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Mr. Martin: Before I knew its value I had never secured a score 

 higher than 94, and I am sure the raw material was just as good as 

 I could have had, but after using it I am sure I could raise it two 

 points. I do not have as good raw material now as I had at that time, 

 but I have been able to make butter that scored higher. 



Mr. Hursh: Would you advise us to use a commercial starter or the 

 one that Prof. Keiffer has told us about— the ones that we could make 

 ourselves? 



Mr. Martin: I think he had reference to a commercial starter. 



Mr. Keiffer: No, I had reference to what we call a home-made 

 starter. I would advise you to set several samples of the best milk for 

 starter, and then pick out the one that you think is the best. I would 

 not like to advise you definitely in regard to the use of a starter, because 

 we do not know all of the conditions under which you are working. 

 Sometimes the cream itself will bring about the lactic acid change, even 

 without any inoculation of other bacteria. You can make good butter 

 with what I call a home-made starter. 



Mr. Martin: I am not satisfied with the interest the boys are taking 

 in the scoring contest. For my part I should like to see a yearly contest. 

 Since I have been entering these contests my butter has been raised 

 about three points, and in the last year I have been scored some- 

 thing like 32 scorings, and I have learned from every scoring. I 

 should like to see the boys of this State take it into their hands and 

 send the butter which they produce down to Mr. Slater, who will score it, 

 and will be very glad to, and his suggestions would be of immense benefit 

 to us, and at the same time instead of giving the cup to the man that 

 scored the highest at the convention, give it to the one that had the 

 highest average score for 12 months; he is the man that is entitled to it. 

 Any company would give you a pound a month to send away to be 

 scored. It would cost you about 15 cents to send it down. Now, I should 

 like to see the boys get at this. There is no reason why this State should 

 not make just as good butter as any other. I am ashamed of some of 

 the butter that is put out by buttermakers in the State. They do not 

 seem to take any interest in what they are doing. I wish you would 

 urge this upon the people when you go back home and get them to 

 enter this contest. We want to shove these things along if possible. 



Mr. Schlosser: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen— I think I have 

 an important matter to present to you at this time. It has been touched 

 upon several times during this meeting, and that is the legislative work. 

 There is a movement on foot at the present time to secure an appropria- 

 tion from the legislature for the benefit of our Agricultural Experiment 



