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On motion, duly made and seconded, report was adopted 

 as read and on further motion, duly seconded, the secretary was 

 instructed to cast the ballot of the convention for the officers 

 nominated. 



Mr. Newman : — May I be permitted to say one word ? I 

 came to Rockford fully determined that this should be my last 

 year in this office. I have talked with a great many of the 

 dairymen here and they seem to think it the part of wisdom 

 for this year that I should accept the position if offered. I 

 did not like to but I am going to agree with them this time, but 

 I want it to go in the records that this is the last year I will 

 accept the office, and next year you must look up some other 

 person to fill this office. 



RESOLUTIONS. 



Resolved, That the thanks of this Association are due to 

 the citizens of Rockford for their support of this meeting; to 

 the local committee of the Business Men's Association for the 

 arrangements for holding the sessions and displaying machinery 

 and supplies, and especially to Mr. Ben Bollman, of the Forest 

 City Creamery Company, for his labor in behalf of this con- 

 vention. 



Resolved, That we thank the newspapers of Rockford for 

 their efforts to make the convention a success by printing notices 

 of the meeting and lengthy reports of the sessions. To the 

 newspapers, and especially the general farm and dairy papers, 

 we owe to a large degree not only the success of this meeting, 

 but our success as an association. 



Resolved, That we thank the speakers who have had places 

 on the program and addressed this convention. They are men 

 whose efforts are to build up dairying and extend the industry, 

 and whose willingness to attend our dairy meeting makes such 

 excellent programs as we have had here possible. 



