DAIRY AND SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS. 185 



Mr. McIntire : Perhaps my cows have this advantage : I 

 have 25 tons of feed in my storehouse, and in my Association 

 record my feed is given at the price it cost me when I got it. 



Mr. Clough : I have fed my cows hay that I could have 

 loaded at my barn and sold for $i8 a ton, and the price the 

 figures were made up from was $12. 



Mr. McEdwards : A year ago your milk cost you four 

 cents a quart? 



Mr. McIntire : That was a year ago. 



Mr. McEdwards: We are giving five and six-eighth cents 

 a quart delivered at the creamery. 



President Tucker : How does the increase in price com- 

 pare with the increased cost of production? 



Mr. McIntire: I am not prepared to give you the figures. 



Mr. Clough : Is that increase in price the result of decrease 

 in production? 



Mr. McIntire: Mr. Bradford can tell you better than I can. 



Mr. Clough : Do you think the increase in the price of but- 

 ter is equal to the increase in grain? 



Mr. McIntire: No, I do not think so. I thank you, gen- 

 tlemen, for bearing with me. 



President Tucker: I think this has been one of the most 

 interesting discussions we have ever had at a dairy meeting. I 

 have enjoyed it because we all know it rings true ; that these 

 are the actual conditions, and those in the business appreciate it. 



Mr. Adams: I would like to say a word for the benefit of 

 the young men. Within a few weeks the price of dairy pro- 

 ducts has increased by leaps and bounds and, in my particular 

 dairy, very much faster than the price of grains. I am getting 

 now ninety cents a hundred for cream and milk and forty 

 cents a pound for butter-fat, and I guess they are going to 

 increase it more. I am getting six cents a quart for milk on 

 the farm. I am not arguing that the farmers are getting any 

 too much, but I do not want to see these young men stop 

 dairying. The pendulum swings one way and then the other. 

 I predict a bright future for the dairymen of Maine. The 

 project of advertising milk as a food has been undertaken and 

 we ought to help it along. Why, I never felt so much courage 

 about the dairy business in all my life. I know grain is mighty 

 high, but I also know Mr. Bradford is paying more. 



