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public slander of skimmed milk. By a few dairymen trying to 

 sell it for whole milk it is being brought into unjustifiable dis- 

 repute. An inspector recently stopped a shipment of skimmed 

 milk which was sent to market as whole milk and the papers spoke 

 of it as though it was poisonous. The truth of the matter is thai 

 the principal food value of milk is in the skimmed milk. I believe 

 .'t will be found wholesome for more people for drinking than whole 

 milk. Skimmed milk has a great food value, is palatable and 

 digestible. It produces fine pigs and calves, and has made a fine 

 physique out of many a baby boy. Dairymen should present these 

 facts to the public and put skimmed milk on sale, but should not 

 fall into the fatal and detestable practice of trying to sell it for 

 whole milk. 



Suppose two cases: First, a city in this State undertakes 

 by ordinance to require that milk shall be from healthy cows ; that 

 it shall be kept at a temperature unsuitable for germ propagation ; 

 that it be kept clean; and, if it be called whole milk, it shall be 

 whole milk. Then a few dairymen about the city object to com- 

 plying with these reasonable requirements. They hire lawyers 

 and go into court. The facts go from the courts to the newspapers. 

 Consumers read the papers, and many of them quit using milk. 

 Many of them use it with only fear and trembling for the safety 

 of their children. What impression does the public get of the 

 dairymen? What is the efi'ect upon the demand for milk? Who 

 is to blame? 



Second, the dairjmien around the cities in this State go to 

 work of their own accord, and have their cows rid of all disease. 

 They agree to keep their milk clean and to have it just what 

 it is represented. They evade nothing that is fair and right. They 

 take pride in their herds, and invite their customers to inspect 

 their cows and the way the milk is handled. They openly advance 

 the price to cover the extra expense of keeping things in a proper 

 condition. They make a milk inspection ordinance unnecessary. 

 What impression does the public get of these dairymen? What 

 is the effect, in this case, upon public opinion and the demand for 

 milk? 



In conclusion, I would like to urge that the progressive dairy- 

 men of this State, assembled here to day, take the initiative in 

 correcting existing evils in the dairy industry. Now is a good time 

 for this association to go on record as favoring all that is right 

 and fair in dairying. It is not sufficient for a majority of dairy- 

 men to live up to right principles. The majority should urge the 



