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such constant application of special scientific experiment 

 and of careful personal investigation and practice ; and 

 to meet successfully all these and other requirements of 

 his work, a dairyman must have at least a fair knowledge 

 of dairy literature, and know what other dairymen are 

 doing, and what is done at the numerous experiment 

 stations and by private investigations. At least he must 

 have a good handbook or manual for reference in case of 

 need, and must not be averse to learn something from 

 every possible source of information. Besides, one man 

 alone is weak and helpless, and knowing this, the dairy- 

 men have formed associations for mutual help and infor- 

 mation. It is very necessary then that every dairyman 

 should make himself competent to discuss at these meet- 

 ings such questions as may arise, so that from a multi- 

 tude of counselors he may find safety from the diflBcultiea 

 which he meets constantly in his daily work. 



6th. The dairyman must be a good business man, and 

 make himself acquainted with the ordinary principles of 

 business ; able to keep accounts, and discipline himself 

 as much as possible in the strict rules of regularity and 

 promptness which conduce so much to success in any 

 avocation. He is a manufacturer as well as a farmer ; a 

 purchaser and a seller in the markets, and should there- 

 fore keep himself acquainted with the markets, and 

 should habituate himself to weigh and measure accur- 

 ately everything he buys, everything he produces, and all 

 that he sells, keeping strict account of all these matters. 

 Otherwise he cannot tell where he loses and where he 

 makes profit ; he will not know an unprofitable animal 

 from a well paying one ; he will not know which are the 

 best and most profitable crops to grow for use, or the 

 best foods to purchase ; he will be groping in the dark all 

 the time, and must necessarily suffer in pocket from his 

 want of accurate knowledge of his business. 



Lastly, he should cultivate a certain refinement of man- 



