32 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION. 



W. W. Bingham thought dairymen had missed it by- 

 trying to make money at the sacrifice of reputation. The 

 factory plan leads to this. All want to make as much 

 money as possible. The dividend plan is wrong. It is 

 quantity they are all striving for, and not quality. The 

 more the factoryman makes the more money he gets. 

 Times are hard; ts they improve, prices will also improve. 



Wilcox : All was in a lump. Individuality was en- 

 tirely swallowed up. No person who makes a good article 

 should be ashamed to brand it. He bought his butter from 

 a private dairy. Could not afford to buy creamery butter. 



S. N. Wright: Thought the whole matter rested 

 with the dairymen themselves. They should demand full- 

 cream cheese, and compel factorymen to make them. 

 Dairymen should not take a gallon of milk to a factory where 

 skimmed cheese is made. And all should be sold on the 

 board of trade. 



Dr. Tefft : Said there was a demand for skim cheese 

 and it would be made. 



B. Cox: Had one month's milk made into full-cream 

 cheese. Received 4 cents per gallon for his milk, while he 

 was receiving 4.65 for skims and butter. 



Seward thought the factorymen encouraged the mak- 

 ing of all butter and skimmed cheese, as the figures 

 showed there was the most money in it for them. The 

 factoryman made six cents and the dairyman lost fourteen 

 cents per 100 fibs., which is all wrong. 



Collett said if the watch factory put their goods up- 

 on the market as watches only, they would never have a 



