Thirty-sixth Annual, 'Convessttion 929 



do not believe that this lessens our responsibility to the factory 

 itself. I think if a slovenly farmer should take dirty milk to a 

 dirty factory he wouhl be fully as likely to brini;' the same 

 quality milk the next day, but not if \k' found everything' in 

 good condition. The requirements would provoke his pride to 

 deliver better milk. T do not think we shcnild exonerate the 

 factory because we went to the dairy first. 



Mr. Isbell : We have taken in milk on the Babcock test, and 

 you coult not vote it out anyway. It has been the only means of 

 building up our creamery. When the farmer changes his herd 

 he changes to better cows, and we have built up the ratio by 

 testing cows for farmers, etc., so that our creamery stands among 

 the first. 



Mr. Frederiksen : I believe we are here for education. That 

 is better than too many laws. 



Mr. Harris : I do not like to sit through this morning without 

 letting you hear from the western part of the state. Mr. Richard- 

 son stated that he made the finest cheese in the United States, and 

 if he had mentioned Alleghany or Cattaraugus county I would 

 not have said anything. But I contend that we make just as fine 

 cheese as Mr. Richardson makes up in his county. In fact, notice 

 tlie Xew York bulletins when there are any special prices — I 

 think Mr. Lang will bear me out^ — they say, " Why, you cannot 

 buy western New York cheese under such a price, — " about half 

 a cent more than quotations. I am on two of the best markets in 

 the United States. When the report from the Cuba or Salamanca 

 market is IG cents, it is 16 cents. They have the reputation of 

 being the two correct markets in the whole United States. When 

 you report a cheese market, report it what it is. We think that 

 we make as fine a cheese as is made in the United States, and I also 

 think that we put them up in a nicer shape than ]\Ir. Richardson 

 does. We make a box with just one end cover; and our flat boxes 

 are made much nicer. Occasionally a dealer will make boxes so 

 thin that if you hold them up to the sun you can look through 

 them; l)ut those exceptions are very few. 



Now I am not a skimmed cheese man nor a washed curd man. 

 I agree with Mr. Richardson that they should be branded for what 

 they are. I cannot understand why, with all the intelligent men 

 we have in the State Dairy Association, we cannot catch those 



