ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. gj 



of food of $1 per hen and a return over feed of $1 are pretty safe figures 

 to tie to. These figures are briefly summarized as follows: 



INCOME AND PRODUCTION OF AN AVERAGE HEN. 



Eggs laid in a year 82 



Value of eggs sold and used $1.15 



Value of chickens sold 68 



Gross income 1.95 



Cost of food 94 



Cost of labor 34 



Profit over food cost 1.01 



Net profit €7 



Investment, including hens, build ings, etc 1.81 



By the president. — The committee on resolutions will meet at the 

 Brewster House at 11.30, and all resolutions wished to be considered at 

 this convention must be in their hands by that time. No resolution 

 can be laid before the house unless it comes from the committee'sliands. 



The committee to whom you can hand the resolutions are Mr. M. 

 Long, Mr. I. Nowlan and Mr. George Caven. 



BALANCED RATIONS FOR MILK AND MEAT PRO 



DUCTION. 



W. C. DA VIS, FAIRFIELD, ILL. 



Ladies and gentlemen: — 



Two years ago at the Dairy Association, Prof. Henry of Wisconsin 

 asked usi to teach balanced rations in the public schools. He even out- 

 lined lessons for us that he wished would be taught and they were prac- 

 tical. A little investigation in Illinois soon convinced us that we were 



