256 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



AN ESSAY CONTEST, 



Two subjects were proposed in an essay contest, in which 

 prizes were offered and a gratifying number of contestants took 

 part. The essays were judged by Prof. G. L. McKay, Chicago, 

 Secretary of the American Association of Creamery Butter Man- 

 ufacturers. We are here giving the prize essays, in order of 

 marking, and two essays, by boys under 12 years old, that were 

 given special mention by Prof. McKay. 



CLASS 1. -SUBJECT: "THE CENTRALIZED CREAMERY 

 AS A DAIRY DEVELOPER." 



Pearl C. Taylor, Chatsworth, Illinois. 



Being only a creamery patron, I suspect my jdeas of 

 creamery business, either centralized or co-operative, will be 

 rather limited. However, we all know that radium is the most 

 powerful and valuable of known minerals, that* its power is 

 almost past comprehension, and yet you can place ''Education*' 

 on a par with Radium or any other powerful agency, because 

 without education of some kind the power and value of these 

 agencies would be unknown; and hence of no value, practi- 

 cally speaking. 



The centralized creamery understands the value of educa- 

 tion along the lines of the dairy and dairy products, and is in 

 this way educating the farmer along those lines. 



The farmers as a class are a good, honest, intelligent peo- 

 ple, ready to learn and very appreciative of having been taught, 

 after once the thing is grasped and they see the benefits derived. 



The farmer reminds me of a motorist who motored over 

 the European continent. An artist who sees only the beautiful 

 things of nature, accosted him: "Tell me of Spain, beautiful 

 Spain," then waited almost breathless for the answer. At 



