The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-04
DAIRY INTERESTS
PUSH FORWARD
Utah Association Wants a Deputy In
spector Appointed.
OPPOSED TO SHORT WEIGHT
MEMBERS DISSENT FROM <MR.
IRELAND'S TEST FIGURES

The Utah Dairymen's association
closed their annual convention yester-
day at the city and county building
by adopting a series Of resolutions hav-
ing for their object the betterment of
the dairy conditions in the state. One
was TO place the association on rec
ord as disappearing of putting short.
weight butter on the market This
subject was been agitated recently by
the Butchers and Retail CsrocerS as
ISOLATION of Salt Lake, and the dairy
men wished TO show that, whatever
the shortcomings of some individuals
might be, they were opposed to any
thing that SaVOred of fraud.
The sale of butter substitutes was
also deprecated, and along this line
another resolution was adopted and
will be sent to the representatives in
congress from Utah, requesting them
to work against the passage of any
bin that might be introduced to Sc
cure the repeal of the Grout bill. The
latter imposes a tax of 10 cents a
pound on oleomargarine made in imi-
tatiOn of butter.
There was also resolution adopt
ed requesting that person identified
with the dairy interests of the state
be appointed member of the board
of directors of the Deseret Agricultu-
raj & Manufacturing society.
Want a Dairy Commissioner.
Joseph Ririe of Ogden spoke at con-
siderable length in favor of dividing
the office of the dairy and food COM
mission so as to have a distinct de-
partment for the immediate supervi-
sion of dairy interests. A motion Of
Tered by Mr. Ririe was passed, and
it provides that the dairymen's assO-
citation frame petition requesting the
governor to appoint. and the iegisIa-
ture TO confirm the appointment. of
man identified with dairy intereSt IS
to be deputy dairy and food inspec-
tor. The secretary was directed TO
prepare the petition and send copies
OF II to the governor and members
Of the legislature.
Papers were read by DR.. ID. LeMay
of Salt Lake City, on "A Few Com
mon Diseases of the Cow and by H.
j Faust, jF., of Salt Lake City, on
Dairy Markets" DR.. LeMay's paper
was devoted largely to a considera-
ton of those ailments which develop
from ordinary causes in COWS. and
which, as a general rule, are little un-
derstOOd by some farmers. Mr.. Faust S
paper was listened to with much in
tereSt. for the reason that it had to
do with one of the most important
| features of dairy work-that of mar
| keting the products. He told the mem
| berS that if they were to put their
| butter and cheese on the market in
Deller shape IMAM mas Deen the Gus
! tom in the past they would find a read
l Ter sale, and at prices above the cur
rent quotations. '
Professor Clark Gives Advice.
Professor r. w. Clark of the State
| Agricultural college at Logan gave an
| Informal talk on The Dairy Outlook
| in Utah" He called attention to the
| lack of care given COWS in some parts
of the state, the result of which, he
said, was a poor quality of milk from
| thin and ill-fed animals. It was his
opinion that farmers could ralize
! handsomely if they would give more
attention to dairy products. He depre-
Gated the disposition of many farmers
who have turned to the raising of
| beets for the sugar factories. 1t was
! his belief that the two interests could
| be prosecuted successfully, and in the
matter of conducting well-paying
dairies experience had shown that beets
are an excellent food for cows in win
/ ter.
Il have been pretty much over the
state" Professor Clark continued, land
/ must confess that 1 never saw such
| poor cheese as is produced in some
/ sections. 1 found many cheese max
! erS who knew practically nothing
about the business, and they were put
| ting forth a class Of goods not tit
| for consumption. Now that is too
| bad, for it Injuries the reputation of
/ the state DAIRY interests and makes
/ ii difficult for the careful manufac-
turer to place his goods. Another mat
/ ter that has come to my attention is
| the distruSt that exists among SOME
J creamery owners. That ought not 10
| be Let the owners get together and
! work in harmony, and better results
] viii be attained. This year the Lewis
/ and Clark exposition is to be held al
Portland, and the opportunity is at
J hand for our dairymen TO show what
/ the state of Utah can do when the
I subject of butter and cheese making is
! conducted along scientific lines. We
! ought to have a splendid exhibition OF
/ dairy products at the exposition, but
! to accomplish that object we must
/ have harmony among our creamery
| owners
| Dissent From Mr.. IreIand's Scores.
There was some dissent among the
nlalrn hars. Of he .asscn..i.a tin1a h