No. 6 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 179 



When our !Sla(e Agricultural Colleger shall hav(? taken this matter 

 in hand and added to the present knowledge by bringing to its aid 

 the cheniieal skill a( tlieir command, they may turn out a processor 

 who will be able to produce a condensed milk that will conic ii]) to 

 the requirements of the market; that may be shipped any distance 

 and preserved in any climate. When this has been accomplished, 

 dairying will be aujong the leading industries of the State. It will be 

 an industry witii stable product prices. The man who engages in it 

 will be able to calculate his returns for the year with as much cer- 

 tainty as is now done by the iron manufacturer or others engaged in 

 manufacturing imperishable goods whose shipments reach all parts 

 of the earth. 



Up to this time the fear of competition has impelled all the manu- 

 facturers of condensed milk to keep the process of condensation a 

 secret. This has tended to retard the development and perfecting of 

 methods and the enlargement of the business. The time has arrived 

 when the State Agricultural Departments should take the matter 

 in hand and bring the processing of milk to a point of i)erfection that 

 will enable the dairyman in the remoter parts of the State to market 

 his product in competition with others nearer the trade centers of the 

 world, and with those of all other parts of the earth. The consump- 

 tion of milk would be increased many fold. It would become an 

 article of use in parts of the earth where it is now unknown. 



The only obstacle which to-day prevents the introduction of con- 

 densed milk in both sweetened and unsweetened form more gen- 

 erally is the uncertainty felt by the dealer and producer as to its 

 marketable (juality remaining unchanged and the consequent risk 

 aod fear of loss; when this is overcome the future of condensed milk 

 in its several forms is assured. The fact that one factory has largely 

 overcome the difficulty shows that it may be done. 



Let the State Department of Agriculture come to the aid of the de 

 velopment of this great industry, with the scientific resources at its 

 command, and the time will not be far distant when the products of 

 the Pennsylvania dairy shall be known to the uttermost parts of the 

 earth. 



The dairy belt is so limited that the increased demand will meet 

 the increased su])ply. A product wdth a stable price will enable the 

 dairyman to calculate upon a certain return for his labor and capital. 

 The present demand for butter and cheese will continue, and a de- 

 mand of enormous proportions would be added to that now existing 

 for the products of the dairy. 



Mr. H. W. Comfort: I do not see why condensed milk should take 

 the place of uncondensed milk, since it is well known that milk pro- 



