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Answer : It seems to me that it is worth more than 25 

 cents; it ought to be worth 35 cents. 



Mr. Bradford: The question in regard to keeping the herd 

 clean. Why does a farmer blanket his horse? I should like 

 to have someone answer that question. 



Answer : To keep him warm and make his hair lay down ; 

 to keeip him clean. 



Answer : Some one asked why we dress up when we have 

 our pictures taken? Because someone else is going to look at 

 it, and we blanket our horses for that reason. Why not blanket 

 a cow? If you blanket a horse to keep him comfortable, and 

 wear clothes to keep warm, why not blanket a cow? I think a 

 man with sore hands, without warm water in his barn, will not 

 like to wash the cows' udder in the morning. Why doesn't 

 someone invent something to keep the cow's udder clean during 

 the night? Why do you take a bath? Then groom the horse 

 to keep it clean. 



Mr. Harris: If I were going to write a book, and the name 

 of that book was "The Same Old Story," it would have three 

 chapters, and one would be "Business Achievement." There is not 

 a man here who does not want to achieve something. In busi- 

 ness, the first thing is money to achieve a good home. The 

 second chapter would be "Cooperation." We have to cooperate 

 more than ever before, from the creamery point of view for its 

 patrons, or the market man for his customers. They must 

 realize what the creamery demands or the market demands, or 

 the consumer demands. They must realize that, and set them- 

 selves to meet that demand, and it is coming. There is not any 

 question about it. I was somewhat taken back by the statement 

 of the fellow from Connecticut, that he thought pasteurization 

 had been going on from two to three years. He ought to 

 know that it has been for fifteen. 



Mr. Bradford: I watched that argument; he stated that 

 the states had come to require it in that length of time. I be- 

 lieve we should cooperate in state work, to lead our state up 

 to a standard. 



Mr. Harris: The last chapter would be "State Relations." 

 Agricultural possibilities of the state, harmony with all concerned, 

 with our officers who are in charge. There must be harmony, or 

 we are working to disadvantage, and I believe if we have these 



