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The Dairy Department of the University 



of Illinois. 



This department Las. two well defined divisions. The first dealing 

 with the maniagement of dairy farms, the ecomomic productio'n: of milk 

 andi its supply to the customer, together with the whole subject of bacter- 

 iology, i& in chiargeuof Mr. W. J. F aser, head of the department. The di- 

 vision' of dairy miamufiactures, covering the W'hole que&tion of creaming 

 and the miaking of butteir anid, cheese, is in charge of Mr. Oscar Erf, a grad- 

 uate of the University of Ohio and an expert in. deisigning and operating 

 dairy machinery., Mr. Fras'er has spent a number of months in Europe, 

 studying the most prominent dairy questions in that country, but will re- 

 turn in time for the opening of the college year in. September., The work 

 of theste two divii&ionsi is. disitinct and yet is; kept thorouglily co-ordinated. 

 The n.eed of the studient is< not lost sight of. fWhether he is studying dai- 

 rying from the stand-point of tht milk producer, or from that of the mian- 

 ufacturer,, he will be kept face to face with the problems that will most 

 Intimately concern him. The division of work between the instructors 

 is such that nieither is troubled with the details of the other, thus secur- 

 ing his entire time for the problems within his owm special field. 



IThe University has been led to make this division within the De- 

 partment of Dairy Husbandry, because it believes that the education of 

 the farmier wlio is a milk producer is fundamentally distinct from' that of 

 the mauiufacturer of dairy products, and it desiresi to meet the needsi of 

 both withoiut requiring either to take work that is especially) designatied 

 for the other. With the completion of the new building there will be in 

 operation, besides offices andi class roomis, the following special labora- 



