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ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



I would like every dairyman that milks a cow to get his member- 

 ship this morning- so he can vote this afternoon. 



The other Committee I will appoint later. 



By Mr. Kimsey : — I propose that Mr. Sudendorf appoint a 

 place and time to meet. 



Mr. Sudendorf : — Immediately after this meeting at the hotel 

 or one of these rooms. 



By the President : — The Committee on nominations to meet 

 at the Hotel Thomas immediately after this meeting. 



The first paper on our program this morning is a very im- 

 portant one, ''The Types of Dairy Cows.'' This will be given by 

 Mr. L. A. Spies of St. Jacobs. He is one of the men who has 

 done the most on this subject in his part of Illinois. 



TYPES OF DAIRY COWS. 



By L. A. Spies, St. Jacobs, III. 



Ladies and Gentlemen. 



I wonder if I can make room for my cows up here (exhibits 

 charts). 



This is getting to be an age of specialization. We are sup- 

 posed to specialize in whatever we undertake, that is, if we want 

 to reach the maximum of success. 



It is the same in dairying. It is the same in the beef line. It 

 is the way in which the race horse of today has been developed 

 until they have gotten down below two minutes with the record of 

 the trotting horse — a matter we considered impossible. It is the 

 same way in the dairy cow. We have developed a dairy cow that 

 is capable of producing five times more than the ordinary cow 

 that we had some years ago, that is I mean the average cow. 



We will say, for instance, that out here in the square there 

 is going to be a pulling match. What kind of a horse would you 



