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the necessity for farmers to keep their barns and barn yards as 

 clean as possible, and of the value of sun light in the barn as a 

 germ killer. 



Mr. Chas. Gilkerson of Marengo also gave a very interesting 

 talk on ''Keeping the Children on the Farm." 



A much larger audience was present in the evening, when 

 Chairman J. I. Lang called the meeting to order and introduced 

 the first speaker, D. L. James of Urbana, who discussed the sub- 

 jects, ''Cow Test Association" and "Breeding and Feeding." 

 Mr. James advised the farmers to keep a record of the amount 

 of milk given by each individual cow, and at the end of the year 

 to dispose of those cows giving the smallest quantity of milk. He 

 also advised the raising of the calves from the best milkers. 



S. B. Shilling, formerly President of the National Dairy 

 Union, gave a very interesting talk on "The Value of Silos," de- 

 claring that a silo added thirty-five per cent to the value of corn 

 as food for stock. 



Misses Gates and Singleton and Mrs. J. I. Lang rendered 

 solos during the evening session which were much appreciated by 

 the audience. 



AT A MARENGO MEETING 



The meeting of the Illinois Auxiliary State Dairymen's As- 

 sociation was held Friday afternoon in the city hall in Marengo. 

 The meeting had been worked up and was presided over by 

 Charles Gilkerson, one of the directors of the Association, and 

 was one of great interest and instruction throughout, not only 

 to the dairymen and farmers present, but also to the citizens of 

 the town, who had the privilege of attending. 



The Association had the honor of having present at this 

 meeting its youngest member, Master Sherman Crissey, 13 years 

 old, son of A. A. Crissey. He is a member in good and regular 

 standing and manifested as much interest and understanding of 

 the questions discussed as many of the older members. 



Mr. Gilkerson introduced Hon. J. P. Mason of Elgin, Presi- 

 dent of the IlHnois State Farmers' Institute, and President of 



