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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



(1.) Figures are not obtained because patrons did not bring milk 

 to the creamery during the enire year; samples of each cow's milk 

 were, however, tested. 



If, as stated, each farmer fed all his cows in the same way, and the 

 time and labor of milking and feeding the cows was approximately the 

 same for both good and poor cows, it follows that it did not cost any 

 more to feed the best than the poorest cows in the herd. The informa- 

 tion furnished by such tests as these may be very valuable to the owner 

 of the cows, and it should be of vital importance to the cow as her life, 

 ought to depend upon the reco\d she makes. Previous to making the 

 tests, the owners of these cows had very little, if any, accurate idea of the 

 relative value of their cows, but the records show that the information 

 gained is worth'many times the cost of a milk weighing scale, a Babcock 

 milk test and the time necessary to use them. 



(Then shows pictures of different cows.) 



By the president: — Before leaving, I would like to ask the citizens 

 of Freeport to help fill these seats. We shall have excellent programs 

 both day time and evening tomorrow. 



