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have been trying to get too many two-can cows, and a good 

 deal of that milk is very poor. I think I would as soon 

 have some of my shallow-set skim-milk from my herd of 

 Jerseys and grade Jerseys. 



Question. How does the machine affect the color of the 

 butter ? 



Mr. Burnett. I think it does not affect the color at all. 

 Some of my neighbors have said that my butter was of a 

 better color made by this new process than it was when 

 made from cream obtained by the deep setting. I fail to see 

 it myself. 



Question. What is the probable expense of the machine ? 



Mr. Burnett. This first machine, of course, was very 

 expensive. As I say, the basket alone cost three hundred 

 dollars. The whole machine cost upwards of two thousand 

 dollars ; but it was torn to pieces and built over, and was a 

 very expensive machine. The cost of these machines will 

 be, probably, in the neighborhood of four hundred dollars. 

 That machine will be practicable for a two-hundred-cow 

 dairy. 



Mr. Cheever. If you use any coloring, how is that 

 worked in? 



Mr. Burnett. I use a butter-coloring. I buy now some 

 twenty other dairies, and I sell largely to hotels, and I color 

 to suit them. I tell everybody with whom I deal that I 

 color my butter. I use a very nice butter-coloring, and I 

 find it is better than any preparation I have used, — the 

 June Butter-Coloring. I think you have it here. I use a 

 teaspoonful to a gallon of milk, and stir it in just before I 

 churn. Most of my Jersey milk goes to Boston now in 

 glass bottles. I run my own car to Boston at night ; and I 

 send most of my Jersey milk in bottles, which is delivered 

 between five and ten o'cl6ck the next morning. 



Dr. Wakefield. Will you state what you pay for the 

 dairies in that vicinity ? 



Mr. Burnett. I pay only one price for milk, — twenty 

 four cents a small can, or three cents a quart. 



Question. How much do you get ? 



Mr. Burnett. I get from eight to ten cents a quart. 1 

 use the glass bottles because lactic acid will not work on 

 glass. I don't care how careful the dairyman may be, or 



