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his kicks are inexhaustible. And in giving a solution of this test prob- 

 lem, let me say this: Be sure no milk adheres to side of sample jars; be 

 sure the pipette is full; be postive the acid is of the proper strength and 

 the machine is up in motion; be sure fbe reading is done correctly; figure 

 ^ach man's milk on this basis though the heavens fail. You may lose 

 patronage by doing so, but as- you watch their foims disappear over the 

 neighboring hill, you can go back to your work with the knowledge that 

 you have done what is right and just. 



Another problem i& the poor butter problem, how to make it better. 

 Complaint comes from every quarter that creamery butter becomes rancid 

 too quickly. Let us have a pound of this athletic-f rowy butter and let it 

 stand up and speak for itself. A few days ago in my early existence, be- 

 iore I was transformed into butteir, the cows, in order to get into the 

 stable, were obliged to wade through barn yard filth up to their udders. 

 The evening milking time had arrived and the farmers emptied the milk 

 from the milk cans, milk he had received in the morning; the cansi were 

 then taken to the well and rinsed' in cold water and taken to the barn for 

 the evening's milk; soon the farmer and his men began the operation 

 of milking. They did not deem it necessary to wash the cowsi' udders or 

 3ven brush them, but allowed dirt, filth, milk, and all to hold one another 

 company in the milk pail; while milking, either to produce a soothing 

 effect upon themselves or the cows, or both, they puffed at pipes, the per- 

 fume of which was in harmony with the aroma from an ill-kept cow 

 stable. The next morning Mr. Jones, the farmer, was obliged to haul 

 €orn for his neighbor, and did not have time to go to the factory. The 

 next morning the corn shredders came and the milk was held until the fol- 

 lowing morning, when it was taken to the factory. Upon being turned 

 into the receiving vat, there came to me a strong odor of tobacco smoke. 

 I thought this rather strange for upon looking around I saw notices 

 posted here and there, "Postively no smoking in this creamery." And, 

 while in the receiving vat there was some foreign substance coming up 

 from below. Upon investigation found it to be the stale water coming 

 through the holes of a decomposed vat; but soon I was croweded through 



