ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 267 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Letter of Transmittal 2 



List of Officers, 1899 3 



List of Members who have paid the ir due^ for 1899 4 



By-Laws of The Illinois Dairymen's Association 8 



Prayer — Rev. Mr. Vincent 12 



Addres of Welcome — Mayor F. Cook 14 



Response — Mr. W. S. Moore 17 



Secretary's Report 18 



Treasurer's Report 21 



President's Annual Address 22 



The Dairy for the Average Farm — W. R. Hostetter 26 



American Maize Propaganda— Col. Clark E. Carr 37 



Poultry on the Farm — F. M. Munger 44 



Dairy and Stock Raising — J. G. Spicer 47 



Address — Col. Henry L. Turner 59 



What Dairying Has Done for Southern Illinois — Mr. R. G. Welford 79 



Poultry On the Farm— W. W. Noyes 81 



Some Mistakes and Trials in Creamery Management — H. R. Duel 90 



Addresses — J. H. Monrad 99 



Mistakes of Dairy Farmers — H. B. Gurler 108 



Cheap Production of Milk — Prof. E. Farrington 120 



Preventing Contamination of Milk — Prof. W. J. Eraser 126 



How to Make Creameries Pay — Joseph Newman 136 



What the University Needs for the College of Agriculture and Experi 



ment Station 141 



Agricultural Buildings of Neighboring States 143 



The Needs of the Hour — Mrs. Mayo 149 



Woman's Buttermakers' Association — Mrs. E. ! A. Sterling 159 



