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land the renovated butter takes the place of the second quality. I went 

 into one of the stores in Lewiston, Me., and said: "What kind of butter 

 do you keep?" The answer was: "Two kinds; creamery butter and 

 farm butter," and the general idea in Lewiston was that farm butter 

 was a kind of synonym for second class butter. Here is a chance for 

 Governor Hoard to try and see if something cannot be done to remove 

 the stigma from farm butter. There ought to be a second class butter 

 in the market perhaps, but that that second class butter should be called 

 "farmer's butter" seems to me to be but little short of sacrilege. 



I will not detain you much longer with the dairy question, or what 

 the dairy division of the Agricultural Department is doing. There is one 

 other line of work that I have that is extremely pleasant, it is a great 

 pleasure and an honor to attend a meeting like this here in Burlington, 

 with as large an audience as you have had, with the fine program that 

 has been presented by you, and the great interest that has been shown, 

 and to bring the greeting of the National Department of Agriculture 

 to you, to express to you in emphatic terms the great interest it takes 

 in your work here in Vermont, one of the best dairy States in the 

 Union, and the department desires that you should feel it is in closest 

 touch and sympathy with you. Do not look upon the dairy division as 

 something way off in Washington that has no direct interest in you 

 and your affairs, but the chief of the division is very anxious that you 

 should feel he is working as hard as you can to be of practical service to 

 you, to co-operate with you in any way that is possible and to receive 

 any suggestions from you at any time. Thanking you, Mr. Chair- 

 man, I will close. 



President Bruce. — We have a few minutes for discussion if you have 

 any questions to ask. 



A Member. — I would like to ask the gentleman how we common 

 farmers can obtain publications from Washington that would interest 

 the farmers in their work? 



Mr. Whitaker.— One way is by writing direct to the Department of 

 Agriculture, to be placed upon their mailing list; another way is to 

 write to your Congressman and ask for some specified document. Con- 

 gressmen are always glad to be called upon by their constituents to 

 furnish them with documents. 



President Bruce.— We have another speaker ready to come before 

 you, and I cannot introduce him because you all know him. He has 

 spoken to you from this platform once, and you heard him last night. 

 I am just going to stand up and tell you he is coming, and he is going 

 to talk to you on "Dairy and Food Legislation." 



Hon. H. C. Adams. M. C— Do not think I am going to read the 

 whole of this manuscript; I do not like to read an address; I do it 

 sometimes because if I do not there are somethings I forget to put in. 

 and I know you publish a report that has a wider circulation than this 

 audience, and that becomes a part of the agricultural literature of the 

 State; for that reason I have taken the trouble to write out what I am 

 going to say to you this afternoon. 



