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and supplies in the baggage car. Where there were enough 

 children to make a separate meeting for them such was held in 

 one of the cars. 



During the week the train made thirty stops and the total 

 attendance of farmers was in the neighborhood of 3200. This 

 number of farmers wxre talked to at a very light expense. The 

 whole cost to the association above the returns for sleeping car 

 service paid by the representatives of the supply firms, was 

 not more than $200.00. Of course the expense of the train it- 

 self is not included, as the Santa Fe railroad realizing the im- 

 portance of building up dairying along their line of roa.d gave us 

 the train free and the service of the men who operated it, the 

 association having to pay only for the sleeping car. 



We believe that the train was a splendid investment and 

 that the foundation for future dairy growth in that section w^as 

 laid and that the results will be greater in the future than they 

 appear at the present time. 



W^e believe that the daiiy train idea should be encouraged 

 wherever we can have the co-operation of the railroads and that 

 similar trains should be run wherever the occasion arises. 



In the matter of expense of the Secretary's office, some of 

 the items are larger on account of the extra work of the office 

 in arranging for the dairy train, but otherwise they are practi- 

 cally the same as in former years. 



The chief expenses are for postage and traveling expense 

 and in this report we have expenses of the dairy train some of 

 which would not appear in future enterprises of that kind. For 

 example; the banners used on the car to designate the purpose 

 of the train, are in good order and capable of service on future 

 trains. 



In the matter of postage expense, will say that from the 

 Secretary's office were mailed out 270 Cv3pies of the annual re- 

 port to members in the state and to other places w^here inquiry 

 was made for them. The postage on each was eleven cents. 

 550 programs and posters at two cents were mailed olit and for 

 six weeks prior to the Joliet convention, articles were mailed out 



