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Mr. Bishop: Knew many men around him who were 

 trying to carry too much ; were always hard up for money. 

 He kept on his farm 40 head of cattle — and managed to 

 keep out of debt, and have ;^ 1,000 a year more than he 

 knew what to do with. Kept plenty of pasture ; only fed 

 three acres of fodder corn the v\^hole season, and that was 

 not fed yet. His expenses were light ; he paid but ^12 per 

 month for help. 



S N. Wright: I paid only ^10. 



Bingham : I do my own work, which is cheaper still. 



Mr. Lord here stated that it took about 15 minutes to 

 cut the feed for 40 cows at one feeding. 



After some further discussion of this subject, the 

 matter of adulteration of milk was again taken up — when 

 Geo. P. Lord offered the following resolutions, which were 

 seconded by W. W. Bingham, of Marengo : 



Whereas, It has been publicly stated in this convention, that 

 the practice of skimming milk is quite general with those furnishing 

 miik to our creameries, and that this habit has obtained mainly 

 through the misapprehension on the part of dairymen, and whereas 

 the adulterations of milk by substracting cream prevents manufac- 

 turers obtaining the best possible results, and reduces the current 

 price of pure milk, to the injury of all interested in the business, and 



Whereas, In the present depressed state of the market, it is of 

 importance that the quality of dairy products be greatly improved, 

 and this improvement can only be achieved by the use of pure and 

 unadulterated milk, therefore 



Resolved, That the abstracting of cream from milk furnished 

 those who manufacture it and divide the proceeds pro rata among 

 their patrons, iis unjust, in that it unfairly reduces the value of all the 

 pure milk furnished such manufacturers and injures the reputation 

 of the dairy products of the West, and that such practices should be 

 abandoned at once. 



