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(d) Exhibits and Instruction Given at Fairs. This year the De- 

 partment has sent exhibits and men to five fairs. This involves a 

 large amount of work in the preparation of exhibits, many of 

 which can be used at only one place. It calls for much labor to 

 prepare the exhibits, and also takes the time of different members 

 if the Department staff to take charge of the exhibits while at the 

 fair. While this work demands a considerable expenditure of 

 time and labor, it is well spent, for in this way we got in touch 

 with many persons whom we could not reach in any other way. 



IV. RECOMMENDATIONS. 



(a) Refrigeration Plant. — In order properly to give the in- 

 struction in dairy manufactures it is necessary for our Department 

 to have large amounts of milk and cream during the university 

 year, and especially in the winter while the Winter Course men 

 are here. To have the milk when needed for instruction, it is 

 necessary both from the standpoint of the producers and that of 

 selling the products to handle it the year round. This means that 

 during the summer months we must manufacture large quantities 

 of products, as much as 1,200 to 1,300 pound? of butter per day 

 and 500 to 600 pounds of cheese in the flush of the season. To 

 handle these quantities satisfactorily, good cold storage facilities 

 are imperative. At the present time ice is being used for this pur- 

 pose, but this is expensive and not entirely satisfactory. A well 

 204 feet deep has been drilled by the Department to furnish cold 

 water for use in the creamery. This will take the place of part 

 of the ice which has been needed, but large quantities will still be 

 required for cooling the refrigerators. We need a good refriger- 

 ation plant. This would save considerable money now paid for 

 ice, and enable us to handle our products to better advantage and 

 to conduct certain lines of instruction and experimental work which 

 it is impossible to do at present. This equipment will require a 

 special appropriation. It is hoped that it will be secured in the 

 near future. 



(b) Milk Sugar Equipment. — At the present time, the dairy- 

 men of our State are losing large sums of money because they 

 are not utilizing the by-products from the butter and cheese fac- 

 tories to good advantage. This results in lower prices to the pro- 

 ducer. It should be the duty of our Department to give instruc- 

 tion in the best methods of utilizing these by-products, one of 

 which is the making of milk sugar. But to give this instruction, 

 we must have the necessary equipment. 



