ILLNOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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lar to the water in grass and roots— is, in fact, intimately com- 

 bined with the organic matter of the grains. Moreover, the 



I more thoroughly " added water " is incorporated with the food, 



I the easier is its secretion and the greater the yield of milk. 



i Hence the value of preparing or cooking the food of dairy cattle. 

 But in this peculiarity of the milk-secreting organ, to permit 



I this combined water of the food to pass into the milk, lies the 

 great risk and the necessity of the utmost care in the judicious 



j use of succulent food. There is by its use a tendency to make 

 watery milk; to increase the flow at the risk of decreasing the 

 quality. Whether you sell your milk, make it into butter or 

 into cheese, be assured of this, milk of poor quality will not pay 

 in the end. But provided due care is taken to supply the dairy 

 cow with the chemical constituents essential to the production 



I of good milk, it seems evident that no food is so adapted -to pro- 

 duce it in quantity as succulent food. — From journal of the Brit- 



: ish Dairy Farmers Association. 



The convention adjourned to meet at 7.30 p . m. same day. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



The convention met persuant to adjournment at 7.30 p. m. 

 same day. 



Music — Ballet music: Rubinstein — Misses Roe and Shirk. 



The President: " Our secretary is very anxious to say some- 

 thing that will be very pleasant to about four young ladies and 

 I will give him a chance." 



The Secretary: " Ladies and Gentlemen: In making the 

 arrangements for the dairy show of the Illinois State Dairy- 

 men's Association, it was suggested by some of our friends that 

 the infusion of the young blood of the state into the active mem- 

 jbership of the association would perhaps bring great advantage 

 to us. We fell into that line of thought and made special efforts 

 to arrange for the exhibition of the association, ''The Dairy 

 Maid's Class." I am pleased to say to you this evening that 

 notwithstanding the large show we have here, it is the opinion 





