The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-12-10
TO
BETTER BUTTER
WOULD BE ADVANTAGE, SAYS
IOWA EXPERT BEFORE STATE
DAIRYMEN.

this morning was elected president
of the South Dakota Dairymen's And
Buttermakers' association, now hold
ing its ninth annual convention in
Mitchell. Charles Giles, of White,
was chosen vice president, and A. P.
Ryger, of Bookings, vas reelected
as secretary-treasurer + the organiza-
ton. The meeting place for 1915
will not be chosen at this time.
A national trademark, marking
the sterling mark on silver, would
be one of the greatest boons to the
dairy business of the United States,
declared Prof. NJ. Mortenson, speak
ing Wednesday afternoon in the con
vention.
Prof. Mortenson, head of the dairy
department in the Iowa State college
at Ames, emphasized throughout his
address the necessity of standardiz-
ing dairy products and establishing
a quality by which all may be meas
ured. His address was replete with
information gathered from the four
corners of the world in the dairy
business.
His subject was "value of the But
ter Trademark to American Cream
cries" He discussed the dairying
methods in use in Holland, Austral-
ia and NV Zealand, three of the great
butter producing countries, and
showed the results which have been
accomplished through butter stand
ards.
In London, butter from New Zeal
and sells on the market for two cents
a pound more tban any other. This
is due to the fast that a rigid gov
eminent inspect u cover every step
of the manufaJ re. The butter is
inspected at II hairies and again
on the market 4 london. He advo-
Gated a federal ioipection in America
with a national trademark available
to every dairyman who brings his
product up to SO per cent of the
standard. The speaker declared that
the was on for a trademark
in Iowa and that the system is used
in Minnesota.
Oleomargarine is cutting heavily
into the butter business, declared j.
R. Morley. of Minneapolis. In 1909,
100, 600, 900 pounds of the product
were sold. Its manufacture and use
is being pushed by the cotton-seed
men and meat packers. Mr.. Morley
advocated a law prohibiting the use
of coloring matter with oleomargar-
inc. .5s
E. II. Baldwin, of Clark, S. d., re-
lated how he had built up a strong
local butter market by maintaining
certain standards for the product.
Another speaker at the afternoon
session was j. C. Winkjer, dairy and
food commissioner of Minnesota.
The mornings program was open
ed by Enos Albertson. of Flandreau,
who spoke on Location a Factor to
Success of a Local Creamery" Chris
Rognes, of Madison, discussed the
advantage of mechanical creamery
refrigeration. The final speaker was
was Prof. S. d. van Bentnuysen, of
Dakota Wesleyan, who addressed the
convention on the cooperation of
town and rural community. Prof.
van Benthuysen outlined the need
of an ideal for growth of any ON
munity and upheld the ideal of
closer cooperation between the man
on the farm and the man in town.
He declared that competition had
been a condition between men since
the first, but that cooperation had
meant the growth of civilization,
whereby ruinious wastes were pre-
vented.
The Madison Creamery company
was awarded the first prize for their
butter exhibit. The Turner Creamery
was given second prize and George
Trey, of Trent, was awarded third
place. DR.. ]. X. Kutnewsky was pre-
sented with a silver loving cup for
winning the contest for the best
milking COW shown at the state fair
at Huron in September.
This afternoon the dairvmen adj
journed to the state sale pavilion.
where dairy cattle from the herds of
Mitchell fanciers were on exhibition.
Pes. E. c. Perisho, of Brookings,
spoke.