ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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Wednesday Morning, January 8th, 1902 



President in the chair. 



Convention called to order 10 o'clock a. m. 



POULTRY CULTURE, AS AN ADJUNCT TO 

 DAIRYING. 



BY B. F. WYMAN, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS. 



Mr. President, Ladies and gentlemen: 



If I have anything in my paper that anyone takes exceptions to, you 

 may interrupt me at any time, and I will make any explanation needed. 



Dairying as an industry has not and is not proving as profitable a bus- 

 iness as the hard, laborous burdens it places upon those engaged there- 

 in, demand that it should be. One of the greatest profits derived from the 

 industry, is in its retention of soil fertility. A kind of an invisible profit, 

 many people will say, but, nevertheless, one of the greatest advantages 

 over other farming, is, that it removes so little of the fertility of our 

 farms that is so absolutely necessary for the production of good crops. 

 For this reason we are loath to give up the business, although the visible 

 profits are small. We believe radical changes are pending in our methods 

 of dairying, and that the time is not far distant when a better product 

 will be demanded of the dairyman, and a better product will demand 

 better prices, and better prices may insure better profit. 



