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ning industry, and its use in connection with tanning of every 

 kind of hides into leather. 



This is my invention or discovery, which kept me busy for 

 1 he past 15 years, originated from my conception, that the same 

 vegetable or animal matter which produces the skin or hide on 

 1 lie animal should be the best matter for producing leather of 

 unexcelled quality, and it requires the use of all the skimmilk to 

 the last drop. 



The use of my discovery, "Dermi forma," will be better 

 understood if I tell you that there are nearly three thousand 

 (3,000) tanneries in the United States alone ,and based upon 

 experience up to the present time, the use of "Dermi forma" will 

 be so great as to require several million pounds of milk per clay 

 for its manufacture. 



Having now figuratively arrived at the foot of my previ- 

 ous statement, and also my address, I think it advisable not to 

 detain you any longer. I trust that my condensed lecture has 

 convinced my esteemed audience that the so-called skim or waste 

 milk and its bi-products will be an epoch-making factor in the 

 commercial and industrial world, and will be of equal import- 

 ance to civilization at large, as milk has been for centuries to 

 the entire human race. 



In closing my address, allow me to quote your illustrious 

 countryman, Ingersoll, who says in one of his addresses : "No 

 farmer can afford to raise corn, oats and hay to sell ; he should 

 make every profit out of what he produces." And let me add, 

 that he should raise cattle in order to get the best milk produc- 

 ing cows, and thus receive the highest returns for this exceeding- 

 ly valuable fluid, which now can be utilized without any waste 

 to the very last drop. I thank you. 



