Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1921-02-10
The Butter Contest

| The Butter Contest
1st Bridgcman Russell Creams
| cry Co., jamestown az. Van
Slykc buttcrmakcr) score %.
| Ind. place Purity Creamery
&c. LaNlUurC' 81. go.
! Farmers Cooperative .ASsocia-
ton, Maddox 03.
X. T.. Cobb, Devils Lake 03.
| There were twenty one en-
tries, and the butter made II
fine showing, stated the judges,
| for this time OF the year.
Prize Essay Contest
| In the state contest for the
| best essay on '''rl,c future OF the
Dairy Cow in North Dakota"
the awards were as follows:
ist. place, Lillian Y. Bying-
ton, Sutton.
Ind. place Clara I.av,IacI,cck,
| Carson.
Bird place Donald Schicbc,
IsortluIac.
| honorable mention, Carol
| Lewis, Grand Forks.
Tuesday
! The tWenty-seventh annual con-
VentlOn OF the North Dakota State
Dalrymen's and 'Buttermakers' Asso-
clatlon, cooperating with the North
Dakota Ice Cream Manufacturers
Association, opened at ten-thirty this
| morning at the armOry. G. b. Cara
way OF Fargo, president of the asso-
citation, presided.
| The session opened with a prayer
by Rev. Leroy G. White, pastor of the
First Methodist church of this CITY.
Mayor Frank e. Rathman welcomed
the delegates to the city in a cordial
address, the response being given by
j. w. Morrell OF Minot. The dele
gates were entertained with several
selections by the Fosters Ladies
Orchestra, after which President G..
B. Caraway gave the annual address.
The report Of Secretary J. ]. Os-
terhous Of Bismarck followed, the re-
port OF the treasurer, T.. S. Person OF
Minot, being postponed until the af-
ternOon session.
Proposed Grading Law
Secretary Osterhous explained the
proposed cream grading law. which
is to be introduced at the present
session of the North Dakota state
| legislature. and general discussion
Of the proposed law followed. The
law would institute system of
grades for cream something similar
| to the grades for wheat, and in addi-
tion to establishing these grades.
would establish the differential in
price.
The need of such a law is being
| Fol oil
ers at the convention declared, since
the competition of foreign dairy pro-
ducts had begun to threaten the
dairy industry in this country. I'm
der the present conditions, the
| creameries pay but one price, the
farmer or dairyman producing the
highest quality Of cream getting the
same price as the dairyman produc-
ing the poorer quality. This, it is
stated, is obviously unfair, and it is
believed the proposed law would not
only correct this condition, but en-
courage the production OF the best
grade of cream. The law provides
that all ungraded cream shall be
bought and sold at the current price
of the lowest grade OF the graded
product. This would encourage
farmers and dairymen to have their
cream graded. The creameries are
now grading the cream after pur-
chasing it,
Further discussion will be had on
the proposed law before any official
action is taken by the convention,
and it is hoped that the discussion
will bring out the weak points in the
legislation and thus allow rules to
be formulated which will facilitate
the proper working out of the grad
ed cream plan, should hte measure
pass the legislature.
From All Parts OF State
The convention committee expect
that about 125 persons interested
in dairying and the manufacture Of
butter or ice cream will attend the
meetings, delegates having already
registered from Minot, Bismarck,
Fargo, New Salem, Grand Forks,
Devils Lake, Washburn, Oakes. VAL
ley City, and the Twin Cities. There
are also number Of representatives
of dairy and creamery supply COM
panies here in the interests Of their
various products and machinery.
Exhibits
Among the exhibits already in
place in the rear of the Armory hall
are DeLaval milking machine, such
as used at the State Hospital, COM
plete with motor, Renfrew cream
separator, Blackmer rotary pump,
Mojonnier oil immersed butter print
scales. and various other products
used by dairymen, such as Bacili-
Kill, disinfectant, and DeLaval Sc
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