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kind creates and is of inestimable value to the stockman The cheese 

 factory and creamery are of great value to the stockman in this 

 •connection. They show the commercial side of the work at every 

 turn. Such a factory might be run up in Vermont, or wherever 

 •enough breeders could be got together. I fav'or the plan followed 

 by Mr. Edward Burnett, of operating the farm and factory together, 

 and making it co-operative wherever possible. 



We have witnessed a great development of dairying of late years. 

 The croaker, who is always present, is already cr3'ing out, "■over- 

 production." How can there be overproduction when the market 

 4s not getting enough of choice products? The great majority of 

 the farmers find dairying is not so profitable as it is represented to 

 be It would be a miracle indeed if men keeping three and four 

 carcasses to do the work of two could make money in the business. 

 The men who make most mone}' in the trade are those owning cows 

 such as those I have spoken of, and like many of the successful 

 men in co-operative dairying, who own cows giving three hundred 

 pounds of butter a year. The average cow product in New York is 

 stated at one hundred and thirty pounds. The earnings of such 

 cows would not pay the bills for purchased food for a good New 

 England farmer. 



Considering the special prominence which all stock breeders' 

 associations now give to butter value, is it not time to ask whether 

 special premiums on bulls and progeny, daughters and grand- 

 •daughters, would be likely to emphasize the value of some bulls 

 over others. During the past year there has been a keen rivalry 

 among bleeders to possess the best sires of dairy bred cattle. The 

 bulls selling above $200 are very choice now, and yet it is far easier 

 to sell one at that price than one hundred-dollar animals. In some 

 of the well known stock-breeders' advertisements j'ou may read the 

 postscript notice that no animals are sold below $10U each. Not 

 two years ago this same firm were accustomed to receive more 

 money than that for a service fee. These facts represent the condition 

 of the market. Although the supply has increased, and the prices rep- 

 resent business :arm figures, the demand is b}' no means satisfied. 

 lu New Hampshire and Vermont there is a vast field for the Ayr- 

 shire, and the great plains offer ever widening possibilities. As a 

 grazer on the slopes of the Rockies she will hold her own against all 

 rivals. A tardy enforcement of milk adulteration laws in Chicago 

 and St. Louis would be of special benefit to the Ayrshire. No one 



