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sample, and I found there was just as much variation between 

 the sample I took myself and the one which he took. Invariably 

 my sample was the lowest. The sample that he would leave 

 me would test higher than the sample I took myself. I could 

 readily see that I took more pains in taking the sample. In 

 taking those samples in cold weather, half the time the instru- 

 ment wovild not be in proper condition to take the sample. 

 It would be cold, the top of the cream would be a great , 

 deal thicker than the other, and in plunging it in, it would be 

 clogged in the top. The result would be, in using force to drive 

 the sampler down to get the cream the hard particles were driven 

 up, and he got consequently a thicker cream than the whole 

 would rightly sample. I believe that the creamery men must 

 meet the farmers half way and have our cream sent to them in 

 individual cans, and have our cream sampled as carefully as we 

 could sample it ourselves. I believe it is possible and right. 



Furthermore, if I am taking pains with my stable to produce 

 a cream that is freer from barn odors than that of my neighbor, 

 and my cream is mixed with his, the creamery man is unable to 

 tell who is producing the best article. I do not for a moment 

 believe that the creamery men want to be dishonest, but I do 

 want to say to them that they are doing one thing in my section 

 that is going to breed trouble. When a man's test runs down 2 

 or 3 per cent, he complains. They go and look it over. He says 

 the cows have not changed much, I have turned the separator 

 myself and the screw has not been changed. And then the 

 creamery man will say, perhaps you have not got all that belongs 

 to you. And the man will say he thinks he ought to have $25, 

 and they will leave it to three men. I do not feel right about this. 

 I do not feel that the creamery man has absolute confidence in 

 what he is doing. I believe my creamery man is honest, and that 

 my neighbor is honest. If the trouble does not come between 

 those two men, where is it? Therefore, I say the only true way, 

 or at least one step in the right direction, is to have all our cream 

 come to the factory in individual cans, so that we will get one 

 step nearer the creamery man. If my cream is taken from where 

 I keep it in a reasonable time to the factory I will take my 

 chances for the sample. 



