I84 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



By the Secretary. — I asked him about coming to the dairy barn in the 

 Judging of cows and he agreed to come, and then he said there was 

 nothing more tonight. I was out this afternoon when he was talking and 

 supposed he finished, and had in mind only the fact he was not on the 

 program this evening. 



By the President. — He has kindly consented to be with us through- 

 out tomorrow when we will have a chance of listening to him. 



We will now listen to Prof. Fraser of our own college. 



DAIRY CONDITIONS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR THEIR IMPROVEMENT 



Ey W. J. Fraser, M. S., Chief in Department of Dairy Husbandry, 

 University of Illinois. 



The Department of Dairy Husbandry, of the Illinois Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station, has for the past six years been investigating the dairy 

 conditions of the state. The results show that in some particulars the 

 conditions are ideal while in others they are far below the proper stan- 

 dard. From a sanitary standpoint there is need of improvement in many 

 of the dairy practices not only in Illinois but in all parts of the United 

 States and, in fact, in all countries of the world. 



Dairy products are not consumed to the extent they would be were 

 it not for their too frequent poor quality. Under existing conditions it is, 

 in many places, almost if not quite impossible to obtain on the open 

 market any really good butter or cheese. It is also difficult to obtain 

 milk that is produced in such a manner as to make it a safe and whole- 

 some food for infants and invalids, if indeed for healthy adults. When 

 milk is ordered even at our best hotels and restaurants, dirt is frequently 

 found at the bottom if it is allowed to stand for a short time. This is not 

 appetizing to say the least and many persons who like milk now use as 

 little as possible on account of the careless manner in which it is produced 

 and the fear that it may contain dirt if not disease germs. 



