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subject; also if such course would not do away with the expenses 
of middlemen. 
Mr. Smith thought middlemen necessary'-. 
Secretary Field said he believed middlemen could sell to better 
advantage than the producer, because they made buying and selling a 
business, and could therefore afford to pay as high prices as the 
producer could obtain himself, and still make a living profit. 
Mr. Hazen was of the opinion that cheese makers could often do 
as well to sell their products in New York as to ship to England. 
Heavy New York shippers could obtain better prices in England 
than small buyers. 
Mr. Wilder said he had had some experience in shipping. Had 
sold fortv tons in a season, and had done better to sell to middle- 
men than to ship on commission. 
Mr. Smith spoke in the highest terms of thepractic 1 papers read 
and discussed at this convention, and at the meeting of the Dairy¬ 
men’s Association. Cited a case of a Mr. Gibson, of Waupaca, who 
had never made cheese, but who followed the directions given in 
papers, which had been read and discussed at the dairymen’s meet¬ 
ing, and produced cheese which took the highest award at the State 
Fair. 
CHINCH BUGS —HOW TO EXTERMINATE THEM. 
BY LEWIS CLARK, BELOIT. 
To conquer a nation, it is sometimes necessary to burn towns and 
cities, blockade harbors, turn rivers from natural channels, drain 
canals and destroy railroads. Apply this kind of warfare on our 
enemy, the chinch bug. 
Treat them as enemies, not as friends. 
We feed our friends, if we have the means. 
In war it is considered good generalship to bring the enemy to 
terms by cutting off their supplies, thereby starving them out. 
The question arises. How shall we apply this method to this little 
pest, the farmer’s present great enemy? All created beings require 
