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the lecturer represents for Mr. Stewart. Now, what Ave 

 want in the production of milk, clean milk, sanitary milk, — 

 certified milk, if you please, — is some method by which we 

 shall make and deliver to our customers a quality of milk 

 which is healthful for people and for children ; and I Ijelieve 

 it can be done by a reasonable improvement on the condi- 

 tions in most of our barns. I do not believe that we had 

 better undertake to come up to the conditions which are sug- 

 gested by Mr. Stewart's price of 20 cents a quart. 



Mr. Daavley. The only trou1)le is, you forgot what I said 

 first, in listening to what I said last. If you will remember, 

 all tlu"ough the first part of the address I gave you, every 

 single thought I tried to lay down was how the practical 

 man, making his milk and selling it at the market price, 

 could aftbrd to make it a little bit ])etter at a little higher price. 

 We have 320,000 farmers over in New York, and Mr. Stew- 

 art is the only one in that 320,000 that is doing such fine 

 Avork, and I am not at all sure that one is enough. There are 

 many other men wdio can follow along the line of the work 

 done by Mr. Wieting Avithout spending the money Mr. 

 Stewart is spending, or anything like the money spent at 

 Briarcliff". Those men are making, I believe, a better milk 

 than the average producer, and getting a good deal better 

 price for it. Now, the point I wish to make is, that by a 

 very slight improvement in a very small Avay, and work 

 Avhich can largely be done by the farmer himself, perhaps 

 Avith the assistance of one carpenter, we can bring about a 

 reform in milk making, not only in New England, but in 

 New York, which I believe is perfectly practical. As to 

 ventilation, I will say that, Avith 50 cows in the barn and 

 the space I have given, the King system of ventilation Avill 

 keep the temperature at the proper height. In our barn, ex- 

 cept on three occasions when the big doors have been open 

 for some purpose, the temperature hasn't varied 18° since 

 the cold weather set in this season. 



Mr. KiLBOURN. What degree is it? 



Mr. Daavley. We try to keep it at from 50° to 55°. 

 The King system of ventilation Avill take care of it thor- 

 oughly, accurately, and almost automatically. 



