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would be a poor argument in defense of cruelty. 3d, That 

 knobs are frequently broken and lost, and a repetition of the 

 operation is rendered necessary and additional expense incurred. 

 From inquiry and observation I am in a position to say that 

 these arguments are of little weight; the percentage of broken 

 or displaced knobs is a very small one, and should not be placed 

 in the balance against mercy; and the cost of a hundred knobs 

 is a mere bagatelle. 



If any well-founded objection to the securing of knobs by the 

 aid of nails could be urged, I would say that they can be secured 

 in position without such aid, viz., by boring the hole into which 

 the horn passes in a sloping manner, after the fashion of the 

 leathern ferrule used by some castrators (notably, I think, by 

 Mr. Matthews) for the purpose of securing the free ends of the 

 wooden clam. Additional security could be gained bv allowing 

 the knobs (if of wood) to macerate in water for a few hours and 

 driving them on in a wet state, and also by driving in two or 

 three small three-sided iron wedges between the knob and the 

 horn — any portion of horn that may protrude beyond the knob 

 can be removed by the saw. 



The President: "The ladies of the Mount Carroll Seminary 

 have sent us an invitation to visit the institution, and the hour 

 appointed is one o'clock." 



Convention adjourned to meet at two o'clock p. m. the same 

 day. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. 



Convention met pursuant to adjournment at two o'clock p. m. 



The President: "A gentleman whom I suspect did not get 

 any premium wants me to ask a question. He says he used a 

 separator, and sometimes when he is working his butter after it 

 is salted and after it gets into the tub ? he runs his trier in and he 

 finds there is a very little milk in it, and he wants to know how 

 he can remedy it." 



Mr. Potter: "If the butter was washed properly I don't see 

 why it should be that way," 



