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in all parts of the country the great superiority of the 

 special over the general purpose cow is being satisfac- 

 torily demonstrated. 



The tests or fight of the dairy breeds for supremacy 

 at the World's Columbian Exposition will be made 

 from selected cows from the various breeds, and will 

 be condifcted so honestly and so accurately that the 

 report of the test may be relied upon to be 

 nearer absolutely correct than any ever before made, 

 and may be safely considered and acted upon by every 

 dairyman in the State. 



The value of different foods and their adaptability to 

 the production of milk, butter and cheese must be 

 learned. 



The merits of individual cows must also be ascer- 

 tained, and any cow that will not make an actual pro- 

 fit to her owner should be disposed of. 



If every dairyman in the State will take advantage 

 of and profit by the lessons to be learned at the Dairy 

 department of the World's Columbian Exposition, the 

 dairy industry of the State of Illinois would very soon 

 be placed upon a financial basis that would ensure a 

 much greater profit at much less expense. 



The purpose of the Columbian Dairy Association is 

 to select twenty-five or fifty cows each, from all recog- 

 nized dairy breeds ; to select a superintendent who 

 shall have full control and see that e^ery cow is 

 charged with all food consumed, and credited with all 

 products returned, whether of milk, butter or cheese. 

 There will be a dairy house constructed, where the 

 work of manufacturing the product will be open to the 

 inspection of ail who may wish to learn in detail by 

 practical demonstration the most valuable lessons to 

 be learned in dairy husbandry. There will be seating 



