INDEX 



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 Letter of Transmittal 3 



List of Officers 4 



By-Laws 5 



Proceedings of Forty-first Annual Convention 9 



— Invocation 9 



—Address of Welcome by Hon. E. N. Woodruff 10 



— Response by W. W. Marple 12 



— Remarks by President J. P. Mason 14 



— Economic Production of Milk, by Chas. Foss 19 



— Live Stock Farming and Grain Farming, by H. C. Horneman .... 33 

 — Does Dairy Farming Maintain Soil Fertility? by Dr. C. G. Hop- 

 kins 40 



— The Trail of the Lonesome Cow ^ 60 



— Sanitary Dairying and Clean Foods, by Dr. Wm. H. Harrison.... 75 



— The Business Side of Dairying, by H. J. Credicott 85 



—Better Milk Supply, by Russell S. Smith 92 



— How Illinois Farmers Can Produce Better Quality of Cream, by 



J. D. Jarvis 101 



—The Dairy Cow— Her Feed and Care, by Prof. J. H. Frandsen 110 



— Factors Most Directly Influencing the Profits on Dairy Farms, by 



Prof. W. J. Eraser 128 



— Dairy Cow Demonstration and Lecture, by Hugh G. VanPelt. . . .136 



— How to Maintain Nitrogen in the Soil, by Henry Truitt ..148 



— Foot and Mouth disease, by Dr. V. G. Houck 162 



— Co-operation of State Food Department and State Dairy Associa- 

 tion, by Hon. W. Scott Matthews 178 



— Report of Nominating Committee k 182 



How Illinois Farmers Can Produce a Better Quality of Cream, by 



Prof. .J. D. Jarvis 186 



Cooling Tanks for Creamery, by Prof. J. H. Frandsen 194 



