ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 175 



1st — Recommending- a larger appropriation by the General 

 Assembly for the Dairy Department of the Experiment Station. 



2nd — Commending the action of the College of Agriculture 

 in its endeavor to establish '' Test Associations " in each county, 

 and recommending the printing annually of a " Bulletin of Per- 

 formance,'' to include list of cows testing 225 pounds of butter 

 fat or more per year. 



3rd. — The division of this state into three divisions, viz. : 

 ■Northern, Central and Southern, for the purpose of holding 

 annual Dairy Associations, the State Association to be held in 

 rotation between the three. 



4th. — The appointing of an ''Advisory Committee" by the 

 President of this Association to co-operate with the State Ex- 

 periment Station in conducting experiments of interest to the 

 dairy interests of the state. 



5th. — The maintaining of headquarters at the State Fair, 

 with arrangements for a short program for part of the time. 



6th. — The formation of a " milk and cream" exhibit at the 

 State Fair, and offering prizes for s^me by this Association. 



7th. — Commendation of the work of the Pure Food Com- 

 mission, and especially of First Assistant Schuknecht, and 

 recommending an increased appropriation by the General Assem- 

 bly for the purpose of providing a larger field force and the more 

 vigorous prosecution of offenders. 



8th. — The repassage of a '' Pure Feed Stuffs" bill, carrying 

 with it a sufficient appropriation to effectively enforce its pro- 

 visions. 



Realizing the importance to the continued advancement of 

 the dairy interests, in the absolute cleanliness of both the products 

 of the dairy, and equally therewith, the sanitary conditions of 

 the stables and dairies where said products are produced, there- 

 fore be it 



Resolved, That we heartily appreciate the efforts of the 

 United States Department of Agriculture at Washington in its 

 endeavor to correct, by publicity, the present faulty conditions in 

 so large a percentage of the dairies of the country ; and 



Resolved, That we favor the adoption of the scorecard 



