184 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



should be gotten out of it as soon as possible. If proper care 

 is taken to keep it clean and get the animal heat out of it, you 

 will have good milk, and that is all there is to it. 



Mr. Edwin Hoyt. Mr. Chairman, I would like to know 

 what this word " good " as applied to milk means. Does it 

 mean clean milk simply? Is it clean milk or dirty milk, or, do 

 you mean by good milk a good wholesome quality of milk? 

 I do not believe there are any two of us that agree on just 

 what that means. What do you mean by the word " good 

 milk." That is what I want to know. Is it milk that is not 

 only clean but has from four to five per cent, of butter fat in 

 it, or is it milk that is rich in grease, oil and butter? Is it 

 milk that is rich in cassein or cheesy matter? A Jersey cow 

 may not make a good calf although her milk is rich in cream. 

 An Ayrshire will make a fat calf. Now why wouldn't an Ayr- 

 shire cow be better to give milk for family use, and where you 

 had children, than the Jersey which was rich in cream? The 

 word " good " it seems to me must be taken to mean not only 

 quality but the quantity of butter fat which the milk contains. 

 I would like it very much if somebody would give a definition 

 of good milk. 



The President asked the question, who was going to pay 

 for making this better milk. I will allow that if we do not 

 get a price for that milk there is little, if any, inducement to 

 try to improve the quality, but I think that the question is 

 dependent upon another, and that is, the class of stock that you 

 keep. You must have cows that will produce that kind of 

 milk. The ordinary cow will not do it. Your cows also must 

 be kept in a condition to produce milk which will pay for the 

 extra cost of making it. 



A Member. Mr. President, I am going to take a little 

 exception to the remarks of my friend on the left. When 

 people demand good milk they will get it. The people get 

 just what they want. Just what they demand. Now I do not 

 know how it may be in other places, but here in New Haven 



