184 TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY REPORT. 
It is a well-known fact that under this system the composition of 
milk has deteriorated in the last generation, and, so long as a 
premium was offered for increasing the amount of milk produced, 
there was no inducement to pay any attention to the composition 
of the milk, if only it met the legal requirements. 
4th. Because the old system encourages the addition of water, 
removal of cream and all similar forms of dishonesty. When quan- 
tity and not quality is paid for, some will be found who will try 
dishonestly to take advantage of the system; and this can hardly 
be surprising, when the system itself is founded upon an untruth, 
and is itself dishonest. 
REASONS FOR USING THE MILK-FAT BASIS IN PAYING FOR MILK AT 
CHEESE FACTORIES. 
1st. Because the amount of fat in milk offers the most accurate, 
practicable and just basis we have for determining the cheese-pro- 
ducing value of mulk. 
2d. Because this method recogmezes the fundamental truth that 
different milks possess different values for cheese-making. 
3d. Because this method, being based upon the truth, is just to 
all and is, therefore, in the highest sense, business-like. It guaran- 
tees pay for what is in the milk that makes cheese. 
4th. Because the adoption of this method will result in an im- 
provement in the character of the milk production. Why? Because 
it offers an inducement to each dairyman to improve the composi- 
tion of his milk. It puts more money into the pocket of the man 
who produces the better milk. This improvement will be realized 
as a result of more careful selection of dairy animals, more atten- 
tion to breeding, more intelligent and economical feeding, more 
humane treatment of dairy animals and better care of milk. 
5th. Because all temptation to adulterate milk by watering or 
skimming is removed, since a man receives pay for just what he 
furnishes that is of most value for cheese production. 
6th. Because the adoption of this system lies at the very founda- 
tion of the future improvement of the dairy industry. Nothing will 
so quickly open the eyes of dairymen and show them the need of 
improvement in milk production as the application of this system 
to their herds and individual animals. | 
7th. Because improvement in the character of dairy animals and 
in the consequent yield and composition of milk means economy of 
production and increased profit. Our investigation with different 
