Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1905-01-27
MINNESOTA BUTTER
Some Interesting Figures
on This Great Indus
try

The biennial report of the Minnesota
State Dairy Commissioner shows
that Minnesota is making annually
%, 600, 0oO pounds of butter more than
four years ago, an increase of over
fifty per cent.
In fout years the number Of cream
cries has increased from $50 to ISL,
and the product ssof butter for this
year will equal $4,000. 00o pounds. At
the same time the quality has in.
creased to a point where Minnesota
has won first place in competition
with the world for both dairy and
creamery butter.
Since Jan. /, 1908, cheese factories
have increased in number from seven
ty-three to to ninety, and skim STA
tions from ifty-two to sity-six. This
is a gain for the year of III new
creameries, seventeen cheese factories,
and fourteen skim stations. The point
has now been reached where Mime
sofa probably produces more butter
than any other state in the union
And with the fact long established
that 1t produces more -four, Mime
sofa now mas unquestionable.. right to
the title Governor Van SAINT has given
it of The Bread and Butter State.
To supply the III new creameries
with milk means an increase Of 40.
600 COWS. Since twoTyears ago the
number of farmers supplying milk to
creameries has increased from so, $3.50
to SO, 900: number of cows from 382,
356 to 35, 740; pounds of milk from
1917, 1877, $50 to, 1, s51, 642, 619: butter
from 81, 726, sos to 70, 268, 84S; amount
paid to patrons from $40, 941, 1885, 80 to
$l2, 9ss, 6s2. 81.
This gives in the two years %, 1874
additional COWS supplying milk to
creameries, with an increase Of 1885,
865, 1859 pounds of milk and 8, 4S9, $40
pounds of butter, $9,047, 1858 more
paid to farmers, with $s19, $50. 90 in
crease in running expenses. - -
The report will also show an import
ant work. performed in herd tests
made under the supervision of Inspeo-
tor A. W. Trow and Edward K. Stat
or, and liberal appropriation IL asked
for charging the work.
In Minneapolis there are 876 dairies
with 9, 500 COWS. OF the. 376,". herds
therein supplying milk to the.inhabl:
tants of this city, 1897 have been given
the tuberculin test and 149 have not.
In the st. Paul districts there are 908
dairies. with 1866 COWS. OF the 208
herds. 40 have received the -tuber-
culin tests.
In Duluth there are rs dairies, with
1855 COWS, none of which has been
tested for tuberculosis. All dairies in
these three cities are reported in good
condition.
Food statistics have been complied
by Assistant Commissioner George l..
Dingman of Minneapolis. Since Dec.
10, 1902, the department. has analysed
11,77l samples of food. This exceeds
the total of two years ago by 1862.
Of the samples collected 6670 were
legal, $500 illegal. The percentage Of
adulteration is 305 or 3.5 less than
for the two previous years.
Of 2, 145 samples Of alcoholic Ill
quors, 1,142, over half were adulter.
ated Prosecutions have almost driven
such authorizations from the market.
Of 157 samples of baking powder, III
we're found illegal. In 10 per cent Of
the cases the illegality was in i'm.
proper labelling. -
The reporter commends endorsement
by the Legislature Of a federal Law
for uniform labelling of food packages
expansion of the dairy law to include
milk and cream not manufactured at 8
local factory; Strengthening Of .tht
lead and paint law which is weak an6
permits of q misleading system o1
labelling.