ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 71 



When we have these our dairies are going to score high and the 

 profits are sure to come. 



A Plan for the Degistration of Dairies. 



We have just estabhshed in the Dairy Division at Washing- 

 ton a Register for Dairy Farms and propose to enter in this 

 register the names of dairies which reach a grade of 90 or over. 

 The names of all registered dairies will be published in some form 

 and these will be known as FIRST CLASS. This will be an in- 

 ducement for dairies to reach this standard and give the con- 

 sumers an opportunity to know where good milk can be secured. 

 Further, it will no doubt result, in some instances at least, in 

 securing better prices. 



The object of the system is : — 



1. To establish a register for dairies reaclnng a certain 

 grade of perfection. 



2. To give encouragement to dairymen producing milk of 

 high quality and influencing insanitary dairies to improve. From 

 the work already done along this line it has been found that many 

 dairies could raise their score at least 20 points by simply tho- 

 roughly cleaning their cows, stables and utensils and properly 

 handling the milk. In many cases this could be done without 

 the expenditure of a single dollar. 



3. To induce dairymen to voluntarily make application for 

 information and assistance rather than force them by means of 

 laws and ordinances. If they see that by improvement and reg- 

 istering their dairies, it will help their business they will take 

 advantage of it. , 



4. To determine how many dairies in each state and in the 

 United States are producing high class milk and where they are 

 located. 



5. To improve the quality of market milk in general. 



. 6. To help the consumer to find a supply of clean milk. 



Naturally the best dairies or the so-called model dairies would 



be the first to make application and many of them would be able 



to enter the registry without any expense or change whatever. 



It is the aim of the owners of these dairies to always keep them 



