^B ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Our program is made to aid in this future development of 

 the dairies ah/eady estabhshed, to a higher standard of cleanh- 

 ness, and to show to others that dairying is the best side of agri- 

 -culture, and to a greater or less extent should be carried on every 

 farm. It will raise the productiveness of the farm in a natural 

 manner. The growing of the young stock will interest the family, 

 nnd all will tend to raise the standard of intelligence of those 

 r.round you, because to be a true dairyman you must be vigilant 

 --^nd studious, reading the great daily papers, your agricultural 

 "-eeklies, thus keeping up-to-date on all farm work. These are 

 -: trenuous times. Read your bible daily for relaxation and in it 

 you will find that dairy products were looked upon as being of 

 l':e best and first fruits of agriculture. 



THE CARE OF COWS. 



Mr. Tallie Defrees, Greenville, III. 



When I received a letter in the early part of the winter, from 

 l^'^v. Geo. Caven, asking me to prepare a paper to be read before 

 the Illinois Dairymen's Association, I was surprised, very much 

 'cl.ited and just a little scared. 



I mentally decided that I was wholly incapable of such an 

 " "dertaling. However, upon conferring with Mr. Latzer, he 

 assured me that the members of the Illinois Dairymen's Asso- 

 c'ation were an amiable, forJDearing lot of fellows, very much 

 'like men of Bond County. 



With this assurance, I accepted the invitation. Since that 

 time I have been trusting to providence. The subject assigned 

 to me is, ''The Care of Cows," and in treating this subject I shall 

 ^endeavor to tell you the actual practices and methods employed 

 in the caring of our own herd, together with such h.ints as our 

 experience and observation have suggested to us. 



