I02 



ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



A: — 1902 the value of butter eleven millions. No, I didn't 

 get that ; this is only in Elgin. 



Mr. Lindley : — In your paper you said three million pounds 

 of milk a day ? 



A : — I meant a year. 



O : — We are trying to beat that, and I began to think we 

 couldn't. 



Mr. Gurler : — Can you furnish on application the location of 

 creameries in Illinois? 



Q : — Have you a pamphlet ? 



A : — Yes sir ; in our next annual report. On the inspection 

 of creameries and dairies; it is about as hard an undertaking as 

 can be. You go to the county seat and ask any of the officers 

 there if you could get any information, and maybe he will tell 

 you of seven or eight creameries. You have got to cover the 

 road all over to reach the dairies and creameries. There is no 

 way you can get them unless you go out into the field. In some 

 states they have all of them practically. 



O : — How many creameries in the state ? 



A : — I presume possible 1000. There may be more, and 

 about 4000 dairies. That is a rough estimate, however. 



O : — How about cheese factories ? 



A: — I can't gi\'e you any information. 



O: — Don't you inspect then^i? 



A : — No, we have not. There are not many cheese factories 

 in Illinois. 



O : — What do you mean by dairy ? 



A : — The dairy is where the milk is produced. 



O: — You mean individual dairies or where the farmer ships 

 milk ?^ 



A : — I don't mean a farmer, a farmer is not a dairyman. 



By the President : — Tomorrow^ we will have a very interest- 

 ing subject. Mr. Lee will continue this subject on creameries. 



We don't want you to forget the membership committee. 

 The men in the audience are willing to make you a member of 

 the Association. This not only entitles you to last year's report 



