ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 217 



SUPPLEMENT 



CARE OF MILK ON THE FARM. 



EXTRACTS FROM FARMERS BULLETIN 63 BY R. A. PEARSON, B. S. 



Many dairy farmers are prosperous and have established the 

 fact that the dairy industry can be made to yield good profits, 

 while others, who seem to have the same opportunities for suc- 

 cess, fail to find the profitable side. 



On a large proportion of dairy farms many of the funda- 

 mental principles which should be observed in producing pure 

 milk are almost entirely overlooked. This is usually due to lack 

 of appreciation of their importance more than to intentional 

 neglect. In most cases bad conditions are promptly improved 

 when their dangers are known. Special knowledge is as neces- 

 sary in conducting the dairy as in other occupations. When 

 one understands something of the sciences affecting dairying, 

 the changes in milk cease to be mysterious, unexplainable phe- 

 nomena, and the work connected with the dairy, instead of be- 

 ing unprofitable, uncertain, and monotonous, as some consider 

 it, may become profitable, interesting and instructive. 



The value of milk when it is delivered to the factory depends 

 largely on the care it has received previous to delivery, and its 

 condition as well as its fat content should influence the price 



