REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. I9I 



margarine when made in imitation of yellow butter. The law 

 preventing the sale of adulterated milk was obsolete, and alto- 

 gether there was a condition of apathy and unrest among the 

 dairymen which meant that sooner or later, our standing would 

 be lowered by allowing our sister states to advance faster than 

 we, and thus outstrip us in the race for the best markets with 

 highest prices, because of lack of high quality and the substitut- 

 ing of imitation products in our own State. 



The Dairymen's Association had been, for some time, dis- 

 cussing this condition and realized that something should be 

 done to stimulate new life and create new interest in our most 

 important branch of agriculture. Consequently at the Dairy 

 Conference held at Waterville, December 3, 4, 5, 1902, the 

 following resolutions were adopted: 



"Resolved, That the welfare of the dairy and creamery inter- 

 ests of Maine requires the appointment of a dairy instructor, 

 whose duties shall be, first, to familiarize himself with the dairy 

 industry in all sections of the State, and by personal work seek 

 to harmonize and make common the interests of all dairymen 

 and creamery men for their mutual benefit; second, to give 

 instruction to butter and cheese makers at the creameries and 

 the farms, and to instruct in and urge better methods in the 

 production and handling of milk and cream; said officer to be 

 under the direction and control of the Commissioner of Agri- 

 culture. 



Resolved, That R. Alden, Chas. L. Jones and W. J. Thompson 

 be a committee to formulate a bill in harmony with the above 

 resolve, containing an appropriation sufficient to carry out the 

 objects of the bill, and present the same to the legislature. 



Resolved, That we pledge our most earnest efforts to promote 

 the introduction of choice dairy stock and the improvement of 

 our dairy product, thereby adding materially to the wealth of the 



State. 



G. M. TWITCHELL, 



G. M. GowEEE, 

 J. A. Roberts, 



Committee on Resolutions." 



In accordance with this request, the legislature of 1903 passed 

 a resolve appropriating three thousand dollars for each of the 



