DAIRY MEETING. 1 53 



You know the old saying, "You can't keep anything that you 

 don't give away." Surely we want to keep what we have 

 learned, and we want to give it to others. 



One way to stimulate an interest in your neighbor is to get 

 up an argument with him ; get him to talk on the thing he is 

 interested in. Those of you who are progressive dairymen, and 

 think enough of your calling to be here, try to interest your 

 neighbor, or perchance you may induce some to talk it over in 

 the grange. I know of a grange that had an evening in which 

 the creamery patron and the private dairyman discussed the 

 advantages of both sides. The private dairyman now, how- 

 ever, is selling his cream to the creamery along with the other 

 fellow. The creamery is not so bad a place after all to enlist in. 

 We creamerymen wish there were more of them who would join 

 us and get more benefit than they do now even ; for surely the 

 creameries in the State have helped the private dairyman in 

 regard to prices, more, I dare say than he is willing to acknowl- 

 edge. 



Prof. Hitchings said the other day at Waterville in the 

 pomological meeting, "Eternal vigilance is the secret of orchard- 

 ing." So it is in dairying and creamery work. Sunlight, fresh 

 air, and hot water are cardinal factors in cleanliness. Keep 

 things clean on the outside of the creamery as well as on the 

 inside, then the substance which is taken from the udder by the 

 patron can be taken care of before it goes to market without any 

 material deterioration. The output of butter and cheese, as well 

 as of sweet cream and milk, is enormous, but the demand is still 

 on the increase. Lucky is the man who can lead in quality. 

 To cool quickly the milk that is gotten under favorable condi- 

 tions is the secret of its good keeping qualities. 



Now we have an article which should come to the consumer 

 as soon as possible after it is taken from the udder. Can it be 

 carried all over the State and then made into as good an article 

 of food? Is there any danger of centralization affecting the 

 quality ? 



Finally, ought not the creamerymen to cooperate just as we 

 have done here in our State, only it could be carried to a greater 

 degree than it is. We who are the servants of the dairymen 

 ought to demand better market facilities, and not let our prod- 



