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higher, do not accuse the buttermaker of taking from you what is right- 

 fully your own. If you have in y our possession conclusive evidence that 

 he is a def rauder, a swindler, a type of dishonesty, it will not be a very 

 hard matter to have him removed. Such a man has no business in a 

 creamery or anywhere else, save In the penetentiary.But the buttermaker 

 makes a mistake when he neglects to set a cleanly example before his 

 patrons. 



Here is a buttermaker who is very particular about the quality of 

 milk he receives. If milk comes in slightly tainted he tells the farmer 

 he cannot make good butter from s uch milk as that. Or if any {foreign 

 substance appears, such as leaves, straw, or dirt, he calls the farmer's 

 attention to it. Or if the outside of the cans has a midnight appearance 

 he comments upon the fact. All well and good. We all agree, I think, 

 that this is the duty of the man at the way can 



But let us look at the other side of the question. Perhaps the farm 

 er would be justified in saying to this buttermaker: "No doubt it would 

 improve the appearance of your room if you would sweep down those 

 ■cobweb festoons that adorn the ceiling. Or allow me to say that a little 

 -water and gold dust would improve the looks of the outside of your receiv- 

 ing vat. Perhaps if you would take some afternoon and clean that sour 

 milk tank it would aid in keeping my cans sweet. Or, it might add to 

 the keeping qualities of your butter if you would perfume your breath 

 with something milder than tobacco, and : throw away that pipe I see in 

 your pocket. And it seems to me a man in your business should appear 

 with cleaner hands and face than those which you possess." Ye», it 

 seems to me that we ought not to ask the patron to perform a duty we do 

 not perform ourselves. If we expect cleanliness, we must give cleanH- 

 uss in return. If we desire neatness we must be neat. For "Whatsoever 

 &, man soeth, that shall he also reap." 



Again the manager and board of directors make a mistake when they 

 permit the creamery to be operated upon the Sabbath day. But we are 

 told it is a necessity. I cannot believe it. It is no more of a necessity 

 than it is for the farmer to till his land upon that day. Why do you say 



