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to Hiitual Interests of Dairymen, Creamery Hen and Cheese Factory Hen. Address of J. '\ Sharp, Ellensburg, delivered at the rifth annual session Washington State Dairymen's Asso ciation: Mr. President, Ladies and Gentle men: I trust I fully realize the im portance of the subject upon which I am to say a few words. 1 also appre ciate the honor conferred by being al lowed the privilege of addressing the Washington State Dairymen's Associa tion at any of its meetings, but partic ularly so at this annual meeting, held in this the "Queen City of the North west," and I believe I would anticipa c by only a few years if I should say, of the Pacific coast. When I view the buildings and streets of this beautiful city and ob serve the commercial business of its wharves and warehouses; its wholesale establishments and retail emporiums; its magnificent hotels and public build ings, knowing, as I do, that this is the result of only a few years of united and energetic effort of its citizens, I say when I see and comprehend all this. 1 realize the utter insignificance of the individual. I then understand that the power of a community when united is uncontroll able except in the direction of its pur pose. After all this, I feel that it is, to say the least, very presumptuous to stand before an audience in the city of Seattle with the expectation of enter taining or instructing. Yet I have this to offer for our encouragement, the ex ample set before us in the wonderful growth of this prosperous city. If a community can accomplish what we here see as the result of united and energetic effort, why, then, cannot the dairymen, the creamerymen, and the cheese factory men by a properly unit ed effort build up the dairy industry and the manufacture of dairy products into one of the leading industries of the VASHON COLLEGE. BURTON, WASHINGTON. Classical, Scientific, Normal and Commercial Courses. — ALSO — Musical, Elocutionary and Preparatory. Open to both Sexes. All Denominations. Military Training for Boys and Young Men. FREE TEXT BOOKS. NO EXTRAS. Healthful Location. Convenient to Seattle and Tacoma. $175 pays Tuition, Board, Room, Light and Heat for FORTY WEEKS. TEACHERS' SUMMER NORMAL SIX WEEKS. TOTAL EXPENSE, 125.00. For Catalogue and Announcements address a Postal to PreS. A. C. JONES, Ph. D. RANCH AND RANGE. I have no hesitation in asserting my belief that it can be done, but how? Not, perhaps, by scattering individual effort, but by a thorough understand ing of the mutual interest of each oth er, and by at all times working in har mony to strengthen those interests, thereby enhancing the value of our per sonal or individual interests, while we collectively reap the benefits of a unit ed and prosperous industry. Now, then, in my humble opinion, the dairyman is the proper individual upon which to commence the work of reconstruction. Ido not wish to be un derstood as condemning our daiiy methods, for I believe that the state of Washington can show some of as ad vanced dairymen as can be found any where. Yet as a body I do not think it would be presumptuous to say that our dairymen need more light, more true dairy knowledge. They should ac quaint themselves with the best possi ble methods and .systems, and should not only become acquainted with, but should adopt them, in the care of cows, stables, milk vessels, care of milk at home, in transit to creamery and fac tory, etc., All of this and more are the prerequisites of a successful co-opera tion and the upbuilding of our dairy industry. From the nutritious bunchgrass of the plains of Eastern Washington, from the no less nutritious grasses of Western Washington, to the tables of hotels, restaurants or residences of the towns or cities there is a continuous mutual interest between consumers and dairymen, creamerymen and factory men—not forgetting the commission man. These interests are so identified with each other that it is only a mat ter of wonder that we should find evi dence of antagonism. But it is to the dairymen that we are directing our at tention; it is to the dairymen that we must look to for that degree of success which we hope to attain. It is true that the proper methods are of great importance when results are to be con- sidered; yet of far greater importance is that portion of the work confided to the dairyman. On his shoulders rest the responsibilities; upon him devolves the duties and labor necessarily at tached to the production and care of the material out of which the cream eryman or factoryman obtain results either of high or low grade, according to the quality of raw material fur nished. To the dairyman, that has the inter ests of his calling at heart, with a true conception of the importance of the in dustry in which he is engaged; to such an individual I can only say, "Be sure you are right and then go ahead." But to the laggard, I would say, arouse yourself, investigate, gain all the in formation you can from all sources within your reach, then put the knowl edge thus gained to use. Improve your herds, improve your methods, let "im provement" be your motto; write it in big letters, cultivate a closer acquaint ance with creamery or factory where you can learn that your interests are 30 closely allied, that one cannot prosper without the other; that in fact wour in terests are mutual; where you will learn that according to quality of milk delivered at the "weigh-can," accord ingly will the product of churn or cheese vat be satisfactory or otherwise; where you may learn that quality has considerable influence on both price and consumption, and consequently to some extent regulate the amount of the monthly "milk check;" where you may learn that the creamery and factory will advance the standard of quality of the finished product accordingly as the standard of the produce of the dairy is elevated; where you may learn that the commission men grade according to quality, also that the demand is always for the best, together with the fact that the demand to a great extent governs price and that consumption increases as the grade of goods improves. It is the duty of the dairymen, factorymen and creamerymen to cultivate a more intimate relationship, to appreciate and feel that their interests are mutual, that in union there is strength; not only to learn and feel these things, but also to comprehend that without this union of interests the standard of Washing ton dairy products must retrograde rather than advance. Dairymen must leain that unless a high standard of purity and richness in the milk is main tained, that a high-grade butter or cheese cannot be manufactured at creamery or factory. And it is the duty of the creamery and factory managers firmly but courteously to require of their patrons a conformity to such rules and regulations as will tend to the production of the best possible quality of dairy products. The dealer or comraissionman never hesitates to call attention of creamery or factory management to any defects of their products or make suggestions for improvement of same. And as the butter maker or cheese maker accept such criticisms in the spirit in which they are given, and act upon the same to the improvement of his goods, so should the dairyman accept such sug gestions as may be tendered him at the creamery or factory; not accept them as if given in the spirit of fault-finding, but as they should be, in the spirit of counsel and advice, with the sole ob ject of improvement of our dairy prod ucts. A correspondent at Spokane writes that prices for eggs are 40 cents per dozen there. You eastern chicken fan ciers who are hunting for a location that is a "snap" would better move to the neighborhood of Spokane. There are very few home-grown on ions in the Sound markets, and the supply is coming from Oregon and Cal ifornia. Onions at Portland are $1.50 and $2.00 per sack.