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a section where there is a successful creamery and I will 

 show you good farms under a high state of cultivation, good 

 buildings, and better yet, happy households tilled with choice 

 reading, both agricultural and literary. 



It may be a little off the subject to speak of breeds and 

 feed, but they are so important to the success of the cream- 

 ery that I shall ask you to bear with me while I briefly touch 

 upon them. The patrons, as well as the creamery men, 

 have duties to perform. It is not enough that they milk what 

 their cows give, strain into the cans and wait for the wagon. 

 It is important that the most perfect cleanliness is observed 

 in every department. It is their duty to feed and care for 

 their stock in such a manner that the milk will be of good 

 quality, for on the quality of the milk depends the quality of 

 the cream and butter. The best butter-maker in the world 

 cannot make gilt-edged butter from poor milk. Many 

 things may aflect the quality, but good feed and care are 

 fundamental requisites, without which the best quality can- 

 not possibly be secured. The quality depends, also, to some 

 extent, upon the breed of the cow as well as upon her indi- 

 vidual peculiarities. I would reiterate that, whatever the 

 breed, feed and care are important factors in the quality of 

 the butter obtained. 



How shall sve dispose of our butter? This is a question 

 that causes all butter-makers much thought, and it is one 

 I do not as yet feel competent to answer. All of the difter- 

 ent ways have their advantages and disadvantages. By 

 making a strictlv first-class article, advertisini? it well and 

 sending about ten pounds at a time, so that it will always be 

 fresh, we can work up a good retail trade at good prices, 

 but there is lots of work in it. It also requires a superior 

 force of book-keepers to keep the run of it all, especially if 

 you are doing a large business. Again, with less effort 

 you can work up a retail grocers' trade ; and, if he is in a 

 good locality for first-class trade, you can work up good 

 prices from him. But the difficulty here is that so many of 

 that class are not responsible, you must needs know your 

 man to be safe. Taking all things into consideration, as 

 things now are, I am of the opinion that we will be as well 

 off to put our butter up in the best possible style. If in 



