STATE DAIEY ASSOCIATION. 701 



gives US 15 cents per gallon for milk and 64 cents per gallon for cream. 

 Our cows brought us in an average of $o5 per cow between January 1, 

 1904, and January 1, 1905. In addition to ttiis we have had our own 

 cream, butter and mjlk, and we use no small amount of cream, especially 

 in the berry and ice cream season. We also had skim milk to feed to the 

 hogs, of which we aim to keep just a sufficient number to take the skim 

 milk and slop produced. 



There has been a very marked improvement in our hogs since we 

 have had plenty of fresh milk for them. They have grown faster, fat- 

 tened better and have been healthier and better in evei-y way. The one 

 thing" that induced us to turn our eyes toward dairying was the improve- 

 ment of our soil. We saw that our crops were getting lighter and knew 

 that we must manage some way to increase them. Dairj-ing has solved 

 the problem. We not only return our crops to the soil but take along 

 with them a part of some other farmer's crops. We paid the owner of 

 a shredder 4 cents a bushel for husking and shredding our corn, and we 

 paid him for 70 bushels per acre, exclusive of the corn shredded by the 

 shredder, ^^hich was about three or four bushels per acre. 



We are beginners in the business. We hope to continue, but our 

 future as well as the future of nearly all buttermakers great or small, 

 depends very largely upon the action of the present Congress. The oleo 

 manufacturers are seeking legislation that will be disastrous to our inter- 

 ests, and it behooves us to join hands with the other farm organizations 

 and put forth our best efforts to maintain our own interests. 



President Johnson: Before we take up the next subject, I believe I 

 will i5ay that we will not discuss any subject until the next one is pre- 

 sented. But first I will ask the Secretary to read the names of the 

 committees that have been selected, the Auditing, Nominating, Resolution 

 and Legislative. We will now have the names of the persons selected. 



Secretary Van Norman: Nominating— T. C. Burnside, J. M. Knox, 

 Chas. Lamont, G. V. Woollen, G. W. Drischel. 



Resolution — George Freese, G. P. Newsom, J. V. Shugart, G. P. Swan. 

 Auditing— A. H. Compton, W. W. Fisk. 

 Legislative — To be appointed later. 



President Johnson: Now, these committees are appointed, and w^ 

 should like to hear from them tomorrow afternoon. 



The next subject on the program is "Possibilities for Profitable Cows 

 on the Farm," by A. J. Glover, associate editor of Hoard's Daiiyman. 

 I understand that Mr. Glover has had large experience in the dairies of 

 northern Illinois. 



