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the endeavor. It has cost our farmers but very little, prob- 

 Sihly a dollar or two, or three or four in some cases, probably, 

 whitewashing. 



Question. Do you get any more money ? 

 Mr. Allen. They don't need any more ; they were do- 

 ing what they had to do to get the prices they were getting. 

 It isn't costing much more. A farmer says, "If I must 

 whitewash this stable, if I must clean out my stable every 

 day, I ought to get more for my milk ; " but the old-fashioned 

 way of making that milk wouldn't get it to market and give 

 satisfaction. You show me a man who is clean in his dairy 

 and who takes care of his milk after he gets it, and that milk 

 will go to market and then to the customer and give satisfac- 

 tion, — perfect satisfaction. That man ought to get more 

 for his milk than the slovenly farmer, — the farmer who 

 doesn't take care of his milk and keep it clean. Speaking 

 of bacteria in milk, I know one dairy tested a few days ago 

 b}'^ Dr. Emerson. He exercises cleanliness all the way 

 through ; his utensils are cleaned and his cows well cared 

 for, and his test was down to 5,000. Dr. Rose told me yes- 

 terday that, if we get our milk test doAvn to 10,000 bacteria, 

 we are doing a good deal ; but this dairy Avas down to 

 5,000, and it tested 4.6 butter fat. It doesn't cost him much 

 more ; he is a little more careful at every turn, of course, 

 than the careless farmer. What we want to educate our- 

 selves to is cleanliness in the utensils and cleanliness in the 

 stable, and if the milk is produced under similar conditions, 

 we will have a good product for our market. I think the 

 thoughts of the speaker are most excellent ; they are right 

 in the line of progress. This asking a price for something 

 we haven't got we don't Avant to do. What is the use of set- 

 ting a price on milk, when you haven't the milk, either in 

 cleanliness or qualit}^? I believe with Senator Morse in 

 some things, but we cannot preach that our method is all 

 right when it is all wrong. We can't successfully impose 

 upon the public, — we can't do it. We want to produce 

 the milk and have it all right, and tell them it is all right, 

 and make them pay for it. 



Mr. Morse. I want it understood, gentlemen, that farm- 



