ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 5 j 



is done above the grade line and they are working on the first story of 

 this room, and we hope to have it done by the first of September. 



Mr. Gramm. I would like to know if we farmers that have not had 

 the advantages, can feel free to write to you for advice. 



A. By all means, yes sir. "There is nothing so cheap as advice," says 

 Josh Billings. "It is hard to gi\'e and easy to take." Any information 

 the University has at hand is to be given to any one in the State, or out- 

 side that writes for it. We cannot answer all questions that come up. 

 we will answer these letters out of the experience and knowledge of the 

 men who are there and the literature we have at hand. Some letters 

 come that we cannot answer.. Write and ask us anything you want to. 

 We are writing over 10,000 letters a year now and a few more will make 

 no difference. 



Music by the Apollo Mandolin Club of Belvidere. Responded to an 

 encore. 



The Southern Illinois Dairy 



L. S. DORSE Y, MORO, SECRETARY MADISON COUNTY FARMER'S 



INSTITUTE. 



Mr. President: I do not come to you this evening as a dairy teacher, 

 or as one who has mastered the art of caring for the cow and her products. 

 I am here as a representative of the Southern Illinois dairy interests. I 

 am here to tell you the little I have learned from associating and work- 

 ing along dairy lines. 



I shall not attempt to tell yon very much, for if I did I would be 

 telling you more than i know. 



It seems to me there has come a change in agricultural matters in our 

 State. Two years ago the State Experimental Station sent Prof. Frazer 



