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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 
I see then in conclusion, no sufficient reasons for apprehending that the 
dairy business in the West will not continue to offer fair rewards, in com¬ 
parison with other agricultural pursuits, for the skill and industry which are 
likely to be engaged in it. 
C. H. Larkin being called for, said: He came to lieai and 
not to be heard; could not see any cause to fear; thought 
that if the article or product was good, it would at all times 
command a price above that of production; product in the 
West could be produced cheaper than in the East. 
C. C. Buell thought it was not impossible to overdo the mat¬ 
ter; dairy products were perishable, and could net be kept 
long; soon lost its flavor, therefore, could not retain its best 
consumers; the quantity consumed is nearly fixed, so that 
if the supplv is crowded, down go prices av;ay down and 
then follows a deficiency in supply, and up go prices —away 
up. The whole list of dairy products are of so perishable a 
nature, that if 1,000 factories be added in one year, the entire 
business would be prostrated, and a grand rush out of the 
business would follow. 
J. B. McLean had been watching the butter business for 
several years. The Elgin Butter factory was the first to 
engage in the business of butter making, and people came for 
many miles to see the novelty of making butter by ma¬ 
chinery. He believed the business could be overdone; but 
good butter would always bring a good price, while poor 
butter put upon the market, tended to reduce the price. 
Thought that none but good butter should be put upon the 
market. 
I. H. Wanzer said that where a new creamery was estab 
lished, the result was to absorb small dairies in the immedi- 
ate neighborhood; did not put a larger amount of product up¬ 
on the market, as many supposed, but merely made a better 
class of butter, which could command and maintain a better 
price all over the world, which was a desirable end to attain. 
C. H. Larkin considered the dairy product no exception to 
