162 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [P. D. 4. 



MAEKETING MILK AND CREAM. 



E. L. BRADFORD, GENERAL MANAGER, TURNER CENTER DAIRYING 

 ASSOCIATION, AUBURN, MAINE. 



A prime consideration in any market question is preparation of 

 the goods for market. We have all been shown graphically in a 

 leaflet issued by the Massachusetts Dairy Bureau the comparative 

 value of milk with other common articles of food. I was asked 

 by a producer only a few days ago why it is that milk with its 

 high food value and comparatively low cost is not in greater 

 favor and more generally consumed? I think perhaps it is in 

 part because it has not always gone into society as any one 

 else would who sought to be a favorite, — namely, in spick and 

 span, clean, fresh condition. The manner of producing and 

 handling milk at the dairy governs, to a large extent, its final 

 desirability and worth. Cleanliness and liberal use of ice are 

 indispensable. But I for one have thrummed this tune for 

 many years, and it is indeed refreshing to note that the Pro- 

 ducers' Association has caught up the refrain, "Better prices 

 for better milk." Let works accompany the words, that they 

 be not " as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal." Our concern 

 will meet the producers 100 per cent of the way in their en- 

 deavors for better prices for better milk. Better milk would 

 bridge over a sea of troubles in the dealer's life. We would 

 gladly pay to the producer every penny saved or gained through 

 better milk. 



I do not belong to the Producers' Association. I doubt 

 whether I am eligible. But "Barkis is willin'." The wicked 

 socialist believes in co-operation of all interests, not in co- 

 operation of one interest to oppose another. The socialist calls 

 this latter thing "war," — an irrational, stupid thing. But do 

 not listen to the socialist lest you too have an iridescent dream, 

 — selling milk at auction and raising in New England all the 



