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President : — I think one trouble is, the consumer thinks there 

 is - >mething in it for the man that is preaching the gospel, and 

 does not take to it. 



Prof. Smith : — I wish Air. Hopper would state the results 

 in the sanitary conditions of those stables. 



The President : — Just one minute. I would like to state 

 that any of you having railroad certificates, if you will leave 

 them with the secretary they will have attention. Machinery 

 Hall is open right across from the Nelson House, on the third 

 fl< •- >r. Be sure and get your badges and membership tickets at 

 the secretary's table. 



Tonight we will hold our meeting at 8 o'clock and Prof. 

 Farrington. of the Wisconsin experiment station will speak and 

 give us a stereopticon lecture on the World's Fair Dairy Cows 

 Demonstration. Those who could not see the cows there will 

 like to see them in life-like form on the canvas. We shall also 

 have some fine music which the local committee has provided for 

 us, and Jules Lumbard has come clear from Omaha to sing for us. 



I will now ask Mr. Hayden to answer that question. 



Air. Hayden : — I may say that in two ways I have seen some 

 tendency towards improvement of sanitary conditions. First, 

 and perhaps the most important, is the introduction and use of 

 areators, but this has been largely due to the influence the con- 

 densary people have brought upon producers of milk themselves. 

 Another, point which is quite gratifying is the fact that several 

 of the dairymen with whom I come in contact are putting in 

 cement floors. They are not doing it on a very grand scale so far 

 because they are new in the game. We have only been in touch 

 with them about a year up there, but some of them are consider- 

 ing this more seriously and some of them, as I understand, have 

 already made some improvements with cement floors, which 

 indicates that they are taking hold of the matter in a very good 

 way, especially from a sanitary point of view. 



Prof. Farrington : — To whom do they sell in that town ? 



Mr. Hopper: — The milk situation may be divided up into 

 about three classes. First, and most important perhaps, is the 



