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whether by the farmers themselves; they have got to co-operate better 

 than they have done before. 



You have got to get rid) of the spirit of the man I heard spoken of at 

 this meeting, who didn't care about the quality of the milk; that it made 

 no difference so long as he got it to the factory. There is a law against 

 it and I hope yet to get after some of thosie people who deliver city milk 

 :to the cre.ameries. The men who are selling clean milk to the shippers 

 ■are the ones that are applauded. 



I want to say that while I am very proud of being an American, I 

 'Cannot but confess that I felt a great deal of the old Dane rising in me 

 'When I heard Prof. Henry speak so flatteringly of my native country. 

 1 want to say, however, that distance often lends a charm, and we are 

 often inclined to praise what is f ar off a little too much, and I want to 

 let you into a secret, that in Denmark they have the very same troubles 

 we have, that the farmers did no t delivei'^ clean enough milk for the 

 "buttermakers' to make good butt er from. I also want) to say that when 

 Prof. Henry spoke ofc the ediuca tion, and the want of beitter education 

 In our country schools, I felt like jumping up and sayling "Amen" every 

 five minutes. It is a hobby I have been riding the last few years. I 

 want them to teach it in the grammar schools, and the school teacher 

 might just as' well teach mathematics that would' bring it home to the 

 cMldren on the farm. But I think that the sentiment is good, and' if we 

 had' champions like Prof. Henry w e would soon have it. The only trouble 

 iB to get the teachers; there is our difficulty. I hope Prof. Henry will 

 take up that white man's burden and prepare a primary book for that 

 purpose. Education will not only make it easier to do our work, but it 

 "Will give us an added' interest in manual work as I have again and) again 

 stated and ridden this hobby, and shall now go right on, and at the same 

 time I want to give the oflGlcers of this Association a gentle hint. 



I understand this State has g iven the Association |600 a year more 

 than before. I want now from this platform, as a fifteen-year-oUd mem- 

 ber to urge on this Association not to spend that $500 on this convention 

 :andi the publishing of one report. I want to urge you fellow-members 



