I2 o ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



It is the buttermaker of the future that we must think of today, 

 not those of the past. If you are to stay in the business, then be the best 

 buttermaker in your state. Don't consent to be the second best. There 

 is only one way, and that is to meet every new buttermaking problem 

 and be ready to solve it when it comes. Make yourself valuable to your 

 employers so that they can not get along without you, and when this is 

 accomplished you will be successful. 



Song by Mr. Bagley. Encored. 



By the President: We expected to haVe Prof. G. L. McKay, who is 

 at the head of buttermakers, with ua today, to give us a talk on "Starters 

 in Buttermaking," but he is unable to be present and your worthy Secre- 

 tary, Mr. Caven, will read his paper. 



STARTERS IN BUTTERMAKING 



BY PROF. G. L. McKAY. AMES DAIRY SCHOOL, IOWA. 



(Paper read by Secretary.) 



That Prof. McKay expected to be present is proved by the first sen- 

 tence of his paper, which reads: "I am pleased to be here at the meet- 

 ing of the Illinois Association." The interchange of ideas and some- 

 times the interchange of prizes do good. We get a chance to find out 

 what the other fellows are doing. I am decidedly in favor of interstate 

 contests. As we all sell on the same markets, it is just and right that we 

 should come together in competition. The time is coming when all but- 

 ter will be sold on its merits. I think if butter was sold in this country 

 the same as it is in England, we would see a variation in prices of sev- 

 eral cents per pound. Whenever this time comes we will find many 

 changes in our creameries; good buttermakers will be at a premium and 

 the poor ones will be forced to the wall. 



