ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. !2l 
or 80 cents per hundred pounds to produce milk on 
account of expensive feed. None of the dairymen made 
any money, for it took all they received to pay for the feed. 
It is a fact that milk must bring $1.25 per one hundred 
pounds in the Winter to equal a Summer price of 75 or 80 
cents. Some people think that you cannot feed too much 
but this is an error as any [one who will look into it can 
see. 
Lawrence : Was present when Dr. Miles opened his 
Silo pit at Champaign. The food was in a very fair condi¬ 
tion. He had been reading articles in the newspapers since 
then, in relation to Silo, and believed that it made cheap 
feed. 
Cohoon: How much more will it cost to keep a cow 
that weighs 1,200 than one that weighs 800; and will a 
small cow give as much as a big one, other things being 
equal ? He had cows that weighed from 1,200 to 1,400. 
Patrick : It is conceded by men who have looked 
into it that the cow that weighs 1,200 will eat less than the 
one which weighs 1,400; each cow needs a certain amount 
of feed to sustain life, and as the largest cow requires the 
most, she will be the most expensive. The experience of 
all the farmers who have paid any attention to the matter 
proves that the most profitable cow is the one that weighs 
from 1,000 to 1,200. 
Adjourned to 7 p. m. 
Evening session called to order at 7:30. On motion 
E. H. Seward W. W. Bingham, L. Woodward and A 
Thompson were appointed a finance committee. On 
motion of R. M. Patrick it was decided to ask the ladies to 
