STATE DAIRY ASSOCIATIO]N . 771 



PHOTOGRAPHS. 



On the small floor space beside, and adjoining the butter refrigerator 

 space there was arranged a table and display case containing photo- 

 graphs from a number of prominent dairies and herds in the State. More 

 were received than there was space for in this case, and these were 

 placed in Indiana's general agricultural exhibit nearby. The following 

 were represented by one or more photographs of either animals or equip- 

 ment: 



J. V. Shugart, Marion; S. B. Woods, Crownpoint; D. F. Maish, Frank- 

 fort; M. J. Rippey, Syracuse; A. P. Walker. Rushville; Schlosser Bros., 

 Plymouth; Amboy Creamery, Amboy; Chrisney Creamery, Chrisney; 

 Fountain City Creamery, Fountain City. ■ 



The most striking lesson to my mind brought out by the work I did 

 in behalf of Indiana's dairy exhibit and the observations which I was able 

 to make, is that Indiana has a few creameries and cheese factories that 

 are turning out prpducts that are acceptable in the most critical market, 

 that there is no inherent reason why we can not compete with the best in 

 these markets. The only i-eason that the number is small is that the 

 number of makers who have had thorough training in their work is small. 

 The States which carried off the honors of high scores not only had many 

 entries, but uniformly high scores. Inquiry reveals the fact that in Minne- 

 sota every buttermaker exhibiting not only had received instruction in 

 the dairj' school of that State, but was aided by the most efficient system 

 of traveling instruction conducted by their State Dairy Commissioner. 

 The most skillful men in the State, to the number of half a dozen or more, 

 give all their time to traveling from one creamery to another, helping the 

 buttermaker to improve his method and product; in extreme cases when 

 necessary, biinging legal action to enforce their demand for cleanliness 

 both in the creamfery and on the part of the patron supplying milk. It 

 was the general opinion of the superintendents of the dairy exhibits of 

 the various States that to this advance system of instruction and educa- 

 tion for her buttermakers, together with their united and hearty co-opera- 

 tion with the educational* forces of the other States, was due the con- 

 spicuous success which these buttermakers scored. I think it was three 

 out of four times that Minnesota scored two to four out of six highest 

 scoring tubs. 



A few words as to the manner in which this work was done may be 

 interesting to the buttermakers who are not privileged to attend the fair. 

 The butter from most of the States was assembled at some central point 

 and shipped from there by refrigerator service. Indiana shipped to Chi- 

 cago, joining with the exhibits from Wisconsin and Illinois, to whose 

 superintendents. Mr. Loomis, of Wisconsin, and Mr. Hunt, of Illinois, 

 our exhibitors are indebted for helpful co-operation. They were delivered 

 at the refrigerator in the Agricultural building by the transportation 



