THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 157 



Mr. Wiggins : What is the condensary price ? 



Member: $1.75. 



Mr. Spies : Take half your milk and deliver it to the 

 market, and take the other half and separate it, that would solve 

 your problem. 



Member: These cows were tested by the Illinois Dairy 

 Company at Springfield. They tested 5, 5-3 and 6-5. Three are 

 registered. They were tested during the month of September. 

 These cows were freshened in March. 



Mr. Spies : The best way is to get a Babcock tester, weigh 

 all the milk, take your samples the same as the State does. 



Mr. Wiggins : If one does not want to put the money into 

 a large tester, they can use a small machine. 



Mr. Spies: If our friend gets $51.90 out of four cows, 

 they must be good milkers. 



Mr. Wiggins : He does not know whether it is best to 

 sell the whole milk to the condensary or whether it is better to 

 sell the cream and keep the skim milk at home. 



Mr. Gilkerson : I think the University is doing good work. 

 It has helped a good many of us on our feet, they are showing us 

 how to start in. We farmers are like ordinary mortals, we are 

 like a flock of sheep. If we see one fellow making a success we 

 all want to try it. This is the way it will grow. If one man 

 makes a success of it and his neighbors see it they all want to 

 try it. I think now we are seeing the fruits of our agricultural 

 experiment station. 



Mr. Spies : Mr. Causey is one of the men who has staid 

 with the proposition and does everything conscientiously. I know 

 Mr. Causey has done good and faithful work. 



Member : We ought to have testing stations in this vicini- 

 ty. So far as sending out men from the agricultural college, I 

 think it ought to be done by the railroads. I think there ought 

 to be systematic testing. 



Mr. Wiggins : Do you think the farmers as a rule would 

 be willing to pay a man, say 50 cents a cow for these testing 

 associations and pay 50 cents or a dollar for the record of that 



