ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 17 
it was yet sweet. 
Dr. Tefft replied that the acid would develop in the 
cream if it was left to sour. 
The Topic (No. 1) was then resumed. 
O. S. Cohoon said that in his neighborhood a proposi¬ 
tion was made by some of the farmers, to take their milk 
to the factory twice per day. They all tried the experi¬ 
ment, but before the end of the month they reverted to the 
old plan, all of them being satisfied that there was not 
enough extra profit to pay for the extra trouble. 
C. H. Larkin was called upon, and he stated that he 
knew nothing about the question further than having 
seen Hintze, of Elgin, try taking milk twice per day, and 
give it up in a short time. Mr. Hintze had told him that 
he gave it up simply because it required two sets of em¬ 
ployes to take care of the two receipts, and he could not 
afford to pay two out of it. 
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The following paper on the same subject was presented 
to the convention. 
ISAAC BOIES’ PAPER. 
Which is the More Profitable to the Dairymen, to 
Deliver Milk Once or to Deliver it Twice Per Day ? The 
dairyman, if a good one, should never keep a poor milker, 
and should aim to take such care that the cow will yield a 
bountiful supply of good milk. When he has got the milk 
he should take good care of same ; in hot weather, cool 
properly, in cold take care it don’t chill. My own experi¬ 
ence and tests go to prove that for butter alone or butter 
and cheese there is 20 to 25 per cent, in favor of delivering 
milk night and morning, the sooner milk is delivered after 
being properly cooled when cooling is needed, then set 
