ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Cobb : — Tell why one cow is better than the other. 



Mr. Glover: — Spotty is larger just in front of her udder 

 and her digestive powers are bigger. She makes 288 pounds of 

 butter in a year. Spotty makes her owner money and Red Bird 

 charges $1.00 for her board. 



]\Ir. Lindley: — What prices do you get for milk? 



A: — 85 cents per 100. 



Q:— Why we get $1.22>4 per 100. 



A : — W^ell I have figured on creamery prices as most of my 

 cows go to the creameries. 



O : — I speak of this so our people here w411 know on what 

 you are figuring. 



A: — Yes, I am glad you spoke of it. Any time you may 

 ask questions. 



Milk fever more often comes from exposure than from 

 over-feeding. There is no district that feeds her cattle any bet- 

 ter than the Elgin district, and I have yet to see a case of milk 

 fever from over-feeding. 



Mr. Newman: — We know we are in a milk producing dis- 

 trict and that some of our friends will have to go early on ac- 

 count of milking. I hope you will be free to come and go as you 

 please, and trust you will all be here tonight. 



Mr. Cobb: — This book that Mr. Glover is holding in his 

 hand is this dairy report and there are some of the books here for 

 those who like them. 



Mr. Newman : — Your work in the north has been good, and 

 I believe some men have discarded their old herds and bought 

 new ones? 



Mr. Glover: — It w^ould seen that way. Several men in the 

 Elgin district have been using every effort to buy in a higher 

 class of dairy cows, and they tell me that the work has had 

 effect. Some have increased 20 per cent in production by weed- 

 ing out a few of his poor cows and replacing them with better 

 ones. 



