FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 167 



butter but it takes good cream to make good ice cream and it 

 takes good milk to make good cheese. 



Inventors have for years been inventing machinery to im- 

 prove the dairy products in this country but no one has yet de- 

 vised a way for entirely overcoming poor quality in the raw 

 material. As time goes on there will be more and more encour- 

 agement for the producers who put a superior product upon the 

 market. The trend of the times is in that direction. 



While there are various ways in which the dairy farmer 

 may dispose of the product of his dairy, the fact remains that 

 the largest part of our farmers are selling cream for buttermak- 

 ing purposes. The farmer who is patronizing a good creamery 

 may be assured that his market will not be denied him provid- 

 ing he sells good cream. There will always be a good demand 

 for good, wholesome butter at a price high enough to insure .a 

 profit to the farmer providing his cost of production is right. 



I now come to the question of the buyer's responsibility. 

 The business man in the city who buys the farmer's produce has 

 a great obligation to fulfill. The farmer is encouraged to pro- 

 duce more and better products when he is paid a better price for 

 his labor and investment. The man or the men in the city who 

 seek to create conditions so that they can get the farmer's pro- 

 duct at less than an honest price are bad citizens. They are 

 not only dishonest but they discourage the production of goods 

 which the consumer needs to eat and they make it impossible' 

 for the farmer to make a profit. 



There are still others who likewise discourage the farmer 

 in the production of farm products through expensive handling 

 of these products. They are not dishonest. They pay all they 

 possibly can to the farmer but the net returns to him are not 

 what they ought to be. Money that should go into the pockets 

 of the farmer is paid out in unnecessary expenses. 



The man who buys the farmer's produce and pays him an 

 honest price is promoting the best interests of everybody. The 

 farmer has confidence in such a man and invests his money In 

 the production of more and better goods for such a market. 

 Honest markets are absolutely necessary for the promotion of 



