The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-20
BLUE EARTH COUNTY
MEN HAVE FINE SCORE
From Thursdays DAILY.

dueud, Mlnn., december l2.--IWO
hundred and thirteen entries of but,
ter and thirteen of cheese are on
exhibition at the state butter and
cheesemakers' convention here.
The scoring OF butter was done
by Secretary Storvick of the state
dairy and food department and NJ
Sondegaard of the national depart.
ment of agriculture; that of cheese
by A. w. Parkin and J. T. McCar-
thy, both of the state dairy and
food department
The butter exhibited is said by
judges to be the best ever presented
at competitive exhibit in the
state. Probably no other state in the
Union can show such big number
of entries at this season of the year
of such a high and uniform stand
ard of quality. h'.ostsN
To the cooperative creamery sys-
TEN and especially to the educational
contests conducted by the state dairy
and food department may be attrib-
uted a large measure of this sue
cess. "ft " k.:-s &.A Il
Hutchinson Man Winner.
h. o. Quenyold of the Hutchinson
Cooperative creamery carried off the
prize in the whole milk class and
according to this record is the cham.
pion buttermaker in the state, with
a. score Of 81. George w. Peterson
of the cooperative creamery at
Shafer is second, with a score of SO.
In the cream class, that is butter
made from cream separated at home
and brought to the creamery, Fred
Hanson is first with a score of 962 I
while F. II. Bartlett of Pease is Sec
ond with a score of 96R. Both of
these priZe-winners are from co.opera-
tive creameries.
The score of prize winners fol,
lows:
District Winners.
The state was divided into dis.
tricts. The winners:
DISTRICT NO. /.
Whole Milk
c. f.. Wendt, Welcome ..,.. .951a
c. N. Peterson. Rapidan. ....95
Cream Glass
Fred Hanson. Lake Crystal. d. .96A
T. p. Hafdahl, st. Peter. .... .95k
DISTRICT NO. 2.
Whole Milk
Alfred Camp, Owatonna .951h
Bert Sorenson. Claremont. :. 95
Cream Glass z.' -
Oscar Aaso, Kenyon. .93h
Mrs. A. S. Mclaughlin. Elgin. .931L
DISTRICT NO. 3.
Whole Milk
f. o. QueHvold, Hutchinson. 81
E. w. Redinan, Ossco. .95
Cream Glass 20
Christ Bjerg, Henderson. "a
r. ]. Anderson. Belgrade. ..93
DISTRICT NO. 4.
Whole Milk "s' ....z
II. P. Thompson, Round Prairie. 921s
Anton Baltes, Long Prairie. .92A
Cream Class s
f. F. Lowe, Hewitt. :. ......... SAN
Nels Ploug. New York Mills. "a
DISTRICT NO. 5.
No Whole Milk ~"
Cream Glass =. ,
o. S. Hagen, Erskine. BAN
Carl J. Holte. Fertile. "a
DISTRICT NO. 6.
Whole Milk
George w. Peterson, Shafer. -. SO
]. H. Peterson, Chisago City,. BAN
Cream Class '@@
F. HI. Bartlett, Pease. ........... 96k
Martin Larson, Moose Lake. 8. 93A
The contest has been conducted
for six months, SO that the champion
buttermaker is he whose average
score OF the six counties is the high
est.
Wins Six-Month Contest.
e. o. Quenvold of the Hutchinson
cooperative creamery, in addition toI
getting a gold watch for heading
the closing event, will also get sub
stantial recognition for being thel
prize-winner over all. 1
The final score in this contest
follows:
Grand Champion-E. o. Quenvold.
1854 To- ~-.t #&--s
District No. Fired Hanson, Lake
Crystal (cream), 94.121a. /
District No. "A. J. Anderson,
Otisco (milk), 94.62A.
District No. Sc. o. Quenvold,
Hutchinson (milk), 95.541- /
District No. 4-E F. Lowe, Hew-
lit (cream), 9S.OS 1-S
District No. 5-Carl ]. Hottie, Fer.
tile (cream). 1854 Is.
District No. 6-J A. Peterson,
Chisago City (milk). 94.45 Sc.
Cheese-Joseph Parenteau, Mantor.
vile, 9495 sc. t. -
businesses of the small dairymen
throughout the northwest is men
aced by a ruling of the commission
er OF internal revenue, according to
members of the Minnesota delega-
ton. This ruling is that butter con-
tanning more than Is per cent of |
moisture is adulterated butter, and
must be taxed at the rate of 1Oi
cents pound. In addition, the max
ers of such a product are required,
to take out dealers license, which !
costs $3.50 year, and a manufac- |
turer's license, for which $475 is re-
quired.
This question was brought today |
to the attention of r. w. Cabell, the |
commissioner of International rev.
enue, by Representative Hammond
and Volstead in connection with a
case arising at lie Roy. Mimi. A t
creamery company at LIE Roy ship
ped a consignment of butter to the
east 1t was seized by government of.
ficials at Pittsburgh, samples were !
examined. and the product found to
contain more than Is per cent of
moisture This butter was held to
be "adulterated" within the mean
inc Of tho lau, Tho Dow err, |