46 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



time the cow is fed until the milk is delivered, you will rim! 

 where we correct the nasty man in one point we only accentuate 

 his filthiness somewhere else. 



I remember as a small boy I used to take the milk in o vet- 

 there at the old Gould creamery, in this state, gone out of exis- 

 tence before you younger men were born. Mr. Gould used to 

 instruct the men around St. Charles and Geneva to be particular 

 about one thing in the straining of the milk, insisted they should 

 use cloth. I remember one thing in particular, and that is that 

 some of the farmers did use cloths because we found the cloths in 

 the can. 



President: — I want to say to the audience that this associa- 

 tion has compiled a little pamphlet on the silo by Professor 

 Glover, and we will be pleased to have anyone take a copy with 

 you. This will tell you how to build and how to fill the silo, what 

 to grow for the silo, as well as how to feed it. 



We have to leave this subject ; we have gone on longer, 

 perhaps, than we should in deference to the speakers to follow. 

 but I am a great believer in discussion and I believe we can get 

 more out of it than by simply reading papers. 



I would like to ask Professor Smith, Professor Farrington, 

 Mr. Spies and Mr. Gurler in their opinion the benefit to taxpayers 

 in having these men from our experiment stations going around 

 and doing field work. . What do you think Professor Smith ~ J . 



Mr. Smith : — As far as Michigan is concerned, our Gov- 

 ernor Warner, in his annual address, said that heretofore the 

 missing link in the dairy instructions has been between the pub- 

 lication of the work done at the college and the work done by 

 the press. We recognize, as you do, such papers as Hoard's 

 Dairyman as being the most potent factor in the uplifting of the 

 dairy business. The missing link is between that and the farmer 

 ancl the governor recommends in his annual message the sending 

 out of men for that purpose. We have had our eyes on Illinois 

 before coming down here, on the work of Mr. Lea and Mr. Hop- 

 per, and the governor knew that when he recommended it, and I 

 am sure the bill providing for these men will be introduced and 



