Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-09
WIOHBETTER CREAM
FROM THE FARMERS
Officers Of American Association Of
Creamery Butter Manufacturers
in Session Here.
SEE A MENACE FROM ABROAD

Aroused by the growing menace Of
imported butter. which they admit
Is better than the average American
product and has already ruined the
domestic butter market on the Pa
cific coast, officers and members Of
the American Association Of Cream
cry Butter Manufacturers are in
Omaha and holding a meeting at the
Paxton hotel for the purpose OF or
ganizing their business and improv-
ing their product. so that IL can sue
cessfully compete with the imported
article.
Their plan is 70 show the farmer how 10
improve his cream by keeping II fresh and
sweet until delivered 60 the creamery.
For that purpose they intend TO furnish
scientifically constructed tanks at cost
under a cooperative plan This. they say.
will save the American butter industry
and one OF the farmers most important
sources Of revenue. by furnishing better
cream. from which better butter can be
made. to successfully compete with the
foreign butter.
Best Butter ~ sent Here.
The best butter made abroad is sent
10 America" says Secretary a. 4. Mo
Kay OF this Butter Manufacturers asso-
citation. He was formerly head professor
of dairying at the Iowa State College OF
Agriculture at Ames.
Cheap foreign labor permits other
countries 20 make good butter cheaper
than can be done In America" he con-
tinued "slnce the tariff was cut from
10 cents on imported butter the best
butter from Argentina. Siberia. Australia.
New Zealand and Denmark can be sold
in this country cheaper than the average
American product. and Il 10 somewhat
better IN quality.
The result will be destruction OF the
American butter industry and the great
dairy activities OF the nation unless we
can soon check the inroads of foreign but
ter. Already the domestic butter market
has been ruined on the Pacific coast.
want Better Cream.
$50 far the great trouble In American
butter making has been to get satistao-
tory cream. Frequently the cream Il
old and sour when delivered TO the cream
cry, which accounts for the American
average butter being inferior 10 the best
imported product
Climatic conditions are a big problem.
and to overcome them the butter makers
plan 70 furnish cooling tanks at cost.
These are built on the thermos principle
and win enable the farmer TO keep his
cream sweet and fresh by preventing
heal, cold, house. cellar and barn odora
from affecting tho cream.
THE old way Of keeping cream does
not really keep e, and now we have "a
adopt a new way In order to keep the
cream and butter business for the butter
makers and farmers"
Prominent Creamery Men Here.
George Hascail Of LAncoln IA president
OF the association. Members OF the ex.
ecusive committee include A. s. Kline.
moth OF Winfield. kan; c. w. Kent Of
Kansas City T. s. Tiiden Of 81. Paul and
John Hunke OF New Bremen. o. They
arc attending the meeting hero with =
number Of dairy professors from various
state agricultural colleges. Among the
latter are Profs. NJ. Morrison OF Ames
o =. HunzIcker OF Perdue. Mills OF In.
diana and Frandsen OF Nebraska.
Others attending the Omaha moetinr
are Secretary Martin Meyer OF the Ma.
lional Association Of Butter Makers. Prof
r. W. BouHka. q creamery bactsrsologssl
ana chemist Of Lincoln. and more than
. score o. other creamery and Amply
men. dairy experts and creamery chem.
kis.