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Dairy Demonstration Work in New York State 



Philanthropy? No, business. The supply was far below the 

 demand. It now paid to make milk. Men began to feed and, 

 wherever possible, to enlarge their herds. The increase naturally 

 was not at once apparent. The fall was one of abundant rainfall. 

 Pastures were never better, holding out to the latter part of 

 November. The corn crop was a large one, and feed dropped 

 in price two dollars a ton. By January 1 there was more milk 

 than the market knew what to do with; in March, butter was 

 selling for June prices. Not a few small dealers failed. All 

 natural conditions readily repeated. I realize this is not pleasing. 

 I wish it were not true, but it is much better for us to look the 

 facts in the face than to begTiile ourselves with sophistry. 



^Ma.at I have to suggest is old. If we are to make a direct 

 money profit, we must do it with a smaller number of cows and 

 better ones, and these more intelligently fed, thus making a 

 profit at present prices, and being in a position to make a still 

 larger one if the longed-for day of high prices comes — that day 

 for which so many prophets have '^ longed for and died without 

 sight." The purpose ©f the cow-testing associations is to assist 

 in doing just this thing. 



Direct money profit may also come through an increased price 

 for a better article. By that I mean milk from healthy cows, 

 produced and handled under sanitarv' conditions, and containing 

 a guaranteed amount of l)utter fat. Such milk can be produced 

 by any man of moderate means in inexpensive stables. From 

 personal experience, I can testify that after one's herd has 

 been freed from tuberculosis, thus eliminating diseased, barren, 

 and hence unprofitable cows, one can produce milk more cheaply 

 than from a herd where disease exists. No one practice will 

 do more to free the herds of the state from this disease than the 

 pasteurization of skim -milk and whey, much of which, coming 

 from cows whose milk contains the bacilli of tuberculosis, is a 

 source of infection to all animals fed therefrom. 



Those producing milk other than that classed as " Grade A" 

 will always compete in a market best supplied, and consequently 

 will receive the lowest price. There are, and will be, an increas- 

 ing number of people who ai'e willing to pay an increased price 



