78 , ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



suits. We also found that those windows were decorated with 

 white curtains. The stable walls were covered with beautiful 

 pictures and plates were placed on racks in front of the cows. 

 Now I tell you there are many lessons to be learned from this ; 

 first, loyalty to the cow. You take in Holland where a cow 

 yields 250 pounds of butter fat per year, it is the cow that .is 

 keeping the family. Here in this country it is too often the 

 family that is keeping the cow. The Hollanders, realizing that 

 the cow is keeping the family, feel that it is their duty to provide 

 the best they have for her, and that is the reason that they are 

 all living in the same house, giving the cow just as good care as 

 any member of the family and that is the reason wdiy those peo- 

 ple are happy today. That is also a thing which you will have 

 to consider when you go into dairying, you cannot do it as in 

 the far North leave the cows outdoors beside the straw stack 

 through the winter. 



It appeals to the consumer to have milk produced in a sta- 

 ble as the one described. The Hollanders are also sanitary in 

 their method of manufacturing the same as they are in the pro- 

 duction of milk. The creameries are in a sanitary condition 

 both inside and outside. You teachers will be located in vari- 

 ous parts of this state and you should have enough influence so 

 you could improve conditions w^hich are undesirable. We have 

 in Iowa a lady school superintendent who is taking much in- 

 terest in such work. She has much influence in the creamery^ 

 she shows the producer how to care for the milk and cream avS 

 well as how the herd should be cared for in order to produce 

 the best returns. 



The creamery is an important institution. It represents 

 the dairy industry of its community. Its appearance both out- 

 side and inside should be such that it may do credit to the great 

 interest it represents. 



