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On motion of Mr. Judd, the secretary was instructed to cast 

 the vote of the association for the officers named, which was 

 done, and the officers named in said report declared the duly 

 elected officers of the association. 



President Gurler: I feel highly honored to think that I 

 have been selected the third time as president of this associa- 

 tion. At the same time I don't believe in a third term; there 

 are many men in this association able to take up and carry 

 intelligently through the work of its programme. There are 

 men who have a better control of oratory by far than I have; 

 there are men in this association who have all the qualifications 

 that are required of a man to fill this office, and qualifications 

 which I realize that I am lacking, but, as it is your wish, I will 

 serve you and I will work first, last and all the time in what I 

 consider the best interests of this association. 



The secretary then announced that there had only been one 

 entry for the following essay premiums, and that all had been 

 won by Mr. W. R. Hostetter, Mt. Carroll. 



HOW TO SELECT DAIRY TINWARE. 



(Premium of Six Seamless Neck and Cover Milk Cans, worth $12.00, 

 offered by Chicago Stamping Co., Chicag-o; won by Mr, W. E. Hostetter.) 



To the dairyman this is an important question. It seems 

 like an easy one but it is not. Our markets are flooded with 

 cheap and worthless tinware. Nearly every town has a store 

 called * 'The Fair," ''The Racket," "The Ten Cent Store" or 



