No. 4.] MILK PROBLEM. 19 



SOME PHASES OF THE MILK PROBLEM IN NEW 

 ENGLAND. 



IVAN C. WELD, DAIRY INVESTIGATOR, CHESTNUT FARMS DAIRY, 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 



I have been requested by voiir lionorable secretary to <Iis- 

 ciiss the milk question from the standpoint of the inilk 

 producer, the milk dealer and the milk consumer. To im- 

 partially and fully discuss the questions involved from the 

 viewpoints of each of the three interested parties would be 

 a most ambitious undertaking, and perhaps in no State in 

 our Uuion would it be more difficult than here in Massachu- 

 setts. I therefore will not attempt to fully discuss the ques- 

 tion from the standpoint of all interested parties, but will 

 instead endeavor to discuss some phases of the question as 

 I view it, and from the standpoint of one who, having ol)- 

 served conditions from various viewpoints ■ — at close range 

 and from a distance — believes in the ultimate solution of 

 the problems involved on a fairly equitable business basis. 

 Do not, however, think I have brought with me any person- 

 ally prepared, perfected, patented plan for the immediate 

 cure of all the ills, either natural or otherAvise, incident to 

 the production, distribution and use of milk. But rather let 

 us together go over some of the problems involved, and to- 

 gether seek the means that may be employed in attempting 

 their final solution. Some causes are, in my opinion, deep- 

 seated and partially hidden, and are deeper and farther from 

 the surface than the admittedly larger question of price re- 

 ceived and paid for milk. 



The Adaptability of New England Farms for Market 

 MiLiv Production. 



The ability and skill of a milk producer, wdiether con- 

 sciously or unconsciously, is, to a certain extent, reflected 

 in the quality of his herd and his ability to produce clean 



