46 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
market of the world, and that this reputation accrues to the advantage of 
its patrons. It would be impossible tor even the largest of its patrons to 
achieve such a reputation in a lifetime. 
If some system not unlike this can be introduced into the dairy business 
of Illinois, and with results as beneficial as it has been in Denmark, our 
dairymen will not be under the necessity of practicing the most rigid econ¬ 
omy with the hope that his savings may be distributed among his descend¬ 
ants of the third generation. He would have the pleasure of knowing that 
his own children would profit by his industiy. 
Judge Wilcox thought this an important subject. The 
plan of Mr. Lord was new to him, bnt it looked favorable; 
could not adopt it at once, but could make many improve¬ 
ments in our present system. Times are dull, all business 
is dull; we ought to have our cheese manufactured cheaper; 
two and a half cents per pound was too much; no factory- 
man has invested more than the value of a common farm. 
The dairyman is compelled to take his milk seven times a 
week; all the milk is sold; they raise no calves, no hogs; all 
they get from the farm is the milk: one quarter of the amount 
is paid for selling. It requires no more help to run a factory 
than a farm; the factoryman has no risk; the farmer is the 
man who is compelled to take all the risk; it does not seem 
fair. Where milk is made up by the pound, the factoryman 
has no real interest in the quality of the product; he gets 
just as much for a poor article as a good one; he merely is 
anxious as to the quantity. The Condensing company are 
particular in all respects; they take only good milk, and 
make only a good product. We can not educate people to 
eat poor food; we must change our mode ot dairying, or 
some of us, at least, must go out ot the business. It would 
seem to him that the best plan is, for every farmer who can, 
to make up his milk at home. «One-fourtli now goes to pay 
the factoryman, besides the wear and tear; they could save 
this fourth, and in the long run make more money, and much 
easier. Could see no way out unless we had a change, as 
prices were constantly on the decrease. We were now ruin¬ 
ing our dairies by killing all our calves; by the home method 
we could raise our calves: the average dairy is not as good 
as it was five or six years ago; we should raise the calves 
