968 New Yokk State Daikymen's xYssociation 



mittue be accepted, iiud the above were declared elected uiticers for 

 1913. 



(^iiaii;ma.\ 8Mnii : .V good many years ago I was helping to 

 do fanners' institute work and one of the men sent to help me 

 was j\lr. J^illie. He traveled with me during the winter and we 

 visited a considerable part of the state and I had a very pleasant 

 acquaintance with him. I know that he did some good work and 

 I am very sure that with his added experience since that time 

 in the cow testing association and other work in Michigan, where 

 he has done wonders in building up the dairy work, he can give 

 us some thoughts this morning that will be helpful in our work 

 here. It gives me great pleasure to introduce to you Mr. Colon C. 

 Lillie, of Cooperville, ^Michigan. 



DAIRY FARMING 



Colojst C Lillie, Coopekville, Michigan. 



I presume that you have already criticised my subject as being 

 too broad. Dairy farming is certainly a broad subject, and I 

 want to assure you at the beginning that I shall not attempt to 

 go over the entire subject of dairy farming, but simply pick out 

 some particular phases of it for discussion with perhaps some 

 emphasis my way of personal experience. I want to say also, in 

 reference to the remarks of the chairman, that I think it was 

 in 1900 I accepted an invitation to come to this state for three 

 weeks' institute work, and it was my good fortune to fall into the 

 hands of Mr. Smith, and I assure you that the acquaintance which 

 I formed with him at that time has been of great benefit to me 

 ever since. T do not believe any man, especially any yoimg man, 

 can travel three weeks with Mr. Smith without having it do him 

 such good that it will last him his entire life. 



I want to say also by way of preface tliat my talk this morning 

 upon dairy farming is based almost entirely upon my own ex- 

 perience. I have owned and operated a dairy farm nearly since 

 T attained my majority. Ever since T finished my agricultural 

 education at the ]\richigan Agricultural College I have had the 

 actual management of the same dairy farm. I have uot made as 

 great a success of it as some, because of my shortcomings, because 

 of my environment, because of the lack of necessary capital and 



