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Dr. NoKTii. These 29 farmers arc the 29 biggest farmers 

 in that part of the country. When we went there, there was 

 another creamery located in our town, and it was taking over 

 200 cans a day. Last summer the proprietor came to me and 

 said, " When you came up here, I was getting over 200 cans 

 a day; now your creamery is getting 75 and I am getting 

 125; by next spring you will have it all and I will have 

 nothing. There is only one thing to do, — for you to buy me 

 out or for me to buy you out." So we took an appraisal of 

 his property and bought him out. There were 43 farmers 

 in that creamery, all of them anxious to get on to this move- 

 ment. There are 3 other creameries on that same railroad, 

 the Lackawanna, within a radius of 15 miles of us, and the 

 owners of all 3 have come to me and in every instance oifered 

 to give me their buildings and equipment for nothing if we 

 would start this movement in their midst so that the dairy 

 farmers in that vicinity might have the benefit of it. We 

 can find all the dairymen we want to make clean milk, and 

 we can find all the dealers we want to deliver it, but where 

 are we going to find the consumers ? 



Third Day. 



Secretary Ellswoktif. I wish to introduce to you as the 

 presiding oflScer this morning a member of the Board from 

 the Blackstone Agricultural Society, — Mr. J. A. Williams. 



Mr. Williams. Mr. Secretary, Ladies and Gentlemen : 

 I know I shall be expressing the feeling of every member of 

 the Board when I say that we all have enjoyed ourselves 

 very much since we have been here in Barre. We have been 

 treated hospitably, surely. We have had fine lectures from 

 the very best talent, and when we go away all of us will 

 take with us thoughts of which we can think and from which, 

 I hope, wo all will get some good. 



This morning we have with us a speaker who needs no 

 introduction. Certainly I am not going to take up your 

 time, as you all know him, and I know we shall be interested 

 in his remarks this morning. I have the pleasure of intro- 

 ducing to you Dr. Geo. M. Twitchell of Auburn, ]\fe. 



Dr. TwiTciiLLi,. Mr. Chairman, before T take up the 



