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able. Let whoever is in doubt take the train and 

 spend a few days in the dairv districts of our State. 

 The banks will tell him that the farmers are their best 

 depositors. Merchants will tell him that it is an easy 

 matter to sell them goods, and that they are sure pay 

 once a month. 



There is not the danger of overdoing the business 

 that many suppose. While we live there will be a 

 healthy demand for all the fine goods that can be 

 made. It is second-class goods that go begging. The 

 demand, within reasonable limits, will increase with 

 improvement in quality. 



While the amount made in the Elgin district has 

 been more than doubled within the last ten years, the 

 average price at the factory has not varied more than 

 a cent or two. This in spite of the fact that there was 

 forty-four million pounds of bogus butter made last 

 year. 



We are fortunately situated. We live in the dairy 

 belt ; we have the water, climate, proximity to markets, 

 all the conditions that favor dairying. 



The intelligent dairyman will * seek to know what 

 is the best, balanced ration, and having found it will 

 bend all his energies to produce it with the least 

 possible outlay. In this connection I want to call 

 your attention to the work at our experiment stations. 

 Read the bulletins and get the benefit of scientific men 

 whom the State and nation employ to experiment for 

 you. 



We aan not overestimate the value of the work of 

 these scientists. Prof. Babcock spent time and money, 

 and wasted quantities of material, before he was certain 

 that a given amount of acid mixed with a given amount 

 of milk will show a result that determines the quality 



