358 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



Resolved, That we appreciate the good work of the National Dairy 

 Union in their fight to protect the sale of pure butter and hereby pledge 

 the organization our future support. 



Whereas, The present trend of the dairy business in the state of Iowa 

 is towards the centralizing of the creamery interests in a few hands, which 

 we deem to be against the best interests of the. producer and consumer 

 through smaller returns to the producer and poorer quality to the con- 

 sumer, be it 



Resolved, That we express our heartfelt thanks to Secretary Wilson 

 and his assistants in the dairy division for collecting and giving out in- 

 formation as to the facts in this connection from all parts of the country, 

 and for the presentaton of these facts by the chief of the dairy depart- 

 ment at this convention. 

 (Signed) 



E. R. Shoemaker, 

 J. J. Bkunnee, 

 S. B. Shilling, 

 E. M. Wentwokth; 



Committee. 



On motion, duly seconded, the resolution was adopted. 



The meeting stood adjourned, and arrangements having been 

 made, a number of buttermakers visited the Agricultural College 

 at Ames. 



