LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



merit, and getting before us the real purpose that animates this de- 

 partment. 



That first word, the AIM of the department expresses a thought that 

 comes before us when we undertake to settle policies; determine what 

 shall be done in the way of investigation. The work was discovered be- 

 fore Mr. Glover went into the work in which he is' engaged. It is very 

 much talked about What are we trying to do with this department. One 

 definition is that the department of dairy husbandry exists here for the 

 purpose .of doing all it can do for the dairy industry. It is that definition 

 which led us to separate the department of dairy husbandry from the de- 

 partment of animal husbandry. 



I don't mind saying to you, we had some difficulty in separting them. 

 There are some places in which husbandry and animal husbandry are cov- 

 ered by the same department and often by the same man. When I first 

 advocated a dairy department as a separate department, and at that time I 

 held the department of animal husbandry myself, this question was raised: 

 Why should there be a separate department for dairy husbandry? Dairy hus- 

 bandry means the husbandry that is based on the cow, and the cow is an 

 animal, therefore of course it is a part of animal husbandry. The first 

 idea of the dairy department was a department in interest based on the 

 idea that the manufacture of dairy products was not animal husbandry. 



By and by the time came there should be a separate department for 

 dairy husbandry, because dairy husbandry is a distinct business. There 

 is no more connection between dairy business and the business of feeding 

 for beef, than there is between it and veterinary surgery. 



It appeals to a different class of men; it has interests of its own and 

 we have established this department and started those things that have 

 established this department and started those things that have to do with 

 the dairy industry. That makes it logical for us to say we have the 

 means in this department of teaching the dairy business; for the profes- 

 sion of making a living by means of the dairy business. We differ a little 

 from some, who hold that part of the business is to teach individual 

 students their business. We believe here that it is the first businesss of 

 a department to stand for the industry it represents, and, secondly, their 

 business to teach individuals, but to work for the industry is the first ob- 

 ject; to work for the individual is second. I. don't beleve the department 



