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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION, 
early spring, to flood the market with skimmed cheese, which 
o course run down prices; thought a resolution condemning 
ie practice, passed by this Association, would help to reme^ 
dy the evil. 
G. P. Lord said if it was a fact that skimmed would last 
onger than full-cream, it was most certainly injurious, as it 
c ogged the wheels of consumption of cheese, and all would 
go down together; the practice would react upon us; any ar¬ 
ticle adulterated at all, is supposed to be reduced more than 
it really is; if reduced ten per cent., the buyers think it is cer- 
ain y twenty per cent, and deal accordingly; all manufac- 
ured goods should have the name of the maker plainly 
marked upon them, then they can stand or tall upon their 
merits. 
Dr. Tefft thought all cheese should be branded with the 
maker’s name, also the grade of cheese, then it could stand or 
fall as it was worthy. 
It was now voted to discontinue the further discussion of 
Topic No. 8 until to-morrow. 
Topic No. 12—“Large and Small Dairies—Which Are the 
ost Profitable ’’was called for, when Israel Boies, of Ma¬ 
rengo, said it was a hard question to decide, as so much 
depended upon circumstances; his opinion was that from 
twenty-five to thirty cows in a single dairy could be made to 
yield, all things being equal, more than a larger number; kept 
a large dairy himself, and did better than many of his nei°-h 
bors who kept small dairies; fifty cows are enough to keep 
together. By soiling, double the amount of milk can be pro¬ 
duced, and of a better quality; where dairies are small, the 
cream often is kept too long to produce a good article of but 
ter. The larger the dairy the more care needed to get a fair 
return; upon the whole, it was a hard question to decide, with 
the doubt in favor of small dairies. 
G. E. Morrow, of Chicago, thought a great deal depended 
upon the man; fully as much as upon the size of the dairy; 
