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erally cooked, it is probal)ly far more digestible and the 

 comparative value greater than I have indicated. 



It is fair also to compare the luxuries of life on the basis 

 of their food value, as well as their palatability. Peaches 

 and cream seem to be naturally associated together. A pint 

 of cream, containing 20 per cent butter fat, is equal in value 

 to 4^2 quarts of peaches ; and, while strawberries and cream 

 seem to be intimately associated, a pint of 20 per cent cream 

 is equal in food value to 5 quarts of strawberries. I do not 

 mean to advise you to take more cream and less strawberries, 

 but I simply wish to present the thought that the two taken 

 together are not a wonderfully expensive luxury, the cream 

 doing its share in furnishing the food value. If these com- 

 binations of fruit and cream could be used more for dessert 

 purposes, replacing pastry to a great extent, the consumer 

 would gain both in economy and health. 



There are five conditions which determine the value of 

 milk for human food. Some may differ with me as to the 

 order in which I give these prominence ; but I should place 

 first the health and physical condition of the cow ; second, 

 the composition of the milk ; third, its cleanliness and the 

 cleanliness of the surroundings Avhere produced, which deter- 

 mine the length of time it will remain sweet and palatable ; 

 fourth, its flavor, or taste and odor ; and fifth, its color and 

 general appearance. 



No matter how well all the other requirements be met, if 

 the cow producing the milk is not in good health, you fail. 

 While the medical fraternity has often charged the cow with 

 responsibility which rests on the dairymen's water supply, 

 she has not always been guiltless, and should be examined 

 regularly as to her health, digestion and general condition. 

 Tuberculosis, tumors, skin disease and enlarged joints should 

 send the cow to the infirmary, not alone from the standpoint 

 of milk production, but because of the general danger to the 

 herd. 



I presume it will he a long time before we all agree as to 

 the ideal composition of milk for family use. I breed both 

 registered Holsteins and Jerseys, and own a varying num- 

 ber of grades, as I have found l)y costly experience that it 



