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Mr. Curtis: We give information that ought to ben- 

 efit the farmer. We give notices of meetings, we give 

 notices of people who are going through the country 

 swindling farmers, we give market reports, and we 

 give the farmer information about his neighbors that 

 may be useful. 



Mr. A. B. Hostetter: I have enjoyed the paper of 

 Mr. Curtis very much indeed. I must say that I think 

 one reason why the local papers can not do more for 

 the farmers is that the farmers don't do enough for 

 the local papers, and I would like to move that this 

 association request the local papers of Kewanee to pub- 

 lish Mr. Curtis' article in full. 



Motion seconded and carried. 



SOME RECENT DAIRY DISCOVERIES. 



PROF. E. H.- FA.RRINGTON, Ex. Sta., Champaign, III. 



Analyzing or testing milk for butter fat by a simple 

 and accurate process which came to light in 1889 is an 

 invention that can be compared in more than one way 

 to the discovery of gold in 1849. 



The simple and economical test referred to shows 

 quickly and accurately the per cent, of butter fat in 

 sweet, sour, skim, butter-milk or cream. Sixty differ- 

 ent samples of milk can be tested in two hours, at a 

 cost of one-fifth of a cent per test for material, and the 

 process can be easily mastered by almost any one w T ho 



Note. — The plates referred to by Prof. Farrington in this paper, 

 are not inserted, as the original plates could not be obtained, and it 

 did not seem advisable to have new ones made. The bulletin con- 

 taining them can be obtained from Illinois Experiment Station, 

 Champaign. 



