FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION 89 



And whereas this, the fifty-third annual convention is 

 the natural outgrowth of years of continuous efforts on the 

 part of the past officers of the association, therefore be it 

 resolved that the secretary be instructed to extend to the 

 former president, J. P. Mason of Elgin, to H. P. Irish, now 

 residing in California, and to all who have served as officers 

 or directors of the association and who are now among 

 the living, the greetings of the association, and an ex- 

 pression of recognition for their foresight and sound judg- 

 ment as is manifest in their valuable service to the dairy 

 industry of Illinois, in founding and perpetuating this organ- 

 ization. 



And, whereas the Illinois Dairymen's Association, in 

 years past has and at this time, does recognize in the present 

 administration of the government of the state of Illinois, 

 a great power for good, thoroughly competent and naturally 

 inclined to render every possible service to the agricultural 

 interests of the state, therefore be it resolved that this asso- 

 ciation, representing 2000 members, the leading dairy farm- 

 ers of the state of Illinois, unreservedly endorse the ad- 

 ministration, most helpful in every way possible, to our in- 

 dustry. 



And, whereas in the year 1925, the Hon. Len Small, as 

 Governor of the state of Illinois, saw fit to appoint one of 

 our number — a man who had grown up in the farming and 

 dairy business, the Hon. Stillman J. Stanard, as Director of 

 the State Department of Agriculture, therefore be it re- 

 solved that this association commend the Governor upon the 

 wisdom of his choice, which has been so thoroughly proven 

 by the unprecedented success of the State Department of 

 Agriculture, under his direction, and be it further resolved 

 that this association be placed on record as heartily in favor 

 of the continuation of the splendid service the state is now 

 rendering the dairy industry through the department of 

 agriculture, under the able guidance of the present director, 

 Hon. Stillman J. Stanard . 



And, whereas legislation enacted has placed upon the 

 State Department of Agriculture, the problem of livestock 

 sanitation and disease control that is now presented in the 



