200 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Directors^ Meeting at Springfield. 



Directors of the Illinois State Dairymen's Ass'n met at the 

 State Fair in Oct. 1906. The session being held in one of the 

 dairy barns. Pres- Wiggins presided and the Secretary made 

 a report in the matter of location for the next state convention 

 After a discussion of the report, it was decided to hold the 

 next convention in Joliet in connection with the meeting of the 

 Will County Farmers' Institute, Jan. 16-17-18-19. The Secre- 

 tary was instructed to arrange the program and make all pre- 

 parations for the convention and to co-operate with the institute 

 so as not to have a conflict in program. 





Directors' Meeting at Quincy. 



Directors of the Illinois State Dairymen's Ass'n met in 

 Quincy during the February convention of the State Farmers' 

 Institute, 1907, Treasurer Coolidge and Secretary Caven, Direc- 

 tors Wiggins, Mason, Jansen, Campbell, Kimzey being present. 



Upon motion the President was directed to appoint a com- 

 mittee on location of the next annual convention, and to deter- 

 mine the time for holding such meeting. 



President Wiggins made an oral report of the work the 

 association had been lately doing and presented a copy of a letter 

 he had written to the State Board of Agriculture in regard to 

 the dairy exhibits at the state fair and the management of the 

 dairy building. 



That copy is here presented as follows : 



Springfield, 111., February 18th, 1907. 

 To the Honorable 



State Board of Agriculture, 

 Springfield, 111. 

 Gentlemen : — For a number of years, our State Fair, as 

 well as the various Dairy Associations, have offered premiums for 

 exhibits of cheese and of butter at their respective shows, but 



