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his part to have it in good condition to make good cheese; and 

 if the cheesemaker says, " Mr. Johnson, your milk has not had 

 proper care, it is a little sour this morning," he will tell you that 

 Air. B or Mr. C. doesn't take care of his milk; they don't even 

 strain it or set the cans in water. That is the way it is contin- 

 ually thrown at the cheesemaker. Now there is not much use 

 for the cheesemaker to say much. My idea is that these patrons, 

 instead of following some other man's example, should say to 

 him, " Now, Mr. C, we want to have good cheese made down 

 at our factory and we must take care of our milk." I think it 

 is the duty of the patron to look after such men and it would 

 have more effect upon them than it would for the cheesemaker 

 to talk to them, as I think some men would talk two hours 

 instead of spending ten minutes' time taking care of their milk. 



I think that if every patron would look after his own milk 

 and take care of it as it should be taken care of, and if he found 

 a neighbor not doing right to talk to him, we would get better 

 milk, and the cheesemaker could make a great deal better cheese. 

 A great many people think that any kind of milk will make 

 cheese, but they think they must take very good care of their 

 milk to make butter. There is where they make a great mis- 

 take. They should take better care of their milk to make a good 

 cheese. At the creamery the buttermaker takes in the milk and 

 runs it through a separator soon after he takes it in, so that 

 he has only three to four pounds to contend with out of a hun- 

 dred pounds of milk; while the cheesemaker has the whole 

 hundred pounds to contend with for three or four hours. There- 

 fore the patrons should take better care of their milk if they 

 expect the cheesemaker to make good cheese. I will not tire 

 you longer. 



The President: — Is there any other business to come before 

 this meeting? If not, I will declare the thirty-first annual con- 

 vention of the Illinois Dairymen's Association adjourned sine 

 die. 



