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some similar name where tinware can be bought for very Httle 

 money. Found in such places it is almost worthless to the dairy- 

 man. There is probably not one dairyman in ten that knows 

 anything about the manufacture of tin and would not know 

 whether charcoal tin was first, second or third grade. We have 

 bought dairy tinware for the last twenty years and believe that 

 the best way to select it is to go to the most reliable hardware 

 man you know and tell him what you want. Tell him that you 

 want the goods purchased of a reliable firm that have studied 

 the wants of the dairy trade. My milk cans, pails, strainers, 

 etc. , made by local tinners, have been very unsatisfactory. A 

 reliable firm will study the demands of the trade and adapt the 

 goods to the purpose. They can not afford to send out an in- 

 ferior article. Your local dealer in most cases is perfectly reli- 

 able but he can not make you as good can, pail or vat as a large 

 manufacturer, because he cannot afford to spend the time neces- 

 sary to know all the little details that go into the making of a 

 first-class dairy article. He can not afford the necessary tools 

 and machinery on account of the small number made, neither 

 can he afford to carry sufficient stock of the best material, for 

 the majority of people buy cheap tinware and will do so until 

 they are educated to the fact that the best is the cheapest. Most 

 •dairymen should and can know something about the different 

 ;:grades of tin but they cannot expect to be experts. 



In buying tools, farm machinery, wagons, carriages, in fact 

 almost everything that the dairyman uses he must depend 

 almost entirely upon the reliability of the manufacturer. 



There are firms making a specialty of dairy tinware that are 

 perfectly reliable and turn out goods upon their honor. 



Let the dairymen go to such firms or their agents and offer 

 to pay a fair price and they will obtain the very best goods that 

 can be manufactured, and the question of ' ' how to select dairy 

 tinware will be solved. 



This paper was read by Mrs. Kelly and Mr. Monrad regret- 

 ted that no stress had been laid on seeing to it that all solder- 

 ing was done perfectly smooth leaving no crevices for coagulated 

 milk and bacteria to hide in. 



