CHAPTER IV 



THE FUTURE OF DAIRYING 



THERE has never been a time when the outlook for 

 profitable dairying was more favorable than it is at 

 present. The organization of the business being 

 carried on by the United States Department of Agri- 

 culture and the different States, tends to bring the 

 notice of foreign dealers to our butter, cheese, con- 

 densed milk, and other dairy products. Recently the 

 Department of Agriculture has investigated methods 

 employed in the Old World countries producing 

 prime dairy products, notably Denmark, which fur- 

 nishes England the greater part of its imported high- 

 class butter. The methods followed there were found 

 to be practically the same as those practiced here by 

 first-class dairymen. But their average dairymen pay 

 far more attention to cleanliness than do ours of the 

 United States. The importance of cleanliness has 

 been shown by chemists, microscopists, and experi- 

 ment stations, and the knowledge published has gone 

 far to correct prevailing evils which arise from lack 

 of care in this respect. 



Condensed milk opens .a great field for the dairy- 

 men. At present the " processing " of condensed 

 milk falls far short of perfection ; " swells " and 

 " thicks " are serious obstacles to the complete suc- 

 cess of the business. Experience and skill are, how- 

 ever, lessening these difficulties. There is every rea- 

 son to expect that in the near future experiment sta- 



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