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  the 
  farm 
  to 
  successfully 
  feed 
  tliem 
  and 
  those 
  they 
  leave 
  after 
  them 
  

   they 
  must 
  also 
  feed 
  the 
  farm 
  as 
  they 
  go 
  along, 
  i. 
  e., 
  they 
  cannot 
  

   rob 
  the 
  soil 
  of 
  its 
  strength 
  without 
  placing 
  back 
  in 
  it 
  something 
  

   to 
  compensate 
  for 
  what 
  they 
  have 
  taken 
  out. 
  

  

  Should 
  conditions 
  change 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  scope 
  of 
  the 
  market 
  for 
  

   cereals 
  should 
  be 
  enlarged, 
  for 
  instance, 
  by 
  the 
  annexation 
  of 
  ter- 
  

   ritory, 
  this 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  great 
  advantage 
  to 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  ITew 
  

   York 
  State, 
  as 
  it 
  would 
  not 
  only 
  make 
  a 
  market 
  for 
  the 
  cereals, 
  

   but 
  make 
  market 
  for 
  the 
  products 
  of 
  the 
  shop 
  and 
  manufactories 
  

   of 
  the 
  country, 
  thus 
  enlarging 
  our 
  home 
  market 
  and 
  also 
  making 
  

   a 
  demand 
  for 
  agricultural 
  products. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  

   farmer 
  of 
  ISTew 
  York 
  State 
  is 
  laboring 
  under 
  a 
  load 
  of 
  taxation 
  

   that 
  is 
  disproportionate. 
  I 
  cannot 
  agTce 
  wdtli 
  those 
  who 
  hold 
  this 
  

   idea. 
  I 
  find 
  upon 
  inquiry 
  into 
  the 
  subject 
  that 
  the 
  average 
  far- 
  

   mer 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Xew 
  York, 
  owning 
  a 
  fann 
  of 
  100 
  acres, 
  does 
  

   not 
  pay 
  a 
  tax 
  to 
  exceed 
  $25. 
  I 
  can 
  hardly 
  accept 
  the 
  proposition 
  

   that 
  a 
  matter 
  of 
  $25 
  a 
  year 
  is 
  going 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  difference 
  between 
  

   good 
  and 
  hard 
  times 
  upon 
  a 
  farm 
  of 
  100 
  acres. 
  

  

  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  load 
  that 
  the 
  farmers 
  of 
  l^ew 
  York 
  and 
  other 
  

   eastern 
  States 
  have 
  been 
  carrying 
  for 
  many 
  years, 
  as 
  above 
  referred 
  

   to, 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  of 
  adulterated 
  food 
  products, 
  wdiich 
  is 
  of 
  great 
  in- 
  

   jury 
  to 
  them 
  from 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  imitation 
  and 
  adulterated 
  

   goods 
  are 
  so 
  manufactured 
  as 
  to 
  resemble 
  the 
  pure 
  goods 
  made 
  by 
  

   the 
  farmers, 
  and 
  palmed 
  off 
  on 
  the 
  unsuspecting 
  consuming 
  pub- 
  

   lic 
  as 
  the 
  genuine 
  article. 
  This 
  injures 
  the 
  market, 
  to 
  say 
  nothing 
  

   of 
  the 
  fraud 
  practiced 
  upon 
  the 
  consumer. 
  We 
  have 
  for 
  a 
  num- 
  

   ber 
  of 
  years 
  been 
  spending 
  much 
  money 
  in 
  giving 
  instruction 
  in 
  

   making 
  first-class 
  butter 
  and 
  cheese. 
  We 
  believe 
  we 
  have 
  reached 
  

   the 
  point 
  where 
  we 
  can 
  say 
  that 
  all 
  ISTew 
  York 
  State 
  full-cream 
  

   cheese 
  are 
  now 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  first 
  gTade 
  quality, 
  yet 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  

   manufacturers 
  of 
  inferior 
  goods 
  in 
  other 
  States 
  are 
  imitating 
  the 
  

   brand 
  which 
  is 
  being 
  placed 
  upon 
  these 
  cheese 
  and 
  placing 
  it 
  on 
  

   cheese 
  of 
  an 
  inferior 
  quality 
  made 
  in 
  other 
  States. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  

   wrong, 
  not 
  only 
  upon 
  the 
  cheese 
  producers 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  iN'ew 
  

   York, 
  but 
  also 
  a 
  wrong 
  upon 
  the 
  consuming 
  public, 
  and 
  it 
  should 
  

  

  