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machine for one of living muscle. The flesh and blood of 

 onr wives and daughters are of too much consequence to be 

 worn out by this ceaseless toil, when the spindles and looms, 

 driven by steam or water power, can relieve them of the 

 burden at a fraction of what it costs in home manufacture. 

 Why then should a neighborhood of dairymen do the work 

 of cheese making in families, employing many hands, when 

 it can be performed equally well by half a dozen persons in 

 a well constituted factory. The inauguration of associated 

 dairies is rapidly producing a revolution in old customs and 

 heretofore fixed ideas. It teaches the important lesson that 

 farmers can adopt successfully the same means that have 

 proved so beneficial to the merchant, the banker, and the 

 commercial man of the world. By a consolidation of inter- 

 ests, the dairyman of to-day can wield a power and influence 

 never before reached. 



