TOO ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



prepare them for agricultural pursuits, but at the same time 

 awaken within them a greater respect for their calling. The 

 mechanic of these times is taught manual training; the engineer 

 surveying; the soldier military tactics; the lawyer jurisprudence; 

 the preacher theology, and the banker bookkeeping and banking. 

 All these are educated and equipped for their special line of en- 

 deavor. But the farmer boy is turned loose into the broad fields 

 to work out his own salvation in the great workship of nature, 

 handicapped by lack or knowledge of the soil and its capabili- 

 ties. It is my opinion that agricultural chemistry should be 

 placed in the common schools in the rural districts. The farmer 

 boy should know more about plant life- and its relation to the soil, 

 so that if any one of the elements necessary to product a crop are 

 lacking he will be able to tell exactly what is needed and procure 

 the necessary elements. He should understand thoroughly all 

 questions entering into the care and treatment of the cow, such as 

 pasturage and the things necessary to enable her to produce the 

 best results, as well as the proper handling of the milk in its prep- 

 aration for the market. 



In many cases the sanitary improvements of the creameries 

 and dairies are a mere matter of a little work without any finan- 

 cial outlay. 



It is my belief that legislation in the interest of the dairy and 

 creamery industry of this state should at all times receive para- 

 mount attention by the people. 



Indisputable statistics show Illinois to be at the head of the 

 dairy industries of the world. She waits for no country, no city 

 — not even New York City, London, Liverpool, nor any other city 

 in the world — to set the mark, but leads all herself. For Elgin 

 and our own glorious state makes the market price for all coun- 

 tries every day of the year excepting Sundays. At Philadelphia, 

 Paris, Chicago, Buffalo, Charleston — in fact whenever and wher- 

 ever a world's fair or great exposition is held, there will always 

 be found Illinois with all of the l:)lue rilVbons attached to her 

 dairv exhibits. 



