242 WISCONSIN STATE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
it is true as it is old, “ He that would get good milk in the pail 
must first put it in the mouth of the cow.” 
Stick to your business. The advice of the Dutch justice is as 
applicable to you as to those just engaging in the business. Do 
not be tempted by the temporary ups of other branches of agricul¬ 
ture, to change. You know by experience that it is not an easy 
thing to get together a herd of really good cows, and you know 
too, by experience, that the better the cow, the larger the profits 
derived from her. Then I repeat, gentlemen, stick to your busi¬ 
ness. Study to know it more thoroughly, and to such as do thor¬ 
oughly learn their business and carry it on with energy and skill, 
I feel very confident I am not promising too much when I say 
that the profits of the dairy one year with another, will be deci¬ 
dedly larger than those of other branches of agriculture. 
A word to the manufacturers of butter and cheese, and I will 
leave this subject for others to discuss who are better posted in the 
matter than I am. To you, ladies and gentlemen, I would say, 
make yourselves masters of your profession. The future suc¬ 
cess of the dairy enterprise in the Northwest depends largely upon 
you. If from want of proper knowledge on your part, or from 
carelessness, you turn out only common or inferior goods when 
they ought to be first quality, the business must suffer, and you 
and you alone will be to blame. 
I hold that with good milk, the cheese maker is to blame who 
does not at all times turn out first class cheese. I do not forget 
that there are times when from the condition of the milk, we shall 
be unable to make first quality of cheese, and perhaps no one will 
be to blame for such a state of things. But such times are the 
exception and not the rule. We must not (and I say we, because 
I am one of you), seek to cover up our faults by charging too 
much to bad milk, but study to know the true condition of the 
milk, and then learn how to handle it. I repeat then, know your 
trade thoroughly before you attempt to take the foreman’s place, 
and when you do take such place, strive always to excel in the 
quality of your goods. 
