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ticular section of the State. It is being developed and is going to be 

 developed more and more. It is very gratifying to know that the State 

 College is in a position to help us out. 



MR. HUTCHISON: What would be your idea of establishing a 

 condensed milk factory in a good farming district, but not convenient 

 to a milk market? 



DR. CONARD: I think the time is near when condensed milk is 

 going to be used more and more. It is unquestionably true that the 

 condensed milk market is going to grow, is growing and has grown. 

 As a matter of profit to the purchaser of condensed milk, it would 

 seem to me that they should be located in remote districts where it is 

 inconvenient to ship milk or even butter to the markets. Condensed 

 milk can be shipped anywhere wherever it is wanted, just about as 

 well as any other product. There are two condensed milk factories 

 near Philadelphia, one near Malvern and another one at Kennett 

 Square. The first two are doing well; the latter, I believe, is not 

 enjoying quite so much prosperity. 



MR. HUTCHISON: What do they pay a quart or a gallon for the 

 milk? 



DR. CONARD: I do not know; their price fluctuates very much. 

 I think Prof. Van Norman can tell you the price, perhaps. 



PROF. VAN NORMAN: I am not able to give the information. 



DR. CONARD: I think in the neighborhood of $1.50 at the present 

 time, but very much lower in the summer time; the price varies con- 

 siderably. 



PROF. SHAW: Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the gentleman 

 if he can give approximately the cost of transportation of condensed 

 milk and butter. 



DR. CONARD: No; I have not been in that line of work at all, but 

 there would not be so very much difference in cost. Of course, con- 

 densed milk could be transported to greater distances. I think 

 probably the cost of freight aioue would not figure so largely as the 

 inconvenience of refrigeration. 



MAJOR BROWN: Mr. Chairman, I would like to say that in the 

 town where I live, at Cony, they have a very successful condensed 

 milk establishment. It is a financial success as an institution, and 

 is also, I believe, a great benefit to the farmers. 



Possibly the town in which I live may be so remote from the cen- 

 ters of the commercial world as to have that institution fit nicely in 

 that locality, but I know something about the scheme which origi- 

 nated it. 



The parties who broached the proposition went to the farmers 

 around there and offered them an advance over what they were get- 

 ting for milk or butter at the creamery. I forget now what that ad- 

 vance was, but it was a considerable advance, and the result was, 

 that nearly all the farmers around there are bringing their milk to 

 that condensory, and as I said before, it has been a successful enter- 

 prise. The products of the factory are largely sent to New York 



