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of our patrons; perhaps I ought to go around the country more 

 and exchange views. A great deal of business has to be done, 

 and I cannot do it very fast ; about the only way I can do it is 

 to sit down and plug. Some have said to me, "I do not believe 

 in testing; I would not have my herd tested, I do not believe in 

 having that poison injected into them." I do not believe they 

 are right ; I think the men are right who have their herds tested, 

 and if any tuberculosis is found, they get rid of it. I am won- 

 dering if, from a market standpoint, it really pays; whether 

 it is right to take the money away from the fellow who does 

 not want his herds tested, to pay for the man who does? Is 

 it right for us to take A, B, C and D's money to pay for hav- 

 ing E's cows tested? Mind you, we do not claim for a moment 

 that you are taking any of my money for having the cows 

 tested, it comes out of the man from whom the money is col- 

 lected. Please discuss this. 



Another question is. How much does this affect good pro- 

 duct put into cans and kept clean and' cold ? Now these words 

 have been used enough so that it is fair to call it "The Same 

 Old Story." Years ago I undertook to read a short paper over 

 in Auburn, and all there was to it was to ask the farmer to 

 recommend methods of producing milk and cream to keep it 

 clean and keep it cold. These two words tell all there is to be 

 said from a market point of view. I do not tackle the feed and 

 breed questions at all. Now there is a vast amount of expense 

 in owning and keeping up farms, keeping stock, taking chances 

 on cows dying, and you have to feed, pasture and milk, and 

 all that sort of thing. If, by adding a little care, just wiping 

 the cow's udder and grooming her — it does seem as though a 

 herd of cows ought to be kept groomed same as a horse — 

 after all this expense and labor and risk for producing milk, 

 just get a point further. It costs so little to do these things. 

 Keep the cow's blanket clean and wipe the udder dry. Why 

 can't we use a narrow top milking pail? I do not believe one 

 in a hundred patrons use the narrow top pail. Some do, and 

 I believe that, with careful, persistent practice, you can learn 

 to milk in that all right, and I believe they will do a great deal 

 of good. In fact, one man suggested lately that he liked to 

 use them, because when he did not the milk spattered all over 

 him. 



