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every man w^ho makes milk, and they should be in conference 

 with Mr. Bradford in determining the matter of price and other 

 things of interest to them. 



I want to call Mr. Bradford's attention to this fact, that I 

 said the farmers (not the Turner Centre) of Maine in my judg- 

 ment are short sighted if they put the milk upon the market 

 unless they can get the price we have struggled to get. 



Mr. Bradford : You said it depends on the demand and sup- 

 ply. Now, the supply is in excess of the demand sometimes. 

 The Turner Centre were making butter out of a considerable 

 surplus — not a great quantity, I can't say how much. It v\^as 

 demand and supply that inspired the advance in price the first 

 of December. But I ought not to take any more time. 



Mr. Holston : I think Mr. Pattee misunderstood what Mr. 

 Bradford intended to convey this afternoon about the money 

 retained in the flush season. 



Mr. Bradford: Our business in the season of July, August 

 and September, included a large amount of homogonized 

 cream ; this cream makes elegant ice cream. We made some- 

 thing on that, and it had a lot to do with the dividend you are 

 going to get in June, July and August. Then we stored butter 

 and eggs ; that comes in handy with our business. We never 

 know whether we will make or lose ; one year we lost, but we 

 most always make something. Who makes the butter that the 

 producers eat in your territory where you have been operating? 

 Do they make it out of their own milk or does it come from the 

 west? They cannot afiford to eat their own. The farmers in 

 Maine buy butter that comes from Wisconsin in tubs ; the 

 Maine farmers can't aft'ord to eat their own butter and cream. 



