The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-03-31
AFTER MERCHANTS
Who BUY CREAM
DAIRY COMMISSIONER COMPILING
RULES TO GOVERN THE PRAc.
TicE WHICH IS VERY DETRl.
MENTAL TO THE CREAMERY
BUSINESS IN THE STATE.

Assistant Dairy Commissioner r. F.
Flint Of Bismarck was in the city yes
terday on business and in an inter-
view with The Forum said that the
commissioner OF agriculture and him
self have been working on code OF
rules governing the handling of cream
by the merchants in the towns and
cities of the state and that these rules
would soon be sent out to the mer-
chants
Tt is our intention to put stop to
this business as much as possible"
said Commissioner Flint this after
noon, "a 1t is very disgusting prac-
tice and mas a tendency to reduce the
grade of cream as well as being un-
sanitary. 1t is our business to promote
as well as govern the creamery and
dairy business of the state and at the
last session of the legislature bill
was passed empowering the commits
sioner of agriculture and the dairy
commissioner to compile such rules as
were necessary for the good of the
| business.
This method of cream being handl-
ed by the groceryman is not very pre-
1
of the state but is being practiced
to considerable extent in the south
ern part where dairying is quite ex-
tensive and where there are num-
Der of creameries. 1t is largely car
rifd on along the 500 railroad where
nearly every town has one or more
merchants handling cream.
Jugsle for Business.
"The cream is bought from the far
mers and then sold to the creameries
and where one merchant starts 1t the
rest nave to adopt it to compete with
the other man or he would get all
the trade of the farmers bringing in
cream.
This is the cause of considerable
| juggling on the part Of the merchants
to benefit their own interests in order
to draw the majority of the trade.
Cream is often graded higher than it
| is often worth and the consequence
is the creameries that get hold of this
kind of cream find it very unprofi-
| table.
I'm addition it is most unsanitary
and is absolutely disgusting / have
| gone in the rear rooms of some of the
! groceries in the small towns and found
! the cream cans piled up on the floor
which is covered with decayed cream
/ taht has been spilled there and among
stale eggs and hides. We intend to go
after this practice most forcibly and
will do everything in our power to put
an end to it.
Contemplating Much Work.
1.-THE prospects are that we have a
most busy season during the coming
summer as we intend TO push dairy
sanitation strongly OF course we cam
not go to farmer and tell him that
he will have to put a concrete floor
| in his COW barn but we can see to it
that he keeps. his cow barn clean.
From indications there will be
many of the idle creameries opened
! UP during the summer and we are
| going to do all that we can to pro-
mote the business and raise the stand
ard of cream and butter all over the
state. The dairy papers say that the
new North Dakota Is one of the best
in the country and are commenting
very favorably upon 1t and upon the
proposed reforms we intend to in
stitute."
\ Local Dairyn1en Make Good Move.
In speaking OF the adoption of tine
system of grading by the dairymer
of Fargo andt Moorhead at the meet
ing YESTERDAY, Commissioner Film
said, II was Il was talking to some o.
the dairymen about the proposition
and 1 think that it is fine move OF
their part and will greatly improve
conditions. OF course 1t would no
work by adopting it all over the state
as a state ruling, but for localities
is good.
THE system of grading will max,
every dairyman strive to keep every
thing in the best of condition pos
sible for 1t is human nature for ever!
man to want to stand at the mead o
the list. In this way it will worl
wonders"