REPORT OF STATE DAIRY INSTRUCTOR. 2$ 



the fair that is run as a money making proposition should not 

 receive any assistance from the state. What I mean is that 

 all the receipts should be expended in premiums, improvements 

 on the grounds and paying debts. Also, I think that the pre- 

 mium lists of some of the fairs should be revised and I have 

 suggested some changes to the trustees of the larger fairs; I 

 also think that the judging should be more educational at 

 some of the fairs. In other states they are inviting Pomona 

 Granges located near to elect a young man between the ages 

 of fifteen and twenty years to be the guest of the fair, with the 

 understanding that he shall assist when wanted in leading the 

 animals to the show ring and in any other way that he can be 

 of assistance; and the judge shall explain in some of the classes 

 the reasons for his decisions. This would make the fair more 

 educational and more interest would be aroused on the part of 

 the country people. 



During the year I have attended as a speaker eleven dairy 

 institutes, ten cow test association meetings, seven breeders' 

 association meetings, twenty-five institutes and eleven Grange 

 meetings, making a total of sixty- four meetings with a totil 

 attendance of 3,884, or an average of sixty at each meeting. 



As a recommendation for the future, I would suggest more 

 work organizing cow test associations and breeders' associa- 

 tions, and help along all the lines of dairy work. I believe that 

 there is no question of a good market at satisfactory prices if 

 the product is of a good quality. The State of Maine has a 

 good reputation now for dairy products and we want to do 

 better. 



If the creameries in the state could advertise their goods and 

 state that the product was all from tuberculin tested cows, that 

 the stables and milk rooms had all been inspected by state 

 inspection, and that the milk and cream are produced under sani- 

 tary conditions, there would be no question about the market at 

 an advanced price. The question of quality is going to be of 

 more and more importance in the future. While milk is a 

 cheap food the consumer wants to know that it is clean and 

 healthful. The time is coming when milk and cream that are 

 too full of bacteria can not be sold in the market. 



The question of profitable dairying is like all other business. 

 It depends on efficiency and business principles, along all lines 



