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after that our inspector of milk took samples from all dealers 

 ill the city. The result was that this dealer I have been 

 s})eaking of Avas summoned into court, and paid a fine of $100 

 for use of foreign substances in this cream. It was found he 

 liad been selling two grades of cream ; one w^as supposed to 

 contain 30 per cent of- butter fat, which on analysis only 

 contained 24 per cent, but had the appearance of having 45 

 per cent butter fat in it ; the other was sold for a 40 per cent 

 cream, — which was the grade of cream I was putting out, 

 and the grade most used for family trade, — but contained 

 only 34 per cent butter fat, but to the eye would pass for 

 50 per cent. 



This is the kind of competition we were up against, — we 

 putting out cream actually containing 11 per cent more 

 butter fat than our opponent, and yet not giving satis- 

 faction. This is a case where the city inspector was a yery 

 valuable officer. After the papers had commented on the 

 findings of the inspector, one of my customers called us up 

 l)y telephone and complained that the cream was not pure, — 

 it was too thick to be pure cream. She was raised and spent 

 some of her younger days oa a farm, and knew what cream 

 was ; and she thought they had got to a l)ad pass if the 

 people of Springfield could not get pure cream. I tried 

 to explain it was all right, — perfectly pure ; but of no avail. 

 She would take the sample to the inspector, which she did. 

 The inspector tried it, and found it to contain 50 per cent 

 butter fat ; and reported to the customer that the association 

 URist have made a mistake somewhere, and put out a 50 

 per cent instead of a 40 per cent cream. The fact was, my 

 man let his sejmrator get away from him, and all customers 

 had a treat for once. 



There is no mistake that the ajipearance of the goods to 

 the customer's eye is what tells. 



Conclusion. 



I am glad to see the farmers organizing, and getting into 



shape to do business on business principles. The Boston 



Co-operative Milk Producers Company is a good example of 



organization. In union there is strength ; and it needs 



