1,2 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Spring-field, Illinois. He is a young man who has given consid- 

 erable attention to the subject and we will be pleased to hear what 

 he has to tell us. 



MY DAIRY HERD AND WHAT I HAVE ACCOMPLISHED. 



By L. N. Wiggins, Springfield, III. 



The subject assigned me sounds pretty big. You will have 

 to pardon me if I deviate from it somewhat, because I have accom- 

 lished very little. 



It might interest you to hear something about our hotel 

 farm. Tlie Leland hotel farm has been run in connection with the 

 Leland hotel, of Springfield, 111., for almost twenty-eight years. 

 It has furnished the hotel with all its milk and cream and a great 

 part of the butter, veal, sausage pork, spring lamb, garden truck, 

 etc. The farm is located three miles from the hotel and about 

 one mile southwest from the city limits. It consists of 240 acres. 



Particular attention has been given to the development of 

 the dairy interests. Our herd of cows is made up of pure bred 

 Red Polls, grades of Red Polls, Short Horns, Holsteins and Jer- 

 seys. We have been careful in mating and selecting healthy 

 animals with dairy qualities. A little more than two years ago 

 it became my especial duty to manage the farm and at the same 

 time continue my duties as steward of the hotel. The farm had 

 been very well equipped and was a source of great pleasure and 

 pride to my father, and at the same time had paid quite well. I 

 realized I would have to exert every energy in order to conduct 

 the business as it had been conducted ; and at the same time make 

 it pay well. You must pardon me for speaking so much in the 

 first person, but I am supposed to emphasize the fact that great 

 help can be derived from exhaustive study of our good dairy and 

 farm literature. 



