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of excellence for maintaining alike the reputation of the farm- 

 ers and the confidence of the public. 



In offering the resolutions, Mr. Jay said that co-operation 

 had received great attention in Germany and England, and has 

 been considered in this country by all business men excepting 

 farmers. Other business men have tried to protect their rights 

 and enlarge their interests, while the farmers, who are the chief 

 national strength, have stayed in a condition of feeble inde- 

 pendence, without protecting themselves against railroads and 

 partial legislation. 



The report of the above mentioned committee will be anx- 

 iously awaited by all interested in the milk business. 



Is it necessary for the farmers of Essex county to delay any 

 longer in taking steps for the accomplishment of that vvhich 

 must evidently be for their mutual benefit ? We think not. 



Two profits can no longer be derived from the milk business, 

 therefore the middle-men should give place to the farmer, who 

 should demand and take the whole profit, for he deserves and 

 needs it. 



The time for action has arrived, when all good-intending 

 milk producers, especially in the neighborhood of large towns 

 or cities, should organize and " pull together," either for co- 

 operative milk selling, or to fix a scale of prices, and provide 

 means to prosecute the adulterators of that health-giving lac- 

 teal fluid so bountifully yielded by " Queen Cow." 



J. D. W. Fkench, Chairman. 



STATEMENT OF JOHN S. IVES. 



Salem, Sept. 30, 1879. 

 I enter for the consideration of your Committee my Grade 

 Milch Cow, 8 years old. She dropped her last calf April 2, 

 1879, and will calve again Feb. 10th, being nearly five months 

 with calf. From June 1st to June 10th, (10 days) she milked 

 207 quarts, or 20 2-3 quarts per day ; from Sept. 15th to Sept. 

 25th (^10 days), this month, she milked 110 quarts, or 11 

 quarts per day. She was fed last winter with corn fodder and 



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