200 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



We furnish an expert from our department, and the farm- 

 ers and bankers select a man, and the two go to some dairy dis- 

 trict where high-grade cows can be purchased under favorable 

 circumstances. 



Our man subjects them to a tuberculin test, and also ad- 

 vises the representative of the farmers and bankers, as to the tru*^' 

 value of the prospective purchase. 



It is stipulated that the animals shall be delivered to the? 

 communities and sold at exact cost, plus the freight and neces' 

 sary expenses ; as we could not afford to become involved in a 

 transaction that has for its object private gain. As a precaution 

 ary measure, we insist on duplicate receipts being furnished by 

 the dealer. 



After the cows are placed, our expert is instructed to re- 

 main over night with the farmer and to get up in the morning 

 with him and help him feed and milk the new stock. He advise.^ 

 the farmer as to proper feeding methods, sanitary measures, and 

 how to market the milk most profitably. 



We keep posted by a follow-up system. Our representative 

 repeats his visit to see that his instructions have been fully under- 

 stood and that all is working well with the farmer and his new 

 cows. 



The Business Men's Dairy Extension Movement includes in 

 its membership: creamery separator, creamery package, and ma- 

 chinery men, silo manufacturers, and allied interests to be bene- 

 fited by an increase of the dairy business. 



The Board of Directors of this organization is representa- 

 tive of these interests, and is as follows : 



H. C. Beckman of the DeLaval Separator 

 Company, for the machinery interests ; G. A. Chap- 

 man of the Quaker Oats Company, for the stock 

 feed interests; W. W. Marple of the Fox River 

 Butter Company, and E. K. Slater of the Blue 

 Valley Creamery Company, for the creamery in- 

 terests ; W. E. Skinner, Secretary of the National 

 Dairy Council, for the dairy interests. 



