13 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



tend to raise the price of summer milk, and to keep the winter 

 price well up. If there was less milk in summer, there would 

 be less surplus of summer goods to go into storage, to come out 

 in the winter and demoralize the winter market. The present 

 prices, certainly make this a subject for serious thought. 



From the manufacturer's standpoint, it has not been as fav- 

 orable. The changing of the system from whole milk to hand 

 separator plan is still going on, and in a great many sections, it 

 is about half and half, which makes it expensive to operate, and 

 while the manufacturer can make better butter on the whole 

 milk plan with less expensive machinery, still it is the farmers' 

 interests after all which have to be considered ; which pays him 

 the best. 



As soon as they decide, the manufacturer will adapt himself 

 to the situation and receive a fair remuneration for his work; 

 the hauling is the great expense in either case, and some arrange- 

 ment should be made whereby the hauling charges in every 

 instance should be chargeable to the farmer, where he does not 

 deliver with his own team; with this system once started and 

 lived up to, one of the creamerymen's troubles would be elimi- 

 nated. 



From the dealer's standpoint, well : to let the farmers and 

 factorymen tell it, they must have had a very satisfactory year. 



This has all to do with the worldly side of the question, and 

 through it all what knowledge have we gained that will make us 

 better dairymen in the future? 



The present clay dairymen of Illinois need to profit by the 

 education they are receiving, and put the same into practice, if 

 they wish to keep up with the other states. Outside of the 

 immediate Elgin district they have become careless, and the 

 competition has been such that they will take milk in any 

 quantity and in any shape to the factory and if any objections 

 are raised by the creamery boys, this quotation is always ready, 

 "If you don't want my milk the way I bring it, I will take it to 

 the other fellow who does." Hence, if he wishes to keep his place 

 running, he takes it in, giving freely advice how to remedy it in 



