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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Davenport made the statement, or brought out the idea, that 

 there was a decreased consumption of dairy products, due to an inferior 

 quality, and his whole paper was tending to run down the quality of 

 dairy products, of course with the view of first discovering faulty matters 

 in dairy productions and then remedying them, as Wallace says, first 

 conviction of sin and then promises of sanctification set in. 



I don't believe it is a very good plan for any one who has anything 

 to sell to run down the value of their product. No other profession 

 nor manufactory does that. The confectioners, for instance, have a 

 standing reward of $100 for any one who will discover adulteration in 

 candy, and so far that reward has never been claimed to my knowledge. 

 It is on that principle that the depreciation of the production that the 

 dairymen should take a stand. 



No matter how good the quality of goods you have produced, no 

 matter how much care you take in producing the goods, if the people 

 do not think you have an idea yourself of the good quality and values, 

 you would not sell them, and the idea of the condition of milk in Chi- 

 cago market illustrates that. 



There is a good deal of talk about that and therefore the consumption 

 of milk in Chicago has decreased, and the good milk has about the same 

 reputation as the common, every-day milk, cheap milk. Probably there 

 is not anywhere any milk like Mr. Curler's, and no one is getting rich 

 in selling good milk at 12 cents a quart. So I hardly think that the state- 

 ment that Prof. Davenport makes in regard to the inferior quality of 

 dairy products is bourne out. We are producing better milk. Filled 

 cheese is a dead letter. As to the decrease, it cuts no figure as to filled 

 cheese. 



In the case of butter, the conditions of affairs is equally as good. 

 The process butter, spoken about by Davenport has tended to improve 

 rather than to depreciate the average quality of butter on the market. 

 There is no question but process butter is a good deal better than the 

 dirty and rancid butter that this process butter is made from. But it 

 should be sold under its own name. It should be sold honestly, that is 



