On motion of Mr. Willson, the president was author- 

 ized to appoint the committee spoken of. 

 Motion seconded and carried. 

 The following resolution was offered bv Mr. Will- 



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Kesolved, That the Illinois State Dairymen Asso- 

 ciation request the Elgin Board of Trade to appoint a 

 committee to consult with a committee from this asso- 

 ciation regarding the exhibit of dairy products at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition under the direction of 

 the World's Fair commissioners of Illinois. 



Motion seconded by Mr. Monrad ; put to the house 

 and carried. 



THAT MILK PUMP. 

 MR. J. H. MONRAD, Chicago, III. 



That milk pump seems to be a very small subject and 

 I shall not take a long time to speak about it. You all 

 know, if you have visited any creameries, the way in 

 which the milk is lifted up. It is generally done by 

 some sort of a pump. Now, I have been in creameries 

 in Illinois, in Iowa and in several other States, cream- 

 eries that were kept perfectly clean, where the floor 

 was so that you could take your meal off from it, and 

 yet if you would smell that milk pump you would find 

 there would be some little smell in the cleanest pump of 

 them all. It is not impossible to keep a pump clean, 

 but in nine cases outof ten they don't succeed in doing- 

 it, and that pump will be the breeding point for the 

 wrong kind of bacteria. They put in these pumps 

 because they can build a cheaper factory by using them 

 to get the milk up, and the buttermakers like the 



