244 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan. 



THIRD DAY. 



The meeting was called to order^ by Vice-President Hyde 

 at half-past ten o'clock, and the Convention was addressed 

 by Mr. Edward Norton, of Farmington. 



ASSOCIATED DAIRIES— METHODS OF RAISING CREAM. 



BY EDWARD NORTON, OF FARMINGTON. 



When I promised Mr. Gold to address you on the subject of 

 Associated Dairying, I supposed that this meeting would be east 

 of the Connecticut river, where there is comparatively little sale 

 for milk or butter, or of dairy products. In that region a dis- 

 course on this subject might be of value. It might seem a little 

 like missionary work. 



But here, in the heart of the milk region, it is a dilferent 

 matter. Your market for milk is already made, and you do a 

 large and successful business. As a whole, there is not so profita- 

 ble a mode of dealing with milk as to sell it at once. Doubtless 

 you have already considered the policy and wisdom of working 

 together or separately, and I can add little to your knowledge of 

 this subject. Doubtless there are some present who can add 

 greatly to the information which I shall lay before you, and I 

 hope to hear from such in the discussions which may follow. It 

 is difBcult to present all that one would say in a brief discourse, 

 and I have preferred to touch only on the leading points as they 

 occur to me. 



The subjects allotted to me are two, Associated Dairies, and 

 Methods of Raising Cream. I regard the first as of so much 

 greater importance at present, that I shall give most of my time 

 to it. The term Associated Dairy applies to the factory system 

 as distinguished from the single farm dairy, and as a rule, factory 

 buildings are erected for this purpose, with the necessary appli- 

 ances and machinery, which are owned and controlled by the 

 patrons sending milk. But they are sometimes built by indi- 

 viduals and rented, or otherwise run as may be agreed. 



I propose to speak first on the history and present position of 

 Associated Dairying in this country; second, on the benefits 

 occurring from the system. 



First as to the history. All writers point to Jesse Williams of 



