ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 21 
But I must not dwell longer upon this subject. The conclusion of the 
whole matter is this, 
The successful dairyman is the man who by strict attention to the 
details of his business, and without excessive manual labor and drudgery, 
either on his own part or on the part of any member of his family, never 
swerving a hair s breadth from the right line of integrity, accumulates a 
competency; and while doing this, does not neglect that development of 
the mind, that intellectual culture, that heart culture, which alone can fit 
him and his family for the proper enjoyment of accumulated wealth, and 
make of them honorable and valuable members of society. 
Topic No. 1 u If Dairy fanning is the most remunera¬ 
tive, how can we make it more so ?” was now taken up 
and discussed; G. P. Lord, Esq., of Elgin, reading the fol¬ 
lowing paper: 
MR. (4. P. LORD’S PAPER. 
Mr. President . The topic tor discussion is this : " c If dairy farming 
is the most remunerative, how can we make it more so?” Or, in other 
words, what methods can be adopted by the dairymen of this country to 
make the dairy business more profitable than it now is. 
That the importance of this subject may be fully impressed on our 
minds, consider for a moment the vast amount of capital invested in this 
branch of industry. 
Mr. Sherman Tracey, in au address before the u Western Reserve 
Daily Association, stated that in 1875 there was in this country 10,000,000 
of cows used for dairy purposes, which, valued at forty-five dollars per head 
represented a capital of $450,000,000. 
If it lequires three acres of land to furnish food for each cow, then 
we shall find that there are 30,000,000 of acres of land devoted to this 
purpose, which at thirty dollars per acre, a low estimate, represents a capital 
of $900,000,000 invested in land used in carrying on the dairy business.' 
Nor do these two items include all that is invested in dairying, but we 
must add for teams, wagons, agricultural and dairy implements at least 
$100,000,000 more, making a grand total of $1,450,000,000 invested by 
the dairymen of this county in this single branch of industry. 
Now let us compare this with the amount of capital invested in 
banking. We find that the comptroller of the currency reports that on the 
first of October, 1877, all the national banks of the country had a capital 
