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with it. She would not bring her butter to compete for the prize. I as- 

 sured her that she was welcome to bring her butter, and that the butter 

 sxperts here would tell her what was the trouble with her butter. I 

 Delieve it is one of the things that every buttermaker should know. 



Secretary-Treasurer Van Norman: We only have an hour and a half 

 in the morning, so let's all be on time and do all we can in that time. 



President .Johnson: If there is nothing further to come before this 

 meeting at this time we Avill stand adjourned until 9:00 o'clock tomorrow 

 morning. 



(The meeting stood adjourned.) 



In place of the usual evening session a banquet was served in the 

 Hotel Denison. to which S6 members and friends of the Association sat 

 down. A number of informal toasts were responded to. Dr. Woollen of 

 Indianapolis acting as toastmuster. Prof. Plumb, now of the Ohio State 

 University, a charter member, three times I'resident and once Secretary 

 of the Association was a guest of the Association. This banquet custom 

 began three years ago and has become a regular and pleasing feature of 

 the annual conventions. 



. FRIDAY MORNING. 



Prosident .Johnson: I think it would be advisable for those interested 

 ill flie butter scoring to get as close around this table as possible. 



P. H. Keiffer: I have had the pleasure of going through this butter 

 with Mr. Slater, and I am pleased to say that I found the butter much 

 better than I expected to lind it when I came here. Away out in the 

 Western States of Iowa and Nebraska we think we are the whole thing 

 in the butter business. I see that the manufacturers of butter in this State 

 and the milk producers who make butter hero are right in line — they are 

 on the right track, and are guided right— and I .must tell you right here 

 that the butter is much better than I expected to find when I came. I 

 expected it to score from about 92 down. It is better than that; it runs 

 from that up. and this is very pleasing to me. 



We haven't very much time, we are late in starting and I'll try to 

 hurry along as fast as I can. Now Mr. Chairman, I think it would bo 

 better for each one of the people interested to taste the butter. 



Prof. Van Norman: We will make this something of a school and 

 pass the score cards around and let each person that feels like it score 

 the butter when it is passed around, then when the score is given you 

 can compare yours with it. 



