THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 61 



Mr. Henning: The question was that the price we have 

 to pay for concentrates now and the price we are getting for 

 milk, if a person has good hay and good silage, would it not 

 be better and cheaper to use these if we are not working for 

 a record ? 



Mr. Mason : Yes, raise your own feed ; that is the thing 

 to do; raise alfalfa, cow peas and keep a more profitable dairy. 



Mr. Newman : What do you feed, Mr. President, alfalfa, 

 ensilage, some corn meal, and don't you feed red clover? 



Mr. Mason : Yes, I feed red clover, but alfalfa is better. 



Mr. Henning: What do you get for your milk? 



Mr. Mason: $1.50 a can, $1.34 net for the milk, an eight 

 gallon can. 



Mr. Mason: I hear complaints about milk not keeping. 

 Mr. Foss has no trouble because he keeps his utensils clean. We 

 ship milk forty miles, and it is no trouble to ship it and have 

 it in good condition. Our last night's and this morning's milk 

 goes in this morning; it is delivered tomorrow to the customers. 

 If we have a part of a can that is not full we keep it and ship 

 it the next day and we never hear from it afterwards. 



The keeping qualities of milk consists in having everything 

 that is connected with that milk clean and then getting the 

 animal heat out as quickly as possible. We take milk right out 

 as soon as we have it and set it in water, the water wants to be 

 as high as the milk ; there must be a lot of water. You never 

 want to mix night and morning milk together before it is thor- 

 oughly cooled. That is very essential in keeping both milk and 

 cream. You take a milk stir and in hot weather you want to 

 be very particular. You want to be sure and keep your cans and 

 everything clean. 



It is no trouble to ship milk. I never have any trouble and 

 have never used any ice since I have been in the milk business. 



