ILLINOIS 5TATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 193 



Co-operation the Key. 



When the nation's honor is at stake and the foundations of 

 personal Hberty are threatened, men go to war gladly to protect 

 their homes. They cooperate to resist a common foe. Why 

 should they not unite also in a war upon the ''robber cow" and 

 break the chains that bind so many, helplessly, to a profitless 

 servant? These foes are everywhere, in every county, upon 

 every farm. Dairymen need cooperation in testing, in breeding, 

 in buying, in selling, for in this way they can best protect their 

 interests, individually and collectively. The testing problem is 

 theirs; what they do with it in the near future, will determine 

 in a large measure the progress of the industry. 



Herbert A. Hopper, 

 University of Illinois College of Agriculture. 



By the President : — Are there any questions on this testing 

 by means of testing associations ? 



This is a very important matter. This is the last lecture 

 for today. I wish you would all think about what Mr. Hopper 

 has told you, and if any questions come up that you want to 

 know more about it, write him at Urbana, care of the Univer- 

 sity and he will gladly tell you more. 



We will now adjourn. Tomorrow morning at the Opera 

 House, Mr. Hopper will give us another talk on ''The Farmer's 

 Cow," and I hope you will all be there to hear it. 



The Farmer's Cow. 



Men engaged in different lines of agricultural activity re- 

 quire different means to accomplish their ends. In accordance 

 with this fact it has come to be generally understood that the 

 producer of beef should employ blood derived from beef produc- 

 ing breeds, while the milk producer and creamery patron should 

 look to the dairy breeds for greatest profit. It has been well 



