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All of this, if followed out to a reasonable degree of perfection, 

 would tend to uplift the industry as a whole. It marked a new 

 epoch in Wisconsin's factory industry. A large number of fac- 

 tories were owned by farmers ; hence the department had to deal 

 with the men on the farms and not with the businessmen entirely. 

 In nearly every case where the Commission made certain re- 

 quests as to improvements that had to be made, they were com- 

 plied with, and in a number of cases the dairymen went one step 

 better. Hence to-day the factory industry of Wisconsin has just 

 passed through one general cleaning, painting and repairing 

 period that was greatly needed. 



It also resulted in more sanitary factories in wdiich to man- 

 ufacture human food. All this was accomplished in one year by 

 the aid of the dairymen in placing the manufactured dairy pro- 

 ducts on a higher plane. The members of the Wisconsin Dairy 

 and Food Commission are fully convinced that even greater re- 

 sults can be accomplished when dealing with factors that bear 

 a relation to quality. 



^ Dairymen Are Fairminded 



The average man that makes his home in the country is 

 fairminded. Naturally many of his problems are different from 

 those which confront the men of the city, but he is always there 

 to do those things that will result in better methods when they 

 are pointed out to him from a reasonable viewpoint, and he fully 

 understands what is wanted. For nearly twenty years it has 

 been my privilege to work with this class of men, and I know 

 some of the things that the farmer has to deal with, and hov/ 

 the work should be carried out to result in the greatest good 

 for all. Observation has taught us that the handling of dairy 

 products on the farm has at times not been what it should be, 

 mainly because the person in question has had the wrong idea 

 of his duty and responsibilitv or his relation to his neighbor. 

 Very often he has been misled, because of the methods followed 

 when unfair competition to gain quantity has been practiced by 

 the creamery operators. On the other hand, dairymen have not 

 been organized in such a manner as to accomplish the object in 

 view. The co-operative creameries have a strong hold in your 



