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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
but made ^ood cheese; now its glory lias departed. The 
quality in a great measure decides the quantity. Wisconsin 
made a better article of cheese than Illinois; they do not 
skim as much; it commands a readier sale and brings them 
more money; this skimming to death diminishes the demand. 
Skimming the milk for butter and then working the blue 
remains into stuff called cheese was a fraud and was most 
certainly ruining the standard of our product. He J^w the 
factorymen claimed there was a demand for it-that they 
could sell it, and could get more money out of the milk bu 
was only for a short time; the re action would certainly be 
serious as far as supply and demand were concerned- t'ie 
supply should certainly be of a better quality. The price ot 
butter is high enough, but the cheese is too high for the 
miserable stuff. The great difficulty arose from the mode in 
factories or. ron. Th. factor, is fashed 
its milk by the farmer, and works it up on commission. The 
can not b. ofcW by what.Ms ****+* 
pun iiot be anecieu vy wu*™ - , 
interest is to produce as much as he can, as his pay is by 
Se pound. The milk should be bought at all factories; they 
should then take care to produce a good article e T J®' 1 
b compelled too, to find sale for their goods; they could then 
S eU at will, or hold to suit the market. As it now is, the 
dairymen furnish the most of the capital to run the concern, 
SC. but little to »ay about it. Milk should never be 
worked up on commission We do not now produce one 
quarter of what our land is capable of producing^ I w 
produce more with the same investment we can afford to pio- 
duce cheaper and make a profit. We must have a change, 
or many dairymen who are depending upon outside factories 
for a sale of their milk must go out of the business as it 
certainly will not pay. No factory ^°uld mjJ ^hmg 
but a first-class product. Who would ship this miserable 
stuff* We might as well throw it into Boston Harbor. i 
market is our home market. We must take care f 
