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condition of feeble independence, without protecting them- 

 selves against railroads and partial legislation. 



The report of the above-mentioned committee will be anx- 

 iously awaited by all interested in the milk business. 



Is it necessary for the farmers of Essex County to delay 

 any longer in taking steps for the accomplishment of that 

 which must evidently be for their mutual benefit ? "We think 

 not. 



Two profits can no longer be derived from the milk busi- 

 ness: therefore the middlemen should give place to the 

 farmer, who should demand and take the whole profit ; for he 

 deserves and needs it. 



The time for action has arrived, when all good-intending 

 milk-producers, especially in the neighborhood of large towns 

 or cities, should organize and " pull together," either for co- 

 operative milk-selling, or to fix a scale of prices, and provide 

 means to prosecute the adulterators of that health-giving 

 lacteal fluid so bountifully yielded by " Queen Cow." 



J. D. W. French, Chairman. 



