292 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



M. Davis, Misses Melendy and Becker and Messrs. Becker and 

 Frazer. 



MODERN DAIRYING. 



By F. S. Burch, Dairy World, Chicago: 



Our worthy secretary assigned me the task of writing a paper 

 on "Modern Dairying,"and I suppose the orthodox way would be 

 to launch out in a torrent of praise of old fashioned dairying 

 — of the mythical dairymaid whose face was her fortune; of the 

 picturesque old dash churn which was used 2,000 years ago; 

 of the old brindle cow, with her mild eyes, and gentle ways. 

 Or, perhaps I should go still further back and give you a word 

 picture of the Arab on his camel plodding along through the 

 desert, while the soft rays of the setting sun played gently with 

 the leather bag in which the camel's milk was transformed into 

 butter. Yes, I might go on and tell you how deeply I regretted 

 poetic dairying was a thing of the past if I had not been there 

 myself; if I had not tired my arms pounding away with that 

 old dash churn; if I had not learned by experience that the 

 gentle cow might kick; that the poetic dairymaid of the past 

 was just as apt to give a fellow the mitten as those of 1887. 



Modern dairying means creameries and cheese factories 

 wherever the farmers have not the conveniences or inclinations 

 to make butter or cheese themselves. 



Modern dairying means labor-saving machinery and busi- 

 ness system on the farm. 



Modern dairying means more schools, more churches, and a 

 higher state of civilization. 



Modern dairying means better butter, more butter and less 

 work. 



But it will not do to rest on our oars and lose ourselves in 



self-admiration. There are many weak points in our modern 



dairying, and I wish to call your attention to a few of them. I 



have always regretted the lack of true co-operation between the 



creamery owner, the cheese factory owner and their patrons. 

 There appears to be a general inclination among the patrons to 

 think the factory men are cheats. 



