266 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Letter from Geo. W. Linn 150 



Address— D. W. Willson 152 



The Value of the Silo— R. R. Murphy 154 



The Value of Shredded Corn— John Boyd 159 



The Advantag-es of Dairying- — J. E. Spicer 170 



Nominations and Elections ... 176 



How to Select Dairy Tinware — W. R. Hostetter 177 



Does it Pay to Feed Our Dairy Cows Ground Feed?. — W. R. Hostetter . . .179 

 The E:ffect of Neatness in Farm Surroundings on the Quality of the 



Butter.— W. R. Hostetter 181 



Address — George W. Linn 182 



Scores of Butter and Cheese 186 



Purses 188 



Special Premium List 191 



The Butter Exhibit — Demands of St. Louis Market — F. W. Brockman. . .193 



Resolutions Adopted at Annual Meeting-. . . 202 



Secretary's Financial Report 205 



Treasurer's Report 206 



Next Meeting- 206 



Elgin Board of Trade, 1897 207 



Illinois Creameries by Counties 208 



SUPPLEMENT. 



Care of Milk on the Farm— R. A. Pearson, B. S 217 



Fifty Dairy Rules 247 



Pasteurization , 250 



Pasteurizing in Creameries 251 



A Modern German Creamery — Illustrated 257 



Test Association — J. H. Monrad 258 



