FORTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION 265 



The program is a good one, there is lots to be gained at 

 this convention : First, making dairying a business ; second, 

 hog raising a side Hne to dairy farming; third, creamery operat- 

 ing and analysis of milk; fourth, alfalfa raising and its value 

 as feed; fifth, cow judging. 



I'm a boy only nine years old. I live with my grandfather 

 on a farm. He milks cows and sells cream to the Peoria cream- 

 ery at Peoria, 111., so I have some idea of the dairy business. 



Evan Howell, 1 1 Years Old, Villa Grove, Illinois. 



(Given special mention by Prof. G. L. McKay.) 



When a boy goes to a convention of the Illinois State 

 Dairymen's Association, he must listen to what is being said. 

 He will learn how to be a good dairyman if he intends to be 

 one. 



He will learn the four classes in cow judging. He will 

 learn which cow is the best producer of milk and butterfat. 

 Whether it is the Holstein, Guernsey or the Jersey cow. 



Alfalfa raising is an important thing to be interested in if 

 he is going to be a dairyman. He will learn how to grow al- 

 falfa and where to get the best price for it, if he sells some of it. 

 Clover raising is important, too. 



At the lecture you will hear a man speak of rotation of 

 crops. This means one crop on a number of acres one year and 

 another crop there the second year. Clover supplies a sub- 

 stance to the soil, on which some plants can live on and others 

 cannot. Clover takes out substances of the soil at the same time. 



You will learn on which side to milk a cow and if you 

 are going to get a patent milker you will learn how to use it. 

 You will learn how to have a clean and sanitary barn and milk 

 house. 



