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Prof. Farrington : Almost every one of tlieni was where 

 the butter was worked once. Of course that makes a differ- 

 ence in the amount of water in the butter. I was surprised to 

 find that our butter was dryer than Danish buter. 



Mr. Wilson: How many of your samples would grade 

 extra in the market? 



Prof. Farrington : I did not score it, but I can say they all 

 claim to be making extra grade. The report of that trip that 

 I made is now in the printer's hands, and I would be glad to 

 send it to any one who cares to write to the Station for it. 



Mr. Wentworth: All other things being equal, there 

 should be no handicap for American butter, I was told last 

 week that the Danish government would not permit any butter 

 to be exported as Danish butter that contained over 10 per 

 cent, of moisture. I was told that by a prominent Dane as a 

 fact, and that that was the reason why our butter had not 

 been able to secure a better foothold in the English market. 

 England imi^orted six million packages of butter and the 

 United States exported less than four hundred thousand of 

 those packages last year, and the reason given me was on ac- 

 count of the excessive moisture, and the gentleman who made 

 the statement to me said that our butter averaged over fifteen 

 per cent, moisture. This same gentleman told me that when 

 our butter was on the New York market at about 18 cents that 

 they would bu}^ our tubs, but that when our market was bet- 

 ter than 18 cents they would not buy our tubs, and that we 

 must dry out our butter — reduce the amount of moisture, if 

 we expect to go on the market and compete with Denmark. I 

 am also told that American butter, as imported by Danish 

 merchants, is rehandled there under the Danish brand. 



managtnCt boileks and engines. 



FRED DUENSTNG. 



3ir. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I want to say a few words about boilers and engines. A 

 boiler should lie perfectly level, in the first place. It gives a 

 little better draft if the boiler is a little lower at the rear end, 

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