108 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Wednesday Afternoon, January nth 



MISTAKES OF DAIRY FARMERS, 



H. B. GURLB R, DE KALB, ILLINOIS. 



This is a pretty large field arid I am afraid I shall ramble around. I 

 shall not undertake to cover all the mistakes of dairy farmers by any 

 means, but I shall try and touch a few of the most important ones that I 

 have run against in my own experience, and those I have seen other 

 farmers stumbling over. 



Now I think the most important, where there are more mistakes 

 made, or where the greatest opportunity to help ourselves is in testing 

 the individual cows of our farms. I predict and I believe that there is no 

 line of manufacture in this country that could compare today with the 

 lack of system and intelligence that the dairyman is conducting his busi- 

 ness with his individual cows. You take it in iron and steel industry and 

 our manufacturers have got where they command the markets of the 

 world, and how is it? By being master of all the details. They have re- 

 duced the cost until they have accomplished just what they have been after, 

 and obtained results that we cannot comprehend. Well now, why cannot 

 the dairyman command the markets of the world, for our dairy products 

 are the best. If we get down to business we can do it, but not while the 



