ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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This industry in the United States consumes over 600,000,000 

 pounds of milk yearly, and makes in the neighborhood of five 

 million cases of milk of forty-eight cans each. There are more 

 than 200 condensed milk factories in the United States. Elgin 

 is the birth place of the condensed milk business. The process 

 used now has never been changed since it was originally invented 

 in 1856. 



More attention should be given to the sanitary condition of 

 the dairy and creamery industry. Scientific investigation has 

 clearly demonstrated that typhoid fever and diphtheria and prac- 

 tically all contagious germs are transmitted to the human body 

 through the agency of unclean and impure milk. And it has 

 been proven beyond a question of doubt that deaths of bottle-fed 

 children have occurred from diseases that have been transmitted 

 into the milk by careless handling. Diseased germs have been 

 known to pass from milk into the butter and there retain life for 

 a period of four months. Fortunately the danger resulting from 

 these germs has been greatly reduced by the modern method of 

 separating the cream by a machine and pasteurizing it, thereby 

 eliminating the germs and lea\'ing the product in a comparatively 

 pure state. 



In our investigation in Illinois we seek to protect the people 

 from the product of diseased cows, and to stop the use of filthy 

 stables and unclean receptacles and the employment of careless 

 men. 



The introduction of modern scientific methods we believe 

 will be the result of our inspections. We know of no better 

 means of bringing about improved conditions than through the 

 exposure of unclean dairies and creameries; and it is our belief 

 that such revelations not only protect the public health, but prove 

 of great benefit to the honest dairyman. If the dairy farmer 

 would run his farm and dairy and manage his affairs as indus- 

 triously as the merchant or banker, he would meet with equal 

 success in his business. In this connection I desire to refer to 

 the need of a more practical education for our country boys in the 

 dairy farming pursuits — an education that will not only better 



