ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. i 5 



And just liere I wish to say a few words regarding the CLuality of milk 

 taken to the creameries. 



There appears to be a disposition on the part of many dairymen to be 

 negligent about the care of their milk and think anything is good enough 

 for the creamery, and fairly force the buttermaker to take in milk that he 

 knows is not in good enough condition to be received at a creamery. The 

 man who takes the milk in should be allowed to be the judge whether the 

 milk is good or bad, and should have the nerve to refuse to take bad milk, 

 as it is an injustice to the patrons who care for their milk, as it should be; 

 one lot of poor milk may spoil a day's make of butter; the creamery not 

 only loses money by this day's make of poor butter, but also loses its 

 reputation as well, and that is worse than losing the money. 



Good butter cannot De made from poor milk, and when milk is once 

 off in quality there is no power on earth that can restore it, and we never 

 look for Divine aid in its behalf. 



As soon as the milk is drawn from the cow, put the cans m a tank of 

 cold water in a room free from taint or odors of any kind, stir it several 

 times to let the animal heat escape, and I assure you that you will have 

 no trouble with the creamery manager about poor milk, and the quality of 

 the skim milk will be much better than if the milk had not had proper 

 care when first drawn from the cow. 



The people have their taste cultivated up to a high standard and want 

 extra creamery butter; we should endeavor to keep up that standard and 

 improve it if possible; we should not wait for the consumer to force us to 

 do so. 



There is no more promising field for intelligent work among the pro- 

 ductive callings of life than can be found in the dairy business of Illinois 

 today. 



By dairy business I do not mean the keeping of a few half fed, scrub 

 cows and producing butter of a q uality that the consumer will say he 

 would rather eat butterine than eat it. I mean intelligent dairying. 



Dairying is now conducted n business principles, in sections where 

 they make a success of it. Intelligentbreeding, feeding, cleanliness, an'd 

 skill are used in every way possible. 



