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come the property of the Illinois State Board of Agri- 

 culture at the close of the State Fair, which will give us 

 a starting point. 



Mr. Boyd : How does that cover the butter and 

 cheese ? 



Mr. Wyman : That will come further on. There 

 isn't any class in this circular that covers them. We 

 can't get butter and cheese next year at the fair and 

 keep them until the Exposition, they will come later on. 

 You understand these prizes that are offered are of- 

 fered by the State Board of Agriculture. 



The Chairman: About what are their resources ? 



Mr. Wyman : About six thousand dollars. 



Mr. Sawyer : Have you six thousand more ready to 

 put out for the dairymen ? 



Mr. Wyman : I don't know about that. There are 

 only a few districts in the Northern part of the Stat§ 

 that are interested in this dairy business. 



Mr. 1 Dysart (Being called on, said) : It is not neces- 

 sary for me to state further. Mr. Wyman has stated 

 it just exactly as it is. We are as much interested as 

 any member here on this subject, but five or six are 

 not a majority of twenty, consequently we can not just 

 exactly have everything our way ; but if you had at- 

 tended our meetings, you would find that we who are 

 interested in dairying have made just as strong a fight 

 for the dairy interest as any of you would have done, 

 and we hope that we shall secure as much for that in- 

 terest perhaps as any other single industry in the State. 

 I do not hope to secure as much as the real magnitude 

 of the interest seems to demand, but we will get the 

 best we can for you. We have been through a good 

 deal in this matter. We have been chastised before 

 our eyes and behind our backs, but we are going on 



