Mower County transcript., 1904-12-28
MIANESOTA'S BUTTER
And CHEESE. PRODUCT

And CHEESE, PRODUCT
The biennial report of the state dairy
and food commission soon to be pre-
scented to the legislature, will show that
Minnesota is today making 28,W0, 600
pounds more butter annually than it
did four years ago. ~
. In four years the number of cream
cries has increased from $50 to 781, and
the Product of butter for this year. will
equal 100000 pounds. At the same
time the quality has increased to
point where Minnesota has won first
place in competition with the world
fof both dairy and creamery butter.
Since Jan. /, 1898, cheese factories
have increased in number from seventy
three to ninety, and skim stations from
fiftyrtwo to sixty-six. This is gain
for the year of Ill new creameries
seventeen cheese factories and fourteen
skim stations.
The point has now been reached
where Minnesota. probably produces
moro butter than any other state in the
union. And with the fact long estab-
lished that it produces more -four,
Minnesota now has unquestionable
right to the title given it Of "The
Bread and Butter State"
70 supply the Ill new creameries
with milk means an increase of 10000
cows.
Since two years ago the number of
farmers supplying milk to creameries
has increased from 50,389 to $500;
number of COWS from 1892, 1856 to 435, ,740:
pounds Of milk from 1,217,787, 45O to
1851, ,642, ,619; butter from 67,726,808 to
7722,266, ,348: amount paid to patrons from
ts1Q.941, ,466.3s to s12,9ss,6S2
This gives in the two years So, ,22s4 ad
laitional cows, supplying milk to cream
|eries, with All increase of 1873, 1855, 1863
pounds Of milk and 5,439,5 pounds Of
butter, $2, ,047 ,215.S3 more paid to farm
ers, with s2l9,689.33 increase in running
expenses. 7
The report will also show an import
Iant work performed in herd tests made
under the supervision of Inspectors A.
V TroW and Edward K. Slater, and a
fIlbsral augmentation is asked for en-.
Laying the Work, ,ss.ss. ss..sss,,, =. .,.s ! =.
In Minneapolis there are 376 dairies,
with 1860 COWS. OF the 376 herds there
in supplying milk to the inhabitants of
that city, 227 have been given the
ltuberculin test and 149 have not. In
the St.. Paul district there are 203
dairies, with 1866 COWS. OF the 203
herds. l40 have received the tuberculin
test. In Duluth there are Is dairies,
with 1856 cows, none of which have
been tested for tuberculosis. Alldairies
in these three cities are reported in
good condition.
Food statistics have been compiled
by Assistant Commissioner George L.
Dingman- Of Minneapolis. Since Dec,
Is; 1902, the department. has analyzed
11,771 samples Of food. This exceeds
the total OF two years Before by 1852.
OF the samples collected. $3.50 were
legal, 1882 illegal. The percentage of
adnlteration is 30.5 or 3.5 less than the
two previous years. p:
OF 2,l45 samples of alcoholic liquors,
LAP, lover. half were adulterated.
Prosecutions have almost driven such
authorizations from the market. Of
.151 samples of baking powder, Ill were
found illegal. In 20 per cent OF the
cases the .illegality was in improper
labelling. The report recommends in
dorsement by the legislature of a
federal law for uniform labelling of
food packages, and the expansion Of
the dairy law to include milk and
cream.