126 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Mr. Monrad: I know a farm in Denmark that has a contract with tho 

 local butcher and as soon as the cow doesn't give at least twenty pounds of 

 milk the butcher has to take her out. 



Prof. Farrington: That is the most economical way of producing 

 milk in cows. Put her in a stall and feed her as much as you can, feed her 

 through one period of lactation and then sell her. 



Mr. Coolidge: I followed that line of work and in four years my 

 books showed larger profits. 



Q. Did you find it profitable to do that way? 



A. Yes sir; very. I averaged about $5.00 per head more for the cows 

 than I paid for them. 



Prof. Farrington: About these two farms. They send the milk to the 

 ^creamery the year around. At the end of the year, of course, the man 

 knows how much money he has paid each one of these farmers for the 

 year. You divide the total amount received by the number of cows of each 

 farm and you find out how much, that man received per cow, and if we 

 -compare the amount received per cow on the south side farm with that of 

 the north side farm, we will find that the man on the south side of the 

 road has received about $28.00 per cow from the creamery, and the other 

 man about $45.00 per cow. Of course, the man who received $45.00 paid out 

 something for feed, but he made more out of the cows than the other man. 

 I think creamery patrons, if they will calculate business in that way, add 

 their checks for the year and find out how much they receive per cow, they 

 will want to get better cows. 



PREVENTING CONTAMINATION OF MILK. 



PROF. W. J. FHASBR, URBANA. 



There is consumed daily in the city of Chicago about 1,224,000 pounds 

 of milk, each 100 pounds of which, according to the average amount of 

 -filth found in milk contains 35 grains, which is mostly cow dung. Thus 



