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milk in America. The Swiss product was admitted to our ports al¬ 
most tree of duty, hence their ability to compete with American manu¬ 
facturers. 
Some one asked, How to properly handle milk to get the best 
results P H. C. Edwards said you want good cows and good teed, 
with clean barns, and as soon as the milk is drawn from the cow, put 
t into water to cool ; milk spoils in a short time if allowed to stand 
without cooling. 
G. W. Sutfin said gentle handling of the cows has something to 
io with it. If the cows are ill-treated good milk can not be had. 
J. H. Broom ell said the vessels used sometimes have an effect on 
nilk—knew a farmer who used a wooden pail to milk in, but found 
in changing to a tin one that he got good milk. 
Dr. Teffc said worry or excite a cow, and a great deal of milk 
vill be injured. 
E. J. Oatman asked, Is it possible to take live or six pounds of 
)utter frogi ioo pounds ol milk. He said a dairyman in Eake Countv 
lad reported a yield of over five pounds for a year. 
George Dempster said that cows, when nearly dry, give much 
icher milk than when fresh, and therefore the yield of butter is larger. 
Dr. Teftc said milk contains 12 5-10 solids* and of butter between 
our and five pounds. 
Is the milk or cream Irom a cow in high flesh richer than that 
rom a cow in poor flesh, other things being equal ? The replies 
ndicated that the better flesh the cow was in the richer the milk. 
On motion the Convention adjourned until 9 o’clock 
THURSDAY MORNING. 
The Convention was called to order at 9 a. m., and the pro¬ 
gramme resumed. 
S IT THE PART OF WISDOM TO DELIVER MILK BUT 
ONCE PER DAY AT THE FACTORY ? 
BY I. BOIES, GENOA. 
I say it is not. Why, the value of milk consists in the net pro- 
eeds ; The cost of delivering milk, morning and evening, for the 
ear is ten cents per hundred for six months in summer ; fifteen cents 
*er hundred'for six winter months. How much more is milk worth 
elivered twice per day than once ? From twenty-two careful ex¬ 
periments I make the difference twenty-five cents per hundred pounds. 
• he milk of four cows, delivered at factory twice per day, will pay 
leir owners as much ready cash as five cows, their milk delivered 
nee per day only. This is allowing nothing for the quality of the 
oods. My own experience, which is not guess work, but actual test, 
tiows there is one pound difference in quantity, and four cents per 
ound difference in quality of goods. I have not "told it as large as it 
