28 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



You will put your cows in the barn in poor temperature and 

 things of that kind. 



I hope the dairymen of Illinois will take steps to lift up the 

 hands of your State Dairy School and the amount of money 

 being expended there to get these studies solved out on the indi- 

 vidual farm. You should have some sort of test associations 

 that would help you individually and collectively to bring up your 

 herds, and would bring wealth to the state and your own pocket- 

 books. You have the means of doing that. There is no state 

 that is more liberal along this line and you ought to see to it 

 individually and collectively that it is used for the best advantages, 

 and you will get it if the authorities know you are watching them 

 and asking them for help along those lines. 



In connection with the work I represent, I would say if we 

 can aid you in any way, we are willing to do it. We are carrying 

 on experiments on various lines of dairying, doing what we can 

 with the funds on hand, and in various cases helping out experi- 

 ment stations and dairy schools. We are carrying on experi- 

 ments in some places less adapted to dairy production, and we 

 are getting some good results. We want the dairymen of Illi- 

 nois to feel the department of Agriculture in its dairy branch is 

 your work. It is more our work in Colorado, where they are 

 beginners. We want to study your needs and come in contact 

 with you and help you to solve these questions, and any sugges- 

 tions we will gladly receive there. I thank you. 



By the President :— Any questions any one would like to ask 

 the gentleman, in reference to our work along this line. 



Is Mr. Gilbert in the room? The herd I referred to in my 

 paper is owned by this gentleman, Mr. Gilbert, and he is to speak 

 for us, but I presume the train is not in yet, and we will have 

 to leave that until later on, and take up another subject. 



We will now listen to Mr. J. W. Biegler, of Sigel, who will 

 tell us about his creamery. 



