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say at this time that in our opinion it is costing - more per 

 pound to produce an inferior article than it is to obtain the 

 highest priced product; this follows in all kinds of business. 

 In the production of butter and cheese where all the modern 

 appliances are used, the cost is less than where the old rude 

 methods are employed. 



Every dairyman should have his butter scored from time to 

 time by competent and disinterested judges, who are familiar 

 with the demands of the market. He may thus discover his 

 weak points, if any, and be thereby enabled to correct them. 



As we raise the standard of our dairy products the greater 

 will be the demand both at home and abroad. The Secretary 

 of Agriculture in his last report says: "Encouraging results 

 have come from the introduction of dairy products into foreign 

 markets. The department sends shipments abroad for the 

 purpose of ascertaining the facts regarding such products, 

 these facts are published and commerce naturally follows." 



DAIRY LAWS, STATE AND NATIONAL. 



Every farmer should be familiar with the dairy laws of our 

 State and Country. The present laws are designed to encour- 

 age us in the production of a higher class of dairy goods, and 

 to protect us from fraudulent or imitation butter and cheese. 

 Are we living up to these laws? Are we producing pure milk 

 and cream for the factory or creamery as the law demands? It 

 is a pleasure, to say as far as we know that the present laws 

 have not been resorted to in helping to keep the Vermont 

 farmer in line. The farmers of our State are progressive as a 

 whole and ready to adopt new methods when offered to them 

 in a practical light. 



FRAUDULENT GOODS. 



The country still abounds in imitations of butter and cheese 

 sold under the name of the pure product. Constant fines are 

 being imposed, yet illegal sales go on. Stronger laws along 

 this line should be enacted and enforced. It is the duty of the 

 producer as well as the consumer to aid in securing more 

 stringent laws both state and national, and once secured, in 

 enforcing them. It has been said man cannot be made honest 

 by law; but law can make dishonest men pay the penalty 

 when they sell fraudulent goods under the name of the pure 

 article. The universal demand for cheap things brings a 

 supply of imitation goods. Flour is adulterated with corn. 

 "Pure Vermont Maple Sugar" is made that never saw the 

 Green Mountain State. Milk is robbed of its cream, filled 

 with lard, sent over the entire globe, and ruins the reputation 



