^^^ Illinois State Dairymen s Association. 



spectors working on the state department that can be brought 

 about, then we can go at this work in a much more systematic 

 manner. In this relation our state is too large for the limited 

 force allowed, and this is particularly true for the reason that 

 Illinois is particularly a raw product consuming state, so it re- 

 quires many more men here to do the same work than in other 

 states, where the milk is manufactured into a finished product. 

 The channel is entirely different and it requires much more and 

 constant looking after. 



Member: — We are called manufacturers, but I think at the 

 same time we are laborers as there is a great deal of hard labor 

 in producing milk. 



Mr. Schuknecht : — Any manufacturer is a pretty good hard 

 laborer if he makes a success of his work. 



The Chairman: — If there are no other questions our secre- 

 tary would like to make an announcement. 



The Secretary : — We had expected to be able to announce 

 the results of the milk test but were not able to do it because the 

 bacteria examination was made by a man from the Wisconsin 

 University who said he hoped to be able to telegraph us the 

 results this morning, but he has not done so yet so I am afraid 

 we will have to make the announcement through letters to the 

 exhibitors, or publish the highest exhibitor in the test in the 

 papers, particularly in the Marengo papers, but we will probably 

 not be able to do that for some days. Another year we will know 

 more about conducting a milk test. The milk really should have 

 come in here three days before the convention, should have been 

 examined then and the test would then be ready when the conven- 

 tion assembled and the other examination could have been made 

 at that time, but this year our bacterial work was done too late 

 to get it in for this meeting. 



QUESTIONS ABOUT FEEDS. 



The Chairman: — Has anybody any questions to bring out 

 here this afternoon? 



Mr. De Yarmond: — I would like to hear from Professor 

 Van Pelt, of Iowa, on the subject of the relative value of bran 

 and alfalfa. 



Pro. Van Pelt: — By the charts yesterday I noticed Prof. 

 Hay den brought out the value of leguminous plants, such as 



