LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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By the President : — Any further motion in regard to the 

 resokitions ? 



Then we wih pass on to other business. 



By the President : — We have with us Mr. A. L. Haecker of 

 the Dairy Husl3andry Department of Nebraska Experimental 

 Station. Mr. Haecker is the son of Prof. Haecker and who is 

 now chief at Minnesota Station. We shall all be pleased to hear 

 from Mr. Haecker. 



DAIRYING AND OTHER FARMING. 



By A. L. Haecker, University of Nebraska. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Association. 



This is the first time I have had the pleasure of meeting with 

 an Illinois crowd or committee of dairymen, and so I look upon 

 this as a new experience for me and something of some value. 

 I hope that I can be of value to you. 



My subject is a little bit dry. I chose this subject for one 

 thing, I never saw anything duscussed along this line and I 

 thought it would be a good thing to introduce; and for another 

 reason, I was told this country had recently gone into the dairy 

 business rather strong, that you were going in still tarther and 

 that it had been a new departure. 



The subject as I wished it, was not "Dairying and other 

 Farming," but "Dairying With Other Farming.'' 



Someone has suggested to me that as we have met from 

 several states, that it would be a pretty good plan to say what 

 we are doing in Nebraska if you would like to hear, or if you 

 are particularly interested in what we are doing, I shall be glad 

 to tell you of some of the things. 



We are a pretty large country, and each section has a dif- 

 ferent Vv-ay of carrying on this industry. I thought if you so 



