing that samples of butter must
be received in ST. Paul by June 2, and
urging the buttermakers to do all in
their power to maintain Minnesota's rep
utation for producing the best butter in
the United States and in the world.
There will be four tests at ST. Louis,
the butter being scored between the 10th
and the 18th of June, July, September
and October The first lot of butter
must be in st. Louis by June and
must reach st. Paul by June 2. Valuable
gold medals will be awarded to the three
making the highest score. Minnesota
won the first prize at the Paris exposi
tion and won nearly all the prizes at
| national contests held in the last few
years.
That the Minnesota creameries may be
! in the best condition to compete in this
contest the commission will send butter
experts into all sections of the state to
make suggestions regarding the making
| of butter and to see that the creamer-
les are in good sanitary condition, and
that the milk is properly handled by the
| farmers.
Mr.. McConnell's circulars to the but
termakers follows:
Minnesota is about to enter upon the
national educational contest which is to
be held in the convention hall at the
Louisiana Purchase exposition, st. Louis,
and it is the earnest desire of this de-
partment that every laudable effort in
your power be put forth that out state
may again win merited laurels.
"Our fond desire that the highest
awards may be justly earned by your
exhibit leads us to call upon you for
the greatest care in its production. The
butter for this contest must reach st.
Paul on June and will be shipped as
per inclosed tag which you will use.
The reasons for assembling this butter
in st. Paul are as follows:
Butter will receive better care by
being sent all together.
"The car will be refrigerated.
''The superintendent will go with the
butter and see it placed in the exhibit.
''There will be a saving of express and
carriage charges. All charges after but
ter leaves st. Paul will be borne by the
state fair commission.
"There will be less damage of butter
deteriorating or getting lost.
| "For your guidance we will say that
the rules governing entries require a
package containing thirty pounds of but
ter, and this we request that you inclose
in sixty pound tub.
1--WE exceedingly regret that many of
our worthy buttermakers are surround
ed with conditions that make it quite
impossible for them to produce prize
| winniDU DradIIof Tho Ioyalty Of sfo+
pride will prevail upon such to forego
sending butter that will not help to
maintain the reputation Minnesota has
earned because of the superiority of her
daily interests.
Again we urge you to produce prod
uct of the highest standard and have
same here promptly on the day specified,
June 2."-St. Paul Pioneer Press.