ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 157 



ods used in the production of milk delivered at their factories and 

 have inspectors to see that rules and regulations are carried out. 



In discussing the dairy industry of Illinois it is necessary to 

 consider it in the different branches. There is probably no phase 

 of dairying in our state today that is receiving such close study or 

 making such active progress and improvement as that of market 

 milk, if we may so call it — the supplying of our cities and towns 

 with more and better milk. This, of course, is felt chiefly in the 

 more thickly populated portions of our state, where towns and 

 cities are growing rapidly and the work that is being done in this 

 branch of dairying is also growing rapidly. 



The production of condensed milk in various forms is in- 

 creasing fast, and this commodity is being exported in increasing 

 proportions over all other of our dairy products, and there is evi- 

 dence that there will be a steady increase in the manufacture of 

 condensed milk in Illinois on account more especially of the large 

 demand for export. 



The export of condensed milk during the last ten years has 

 been remarkable — our condensaries furnish our army and navy 

 largely with their supply of milk and cream and during the war 

 between Japan and Russia it was shipped in large quantities to 

 supply the armies of Japan and Russia, as well as to all other parts 

 of the civilized world. Illinois has the largest condensed milk 

 plant in the world at Dixon, and new plants are m the course of 

 construction. 



The experience and observation of the Illinois State Food 

 Department has shown that every year during the past six years 

 that the general public have taken greater interest in the produc- 

 tion of clean and sanitary milk. It is a focal point of most dairy 

 legislation and is the most essential item in dairy manufacture 

 and milk condensaries. 



Dairy and food inspectors, city boards of health and state 

 dairy and food inspectors are active all over the state in the 

 work of improvement of the sanitary condition surrounding the 

 production and manufacture of milk and milk products. 



