[ J2 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Wednesday Morning, January 7th, 1903 



WHY THERE ARE NOT MORE CHEESE FACTORIES IN THE STATE 



OF ILLINOIS. 



By J. R. Biddulph, Providence, III. 



I think there are a great many reasons. The first I will mention is, 

 the farmer does not know the value of a good cow. You ask why? Be- 

 cause he has never had the value demonstrated to him. Few men living 

 on the farm really know the value of a good cow throughout the entire 

 year. She will be just as good the next year if properly cared for. 



To prove this, I will have to show you what some of my patrons have 

 done this year. In the first place I will give you the number of cows 

 each man has; how many calves he has raised, the amount of milk he has 

 brought to the factory, his average test, and the number of pounds of 

 cheese received; also the average price he has received for his cheese, 

 and the average amount of money he has received for each cow. 



After making the above statement this thought came to me, how can 

 I give a fair statement? I found I was like the little boy. He was walk- 

 ing along and met his chum who was eating an apple. He said to him, 

 " If you will give me a bite of your apple, I will show you my sore toe." 

 His chum handed him the apple and as he did not expect to get another 

 chance at it, he took a big bite, but he found that he had bitten off more 

 than he could chew. I found I had done the same thing. 



