Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-10-08
WOULD ADVERTISE
DAIRY INDUSTRIES
DAIRY AND FOOD COMMISSION
APPEALS FOR EXHIBITS AT
STATE FAIR.
OFFER LIBERAL PREMIUMS
Two Thousand Cheese Factories And
One Thousand Creameries Ex-
pected to Provide Displays.
OFFER LIBERAL PREMIUMS
PLAN FINE MACHINERY SHOW.

Every official department of the
state of Wisconsin is striving to the
utmost to make the state fair to be-
held in Milwaukee September to
II, a success beyond all past records.
The Dairy and Food commission es-
pecially is active in behalf of the dairy
display, urging all engaged in the
dairy business to assist in making AM
exhibit worthy of Wisconsin as the
leading dairy state.
H. c. Larson, second assistant dairy
and food commissioner, has addressed
the following letter to butter and
cheesemakers:
To Wisconsin Butter and Cheese
makers:
Wisconsin being the leading dairy
state in the union, desire as superin-
tendent of the dairy department in
connection with the state fair which
is to be held at Milwaukee September
8-12, 1913, to urge the creamery.
cheese factory and dairy interests of.
the state to support the dairy depart
ment by making exhibits of butter,
cheese, milk and cream so that the
thousands of visitors at the state fair.
will be impressed with that fact.
Would Advertise State
There is located on the state fair
grounds the finest dairy building in
the country where all the exhibits of.
butter, cheese, milk and cream will
be cared for and can be viewed by
those attending the fair. There are
over 1000 creameries and nearly 1000.
cheese factories in the state, and il
that many exhibits of butter and
cheese could be made at the state fair,
what an advertisement it would mean
for Wisconsin butter and cheese.
The premium money offered for
creamery butter is $3.50. In addition
thereto the board of agriculture will
add S. for each additional exhibitor
over $50 exhibiting creamery butter,
the total amount for creamery butter
being limited to $1,000 which amount
will be pro rated on all butter scoring
~ anu ABOVE.
The total premium money offered
for cheese is $1,250, and classed as fol-
lows: Flats or Daisy cheese, $3.50;
Cheddar cheese, $50; Brick cheese,
$135; Limburger cheese, $50; Swiss
cheese, $500; Young America or Long.
horn, SITS.
One single cheese is required for an
exhibit in the case of Cheddar, Flats
horn cheese. While only three cheeses|
are required for an exhibit in the easel
of Brick and Limburger cheese, it isl
earnestly requested that such cheese
be exhibited in full commercial cases.
Single cheese is required for an ex-
hibit in the case of Swiss cheese and
may be either of drum or block shape
The premium money offered in all
classes will be pro rated on cheese
scoring 80 and above.
In the certified milk and cream
class, in the case of milk the first
prize is So; second, Sc, and third, $4
In the case of cream, the first prize
is So; second, &c. and third, 81. In the
market milk and cream class, in the
case Of milk the first prize is So; sec
ond, Sc; third, 81. In the case of cream
the first prize is So; second, Sc; third,
81
Creamery Firms Offer Tubs.
The Creamery Package Manufactur-
ing Co., the A. H. Barber Creamery
Supply Co, the Cooperative Creamery
Supply Co., and the Wisconsin Dairy
Supply Co., have each kindly agreed
to furnish gratis to any buttermaker
in the state who requests it 20 pound
ash tub for the purpose of exhibiting
butter at the state fair.
The premium list and rules govern-I
ing the exhibiting of butter, cheese,
milk and cream, together with entry
blanks and shipping tags, will be mail
ed to every creamery and cheese fac1
tory operator in the state Any one
not receiving the same should apply
to the superintendent, Mr. H c. Lar
son, Madison.
The exhibition space in the dairy
building will be filed with exhibits Of
the latest and most modern creamery,
cheese factory and dairy farm ma
chinery which will afford the visitors
Progress.
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