producer. The iul'or-mation received ha* been publiahed in 

 Bulletin No. 18 in detail, a summary of which presents' cer- 

 tain points, which are of much interest. 



It will be found that the average daily output is 562 

 quaii:,s, varying from 60 to 4,100. The market may be as 

 far as 287 miles away. The cost of stables and dairy 

 averages $13,000, varying from $67,000 to $500. Feed- 

 ing in all cases with special diet for each animal, night 

 watchman or night nurses for the cows are highly recom- ' 

 mended wherever they are used. The average price from 

 producer to consumer was 11.4e., and from producer tO' 

 dealer 7.8e. 



Fine buildings and equipment count for much, but of 

 greater importance is the way in which the work is carried, 

 out. They recognize that success of the clean milk agita- 

 tion depends on two things : (1) The ability and willing- 

 ness of producers to inaugurate sanitary improvementa. 

 (2) The disposition of the public to- pay a reasonable price 

 for these more advanced, methods and higher skill re- 

 quired. They affirm that the producers are more willing 

 to produce than the public to pay. 



New England and other States of tlio Unicti, 

 with their increasing number of abandoned farms, 

 have given us a warning with some attention. 

 The better blood in many oases has gone off to 

 tlie .. cities, and these in turn become loudest in 

 denouncing the desei*tion. Does farming pay, and if not 

 why not? A great deaf has been done by the Ontario and 

 other Govcnnncnts in an effort to instruct those willing to 

 leora improved methods in various branches, and a few 

 are quickly learning lessons from modern business system. 

 If it costs more to produce clean milk why should we not 

 be willing to pay the bill. No farmer need fea.r that milk 

 ^^■ill go out of fashion, for it has been a necessity since pre- 

 historic times. Man, of all the animals, had a^ forethought 

 toi provide a supplementary supply of milk, and had this 

 plan of filching milk not been thus established there would 



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