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about the same in one factory that it is in another. If it was 

 possible that the variation exists in that cream that these gentle- 

 men talked about this morning, it would not be possible to show 

 these results. The variation is in the quantity that you get 

 from the milk. Now, I claim this: One hundred quarts of 

 cream from Jersey milk will make just the same number of 

 pounds of butter as ioo quarts of cream from Holstein milk, 

 provided it is raised under the same conditions. But, on the 

 Jersey milk we may have five or six inches of cream, and that 

 is nothing unusual, and on the Holstein milk we may have two 

 inches of cream, (you are lucky if you get that.) I am telling 

 the truth now. I am well aware that there are some Holsteins 

 that have been fed up and have produced big results. I think 

 the Holsteins have their place as valuable cows, but what I tell 

 you is the decision shown by the results from these factories. 

 These figures are valuable for this reason, they are the figures 

 made for a settlement between patrons; there is nothing to hide 

 in them; they are open to everybody. You will find in the 

 Boston papers quoted weekly, the returns from these factories 

 I am speaking about. 



Mr. Harrison: "Do you mean to say that an inch of cream 

 from Jersey milk will not make more butter than an inch of cream 

 from Holstein milk?" 



Mr. Boyd: "That is exactly what I said, it has been proved 

 by the practical work in the New England factories for the last 

 three years. 



Mr. Wilson: "A creamery man from Ohio was out to see 

 me at Elgin the other day and he has been making a series of 

 experiments on this subject for over three months and he says 

 the Jersey cream of the same volume will make more butter 

 than Holstein or ordinary cream." 



Mr. Boyd: "The value of the cream all depends upon the 

 temperature of the water it is raised in." 



Mr. Wilson: "These were made under the same conditions, 

 water of the same temperature, milk skimmed at the same time, 



