FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 223 



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 sumption in the machinery and Hghting of the farm and at the 

 same time to furnish from his own fields a more nearly balanced 

 ration; and 



WHEREAS, The necessary experimentation for determin- 

 ing the cost of production and the kind of process and machin- 

 ery suitable to this development will require expensive research; 



WHEREFORE RESOLVED, That this conference of 

 Dairy Interests calls the attention of Congress to this great field 

 of conservation and approve legislation that will make possible 

 the necessary experimentation. 



Higher Rates on Milk. 



WHEREAS, The railroads of New England are now be- 

 fore the Interstate Commerce Commission asking for an in- 

 crease in rates upon the transportation of milk and cream; and 



WHEREAS, It has been shown by testimony under oath 

 that any increase in transportation will be reflected in the price 

 paid to producers for milk and cream; and 



WHEREAS, It has been shown by equally creditable tes- 

 timony that the farmers are receiving less for milk and cream 

 than it costs to produce it; and 



WHEREAS, The dairy industry of New England has de- 

 clined rapidly, as evidenced by the disappearance of many cream- 

 eries, large numbers of cows and, in certain localities, the aban- 

 donment of the dairy business; and 



WHEREAS, An increase in transportation rates in New 

 England may work as an opening wedge in effecting an increase: 

 of such rates throughout the country, 



RESOLVED, That this conference of Dairy Interests 

 tender its sympathy to the farmers of New England in their 

 fight against such increase in transportation rates, and respect- 

 fully asks that the Interstate Commerce Commission give care- 

 ful consideration to the rights and equities of the farmers, to 

 the end that dairying may not be handicapped by transportation 

 rates or systems impossible for the producer to bear. 



