ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 25 I 



tion the following committee was appointed: Messrs. H. B. Gurler, De 

 Kalb, M. Long, Greenwood, A.W. Abbott, Union Grove, Irwin Nowlan* 

 Toulon, John Stewart, Elburn. , 



At the meeting held at the Agricultural College June 18, 1901, all mem- 

 bers were present except Mr. Stewart. The committee invited Profes- 

 sors Frazer and Erf to meet with them to discuss the dairy conditions of 

 the state and to jointly devise some ways and means to improve these 

 conditions. 



Upon invitation Prof. Fraser presented some suggestions as to what 

 ought to be done in the way of developing the animal side of the dairy 

 industry, and what investigation s ought to be carried out in this line. 



The work agreed upon in connection with this department of the col- 

 lege was as follows, given in order of importance: 



(1.) That a man under the .control of the Directors of the Experi- 

 mental Station be sent over the state to do field work, with a view of 

 studying the dairy conditions 1 and assist in every possible manner to 

 improve those conditions. It was suggested by Mr. Abbott and agreed 

 upon by all members of the committee that the greter portion of this work 

 be carried on in the dairy districts of the state. 



(2.) That the dairy experiments at present carried on by the Exper- 

 iment Station in regard to determining the difference in efficiency of indi- 

 vidual cows be continued on U. S. Government Fund. 



(3.) That a cheap and effective method be devised for keeping flys 

 from cows. 



(4.) To determine how small a quantity of milk on which calves 

 can be successfully reared and what food will make the best substitute 

 for milk. • 



(5.) The immediate and continued effect of different quantities of 

 the same kind of feed' on the production of milk of cows. 



(6.) Wide vs. narrow rations for dairy cows and to determine the 

 widest ration most economical for conditions that exist in Illinois. 



The investigation and experiment work on the manufacturing side- 



