pression that the milk was all right as long- as it was not 

 rejected by the creameryman for perceptible defects- 



Impressions of this sort lead easily to laxity and 

 indifference, which stand directly in the way of progress. 

 They can be combatted only by an efficient system of 

 education in the principles of dairying, a strict enforce- 

 ment of the dairy laws and above all by a more nearly 

 correct payment of the milk. 



Technical and Hygienical Instruction 



A considerable number of dairymen have not had 

 sufficient technical and hygienical instruction to under- 

 stand the importance of the production of clean milk by 

 all producers without exception. The important work 

 clone by Agricultural Colleges, Government Officers, 

 Farm Advisers, County Agents, Dairy Inspectors, etc., 

 is inadequate to fill the need. It reaches only a small 

 number of the more intellectual dairymen and is not 

 understood and therefore not valued by those who need 

 it most. 



In this country the business of dairying is often 

 taken up by persons who have no theoretical or prac- 

 tical experience and knowledge of the industry. They 

 are often a discredit to their new profession. This in- 

 flux of newcomers annihilates, to a great extent, the 

 results of the efforts made by the above named institu- 

 tions and officials. 



As only few of the farmers' sons and daughters 

 are for various reasons able to attend an Agricultural 

 College and obtain the indispensable knowledge of the 

 industry, it seems practical to make the teaching of the 

 elementary principles of agriculture and dairying more 

 general and compulsory in the country schools and to 

 devote a reasonable time thereto 



Considering that in this country almost everybody 

 i directly or indirectly interested in the farming and 



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