24 CONFERENCE ON MILK PROBLEMS 



Therefore, with a building equipped with the best modern 

 machinery, located where the farmers are intelligent and where 

 1200 cans of milk is produced within a radius of six miles, 

 there is an opportunity to select from the Dairymen those who 

 are willing to co-operate in the production of clean milk. 



This has been done at Homer, where the farmers after 

 three months' operation of the New York Dairy Demonstra- 

 tion Co., are anxiously waiting to accept the advantage of the 

 extra price given for such high ideals. I believe it can be 

 duplicated all over, where milk is produced. 



Will this co-operation plan succeed? That is one of the 

 questions of the future. From the producer's point of view it 

 is promising; for he is at last considered, his work paid for, 

 and clean milk assured. 



THE CHAIRMAN (Mr. Francisco) : Now, we have had some very 

 valuable papers here this afternoon, and I think the greatest value 

 of any paper is in its discussion, and especially in asking the 

 authors of the papers any questions that may come into your minds, 

 so that you can understand just what they mean. 



Now, Mr. F. H. Stadtmueller, Health Officer of Elmwood, Conn., 

 will lead in this discussion. All of the speakers will please come 

 to the platform and give us their names. We will appreciate this. 

 Is Mr. Stadtmueller present? 



MR. STADTMUELLER spoke as follows: 



Mr. Chairman and Ladies and Gentlemen: The problem in 

 which we are all interested, the production and distribution of 

 milk, is a matter of very much importance, as anybody at all con- 

 versant with modern conditions can see. As to the best methods 

 of obtaining the ends in view, there is a great diversity of opinion. 



We have heard one speaker this afternoon say something about 

 the matter of competition. Now, that very competition, which is 

 the life of trade, although somewhat questioned by the modern 

 institutions and methods of the trusts, and becoming somewhat ob- 

 solete, nevertheless accounts for a great deal of the life that is in 

 our milk. Competition, in the business, accounts for a great deal 

 of the bacterial activity or the actual life in milk, a statement that 

 cannot be controverted. 



The matter of organization has been touched upon, a matter 

 that is gaining tremendous force throughout the civilized world, 

 and it is amazing, in many respects, that the agricultural interests 

 of the cxmntry do not take advantage of the abundant illustrations 



