REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSPECTOR. 4I 



good COWS to Start with, all of these things and many more 

 details must be considered by him in securing the best product. 

 When the public understand that all of this attention to details 

 means more time and expense to the dairy farmer, 1 think they 

 will tind that they are getting milk at a very cheap price as 

 compared with tlie actual food value it contains and the cost of 

 producing it, and I see no reason why he should not be favored, 

 provided he produces the proper article. 



The purpose of the Quarterly Bulletins is to enlighten the 

 public as well as the farmer along this line. It has been stated 

 that were a dairyman in communities where they are now pro- 

 ducing a grade product to start ahead and act as a model for the 

 community, advertise his methods and invite inspection at all 

 times, the public would not be slow to recognize the worth of 

 his efforts, as is shown in communities where this is in practice. 



The average dairyman cannot make the necessary sanitary 

 changes at once, and the desired changes are not always practi- 

 cal because of the expense, but a few changes at a time are 

 within every dairyman's power, and if these are made from 

 time to time we feel that he is progressing. \Ye realize, as 

 should the general public, that improvements cost money and 

 that extensive improvements that result in a better quality Of 

 milk should be favored with an increase in price for the pro- 

 duct. In the improvement of our milk situation there may be a 

 stumbling block because of the disinclination of the consuming 

 public to pay for sanitary milk what it reasonably costs to pro- 

 duce it. In many sections there is always a demand on the part 

 of the consumers for something for which they are not willing 

 to pay, and in this way something is demanded of the producers 

 which they cannot do and stay in the business. There is right 

 and justice in the demand of the consumer for a cleaner, purer 

 milk, and there is equal right and justice in the demand of the 

 producer that he be repaid the extra cost of producing this 

 extra quality. In my opinion no amount of inspection or legis- 

 lation will really avail much until the producers are adequately 

 repaid. 



I have visited 16 creameries and milk depots giving special 

 attention to conditions influencing the quality of the product 

 received and delivered. In every instance I have met with men 

 whose interest is with their business and any suggestions have 



