824 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



COL. WOODWARD: The scoring of "off flavor" mentioned by the 

 last speaker I thiulc was due to the butter being sent in the ordi- 

 nary express train by the individual exhibitor, and not in the way 

 Mr. Susendorf speaks of. It has been stated that the very best but- 

 ter makers would not take much interest in the matter. I would 

 like to ask, and I am not authorized to speak for the Commission; 

 suppose that the Commission should undertake to provide the re- 

 frigeration and possibly provide a proper person to take care of the 

 exhibits, Avould these men who make the butter supplied to Penn- 

 sylvania have sufficient interest to send their exhibit to the place 

 of consignment from which point it would be sent to the Exposition. 



A Member: 1 think you would have to bring some persuasion to 

 bear in Chester county. 



MR. NORTON: I don't believe there would be any trouble. There 

 are a few men who have pride enough to furnish butter if the men 

 and means are furnished. 



MR. W. H. COMFORT: It does not seem to me possible that the 

 Commission, representing the agricultural interests, would allow 

 the dairy interests not to be represented. The Commission is aware 

 of the condition of the Dairy Union, that it is an organization not 

 entirely representative and that it has never been able to get any 

 assistance. The Commission has the sinews of war and it has a 

 pride in the State, and so has Col. Woodward. I believe that the 

 Commission should take up the matter, and make an effort to appro- 

 priate enough money to enable suitable men to get up the exhibit and 

 put Pennsylvania in the Exposition where she belongs as the second 

 dairy state in the Union. I do not think that the Commission can be- 

 lieve that a little organization like this would assume the expense 

 of appointing some one to look the matter up and take charge of the 

 exhibit. I presume that the Commission will do this for the State. 

 It seems to me that we should recommend them to put forth their 

 best efforts to have us properly represented at St. Louis. 



MR. JONES: Dairymen who are getting the top prices in the Phila- 

 delphia and New York markets cannot send 50 pounds of butter 

 and have it arrive in as good condition as that from Wisconsin and 

 states nearby; therefore, they are at a decided disadvantage, and 

 it will take the utmost- care on the part of the Commission to pro- 

 vide the best means possible to get the buttter to St. Louis in the 

 best condition. 



MAJOR WELLS: It is better to do nothing than to make a blunder 

 of it. It is folly to expect any individual dairyman or creameryman 

 to look after the matter. I think it should be done by the Commis- 



