ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. j^ 



with grass seed about ten days previous to the show. You can imagine 

 the pleasing contrast of the yellow butter in the green grass. There was. 

 a good exhibit of cheese, showing the several different sizes and shapes. 



"¥*^e then left the show and visited one of the milk supply plants ia 

 the city. They showed us the cooler over which the pasteurized milk is. 

 passed to reduce its temperature. Also their milk churns and delivery 

 carts on which they are hung. They are an odd sight. These delivery 

 carts with churns and equipment of pails. They handle and deliver 

 their milk entirely different from what we do. 



"The British dairy school at Reading, England, is the best dairy school 

 in that country and they have a very fine building and equipment. 



"We next visited the show of the Royal Agricultural society, which 

 is the finest annual agricultural show in the world, and alone is worth to 

 American agricultural students a trip across the water to see. Their ex- 

 hibits are all arranged in avenues and at this show there were about a. 

 dozen." 



Among the English views shown were English landscape views, in- 

 cluding pasture views; a typical farm cottage; barns and herds of a 

 Scotch farmer; English cart for delivering milk; typical English road; 

 cows and calves in pasture; Guernsey and Jersey herds; view of a milk- 

 ing contest participated in by dairy maids; exhibits of dairy utensils; 

 scenes taken at the Bath agricultural show; British dairy school; row 

 of cattle sheds; several first prize cows and heifers; barns and house 

 near York; hay barracks; interior of cow stable — feeding alley; inter- 

 ior cow stable — tables to hold two, sides whitewashed; view of herd and 

 barns; the typical dairy cow of England — the Short Horns. 



HOLLAND. 



"On the evening of July 3d we sailed from Edinburg, Scotland for 

 Holland. After spending the Fourth on the North Sea we entered the 

 mouth of the Maas river at two o'clock on the morning of July 5th, and 

 by the dim light of the early dawn we got our first view of Holland with 

 its canals anl level fields as we steamed slowly up the river to Rotter- 



