92 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



t}^ good idea of the location and grouping of creameries in the 

 state at the present time. 



From this time on you are more famihar than I with the 

 rapid change which has "come about in the creamery business. 



The introduction of the hand separator has so changed the 

 face of the creamery branch of dairy manufacture that it would 

 scarcely be recognized by a buttermaker of the so-called old 

 school. 



The hand separator, however, is a modern institution and 

 its almost universal use is an illustration of one of those vio- 

 lent changes which 20 years ago would have been considered im- 

 possible. It is difficult sometimes to realize that we have passed 

 through a period of transition where the character of dairying 

 followed has been totally transformed by the introduction of a 

 new system. However, the advantages which have come to both 

 producer and manufacturer, through the introduction of the 

 hand separator system, have made it a popular institution and 

 no one can question certain benefits which have beeii derived 

 from its use, and no one can disptite those attracti^'e features 

 which have conspired to popularize the system. 



The new system, as the old, carries with it its own special 

 problems and when we are inclined to be discouraged with re- 

 gard to the outcome of this last departure we do well to remem- 

 ber that it is still in its infancy and the wonder is that producer 

 and manufacturer have worked well enough together to make it 

 go as well as it does. 



However no manufacturer feels that this fact excuses him 

 from g-rappling with the current problems for the purpose of im- 

 proving and perfecting the system. As was intimated at the 

 outset, it is not the purpose of this paper to give you my opin- 

 ions of the methods to be pursued in effecting a cure for the lack 

 of quality, but to tell you of some of the steps which have been 

 taken by our Illinois manufacturers to safeguard these condi- 

 tions. Some of you are familiar with the fact that Illinois can 

 boast of three well-organized creamery clubs, representing the 

 central, southern and northern sections of the state. In addition 

 to this there is a state organization representing all the manu- 



