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consisting of a little over an ounce of that man's milk, 

 while it is in the weigh can, and put it into that jar. 

 When it is cold weather we sometimes run longer than 

 a week — sometimes two weeks. When we make the 

 test those samples of milk are sour, we add a small 

 amount of concentrated Lewis' lye to ten ounces of 

 milk, we add what will lie on a silver dime, and it 

 neutralizes the thickness and brings the milk back into 

 the same condition it w T as, nice for taking a sample. 

 We want to be careful not to throw the lye in a bunch, 

 it should be sprinkled in and then stirred. Don't add 

 enough to make it pink, just enough to give it a good, 

 rich color, audit is all right to do its work perfectly. 

 Then the sample is taken from that and the test made. 



Me. Boyd moved that the president be added to the 

 committee appointed to meet the World's Fair Com- 

 missioners. Motion seconded by Mr. Gurler, put by 

 Mr. Boyd, and carried. 



The Convention adjourned to meet at 7:30 p. m. 



The Convention met at 7:30 p. m. 



Music by the band. 



The list of awards were read by the secretary : they 

 will be found on the last pages of this report. 



ILLINOIS DAIRYING AT THE WOELD'S FAIR. 



B. F. WYMAN, Sycamore, III., Vice-President State Board of 

 Agriculture. 



The opportunities afforded the dairy interests of the 

 State of Illinois as well as all other states, at the Dairy 

 Department of the World's Columbian Exposition will 

 be, if rightly taken advantage of, the great opportunity 



