ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. ,q 



I am pleased to note that a short course in dairying in connection with 

 the corn judging, is to be held January 19th for two weeks. It is a smarter 

 and Prof. Erf must not get discouraged if the attendance does not come up 

 o his wishes. If it does not, I would advise him to visit the creamery boys 

 in Northern Illinois and get acquainted with them in their factories, bene- 

 fiting them all he can with his knowledge while with them. I believe field 

 work for creameries is needed just ao it is for dairies. For while Illinois 

 is considered ahead in the production of dairy products, according to the 

 census of 1900, her 1,000,000 cows only brought in $30,000,000 or about $30.00 

 per cow average, and nearly all experiment stations agree that it costs 

 that much to feed the average cow; hence, Where's the profit? The returns 

 from our million cows should show at least $50,000,000. To whom must 

 we look to show our dairymen how to get this other $20,000,000? As I see 

 it and understand it ,it must come through education, and we are here at 

 the fountain head of agricultural et ucation for Illinois. Will the State 

 back its dairy department by an ai propriation of $25,000.00 per year, for 

 five years? If so the farmer can be taught how to weed out his unprofit- 

 able cows; how to grow and feed a ] alanced ration; how to build and fill 

 his silo, which from my own exper.'ence, no dairy farm, no, I will leave out 

 the word "dairy" here, and say, no farm that feeds stock of any kind can 

 afford to be without. 25 acres of corn put into 2 silos, say 18x30 feet each, 

 will feed 50 head of animals of 1000 pounds size from October to May. 

 Will the State invest $125,000 for the increased returns of $20,000,000 per 

 year from our cows? It is not for the creamery interests I ask this, it is 

 for the farmer and in a large majority of cases it is for the private dairy- 

 man. The 1900 census tells us 52,000,000 pounds of butter and 324,000 

 pounds of cheese are made on farms in Illinois. If this could be of 

 grade sold on the Elgin Beard of Trade each week, it would increase its 

 value to the farmer 25 per cent. It tells us the Illinois cow only gives 

 less than 4,000 pounds of milk per year. By weeding out poor cows this 

 can easily be increased 25 per cent, and these are facts and I believe the 

 work commenced by this college through Mr. A. J. Glover is of immense 

 value and must be continued, and while the results may seem small to 



