ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. gg 



A. Yes sir, a better ration. 



Q. Is it because they haven't anything better to eat down there? 



A. That is part of it. 



Q. Is it difficult to obtain this bean for seed? 



A. Yes sir, when you get the bean properly it is. And wlien you 

 plant it, don't plant down over two inches deep. 



Buff Jersey: I planted some this year and I think by next year they 

 will come up all right. 



By the President: We will now adjourn and I hope to see you all here 

 this afternoon and more too. 



FARM BUTTER MAKING 



W. R. HOSTETTER, MT. CARROLL, ILL. 



There is quite a difference between what farm buttermaking is, and 

 what farm buttermaking ought to be. I am informed by the leading groc- 

 ers in my town that 25 per cent of the dairy butter that comes to their- 

 stores is all right and can be sold to their best trade; that another 25 per 

 cent can be sold, and that the balance, 50 per cent, is thrown into a box, 

 ■and they generally lose money on it. 



It might be as useful to know how the poorest, as well as the best 

 grade of dairy butter is made, that we may know what to avoid as well as 

 to know what to do. 



I think that lack of convenien ces for making butter is one of the great- 

 est causes for poor aairy butter. Another reason for poor dairy butter is, 

 that the quantity is usually so small that a person cannot take the time 

 necessary to properly care for it. 



Farm buttermaking should be creamery buttermaking on a smaller 

 scale. 



Two essentials to fine butter- making are good drainage and sunshine 

 where the dairy building is located. It is possible to make good butter in 



