GIO BOARD OF AGRICULTURE, 



There are some advantages in this method, and I think I would prefer thi^ 

 class to purchase milk from, if I were buying; l»ut they can never take 

 the place of tlie first-class dairyman who sells to people who know him, 

 and have conlidcnce that he is giving them what they pay for. 



The city dealer, if doing enough business, employs an inspector, whose 

 duty it is to visit the farms, and see that the work is being done properly 

 thei-e, and samples of milk are tested daily both for butter fat and cleanli- 

 ness, which keeps a very good check on the producer: and this is where 

 they are better equipped for putting out a satisfactory product— they can 

 compel the producer to furnish a good milk, and if they understand their 

 business they will take good care of it after it reaches them, and until 

 delivered to their customers. 



A greater number of the people are demanding a better milk and 

 It keeps the dairyman guessing to keep up with the procession and meet 

 competition the same as in every other business, and the man that can 

 handle a large milk business on a profitable basis, never need look for a 

 position. I would advise very careful investigation, and a positive knowl- 

 edge that the proper man who has proven himself a dairyman is available 

 to manage the city end of the business, before investing in such an enter- 

 prise. Usually such companies are promoted by some one not at all 

 familiar with the handling of milk, and some one is elected to manage it 

 who knows nothing of the nature of the delicate product he is to handle, 

 consequently it is the history of most of such companies that the original 

 investors do not get the returns expected. However, I am of the opinion 

 that there should be only the first and last class of milkmen doing busi- 

 ness in any city.- As the middle class is in majority I do not look for such 

 a change until the consumer makes it impossible to sell an unknown 

 quality of milk. 



WHAT DAIRYING HAS DONE FOR CANADA. 



J'ROF. H. H. DEAN, ONTARIO AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen:— I should scarcely have had the 

 nerve to address you on this topic had it not been selected and assigned 

 to me by the officers of your Association. Canadians are proverbially 

 modest and not given to talking very much about themselves or their 

 country. However, we have been giving considerable attention to the 

 dairy industry during the past twenty-five years and I presume that your 

 Association would like to hear what we have done and are doing in that 

 branch of agi-iculture in which most, if not all of yon, are specially 

 interested. 



