758 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



out — tlaose who are willing to put in honest work at study — ^and we appre- 

 ciate having boys like Mr. Martin in our school. The question of indi- 

 viduality comes in pretty strong in a case of this kind. It is gratifying 

 to see a boy apply himself like this boy did when he was a student. When 

 you see some one taking the cups like this boy has you may be pretty sure 

 that somehow, somewhere, there must be something in the student as well 

 as in the instruction. 



To Mr. G. W. Drisehel, for Boyd & Drischel, makers of the highest 

 scoring cheese, on behalf of the State Dairy Association I wish to present 

 to Mr. Drischel. in recognition of your skill as a cheesemaker, this cup, 

 and I hesitate to wish you continued success, as you have had first place 

 so long. I am sure your generosity would recommend that if you have 

 a worthy competitor he should receive a cup instead of yourself once in 

 a while. 



Mr. Drischel: I will frankly confess that I would like some one else 

 to get this once in a while. We have been getting it in our firm since 

 they have been . giving cups, which commenced in 1897. It is an honor, 

 and we appreciate it, but it is getting monotonous, and as I have said 

 previously, we would rather some one else would win it once in a while. 

 I think the reason that we get the premium on our cheese is because we 

 get good milk. We have been very firm with our patrons, and insist on 

 having good, sweet milk. If it is not up to the standard of sweetness 

 or cleanliness, we reject it. We depend entirely on the tests we make. 

 We have taken 27 different premiums on our cheese in the past seven 

 years. I think this shows that the dairymen should take a little bit of 

 pride or interest in the cleanliness of the milk. It will show the results 

 in butter the same as it does in cheese. We thank you for the honors that 

 have been conferred upon us, but we hope that at the' next association 

 some one else will get it. 



Secretary Van Norman: Mrs. Rippy is not present, so we can not 

 present this cup to her. It is hardly necessary, but I should like to say 

 a few words. It is a striking fact that these persons who have been 

 winning the first prizes time and time again have done it with different 

 judges. This year we had a judge from Iowa, and I wish to say that in 

 every contest the entries have been numbered and there has been abso- 

 lutely no suggestion as to whose exhibit it was. and when we have judges 

 from Iowa, from Chicago, and from different places score the butter and 

 continue to give the first prizes to these same people, it seems to me that 

 this is evidence that they have the quality. I think it is impossible for 

 a man to go into a contest and win the first prize without doing his 

 work better every day than he did before. I should like to encourage 

 that class who are not first prize winners. I think it takes a good deal 



