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which meant skimmed; yon cannot keep fnll cream cheese — 

 it becomes stringy and sharp. We receive orders for mild 

 cheeses — we ship skimmed. They fill the bill and we receive 

 onr pay, and that is the end of it; but should we ship full 

 cream cheese, the end wonld not be yet. The trouble is a 

 large amount of cheese is made in the season when there is 

 no demand for it; i. e.^ when fresh fruits are abundant. It. 

 seriously affected the consumption of cheese. If none was 

 made in winter, when it was wanted, a good price could be 

 obtained. Skimmed cheese, in the long run, is a damage to 

 the business; if yoii are compelled to hold it a month or two 

 it is not fit to eat. It is also difiicult to have a dairy in flush 

 milk just when you want them, but if it could be so arranged 

 as to make the milk in winter it would seem best. Did not 

 a^ree with Judge Wilcox that all factory men should buy the 

 milk at the beginning of the whole season, for the reason 

 that milk and its products were as liable to fluctuate in price 

 as any other commodity, and it would seem only fair and 

 just that the dairymen should bear a portion of the burden. 

 The same practice is pursued in the Northwest as that in New 

 York and tlie Eastern States. There is no guess work about 

 it; each patron knows just what the dividend is. All have 

 an interest, but none greater than the factoryman; his repu- 

 tation is at stake, and often times his all in property. The 

 commission is best, and comes the nearest to exact justice. 

 The factorymen must guarantee the product; patrons must 

 be made whole and pay for no blunders. The quality should 

 always be good. We are now improving much faster in the 

 line of butter making than cheese making, and this is the 

 natural consequence ; cheese must be made by outside factories 

 while those with better facilities must make the butter. Our 

 superior advantages for butter making were fully established 

 by the Centennial exhibit of dairy products, when the West 

 received eleven out of the fifteen prizes awarded. 



The West was fast surpassing the East in dairying. Every 

 thing seems to be in our favor. As a whole our land was 

 better and far cheaper, and the freights are in our favor, as 



