FORTY-FIRST ANNUAL CONVENTION * 81 



a dairyman in one of our smaller Illinois cities as the home of 

 four dairy cows. 



What the department is doing as a means of showing the 

 unintelligent dairyman that cleanly methods are not only time- 

 saving methods, but absolutely essential to the health of the 

 patrons, may be illustrated by the following slides, the first of 

 which shows an unsanitary barn interior, showing the wooden 

 stalls, filthy dirt floor and rough walls and ceiling. In such a 

 barn it takes about twice as much time to properly take care of 

 the cows as it does in a barn possessing a cement floor and 

 stanchions which may be easily cleaned. 



The next view shows what can be done in improving the 

 condition of a barn by cutting in proper windows, letting in an 

 abundance of light and fresh air. Plenty of light makes the 

 barn work much easier. 



The question of clean cream has also been given careful 

 study by Mr. Newman, our Assistant Commissioner. He has 

 repeatedly called to the attention of the dairyman the necessity 

 of producing clean, sweet cream for the creamery, if he expects 

 to obtain a proper price for his goods. Competition in the sales 

 of butter has recently become so keen that it is only first quality 

 of butter that can demand a fair price, and there is little or no 

 demand for the inferior grades. It is only from clean, sweet 

 cream that the better grades of butter can be produced, and it is 

 only by handling the milk and cream under sanitary conditions 

 that the dairyman will have clean cream to sell. 



The picture which I show on the screen shows a poorly lo- 

 cated separator in a large barn, the structure of which is entirely 

 open, permitting the air- and dirt to blow about into the bowl of 

 the separator and thus contaminate the product. 



Contrasting with this picture is shown a simple form of 

 milk house, which our department is recommending as a means 

 of improving the condition, not only of market milk, but other 

 dairy products. In such a building, when properly located, the 

 equipment for properly handling the milk may be installed, and 

 in its isolated condition, away from the barn, may be easily kept 

 clean with the minimum amount of labor. 



