348 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page. 

 Letter of Transmittal 3 



List of Officers— 1904 4 



By-Laws of the Illinois Dairymen's Association. 5 



Proceedings of the Thirtieth Annual Meeting 9 



Prayer— Rector Wright 9 



Address of Welcome — Mayor of Greenville 10 



Response — Irvin Nowlan 10 



President's Address — Joseph Newman 12 



The Care of Cows— Tallie Defrees 18 



Discussion 26 



The Care of Milk — Clarence B. Dorsey " 29 



Discussion 33 



Records of Individual Cows on Dairy Farms — A. J. Glover 37 



Discussion .». 75 



Tuesday Evening Session 80 



Address — Mrs. H. P. Purviance 80 



Address — Hon. C. J. Lindley 84 



Address — Rudolph M. Patterson, Assistant State Food Inspector 96 



Discussion 101 



Wednesday Morning Session 103 



Types of Dairy Cows^ — L. A. Spies 104 



Discussion 108 



My Dairy Herd and What I Have Accomplished 112 



Discussion 117 



Among the Creameries of Illinois' — Carl E. Lee 119 



Discussion 125 



Wednesday Afternoon Session 131 



Handling of Milk for the St. Louis market — Robert Pethybridge 135 



Selection of a Dairy Cow — Prof. Oscar Erf 144 



How Can We Realize the Most from Our High Priced Land 150 



Discussion 154 



