54 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Members of the membership committee may be found al- 

 most anywhere in the room but if any one who wants a mem- 

 bership doesn't find a member of the committee, he can get it 

 at the Association office near the door. 



We have here the published report of our last year's Con- 

 vention and these contain a lot of good dairy information and 

 we want you to take them and read them. The State makes 

 an appropriation to help us publish these reports so on that ac- 

 count we can give them out and we want them in the hands of 

 men who will read them and can derive some benefit from them. 



I want to announce, for fear some one is here who will 

 not be here this afternoon, that there will be a lecture by Dean 

 Davenport of Illinois College of Agriculture this evening. He 

 is an interesting talker and I know all will appreciate his lec- 

 ture. There will be some music besides the lecture, and after 

 the lecture the members of the Association are to be entertained 

 over at the Elks Club. Of course we cannot include the ladies 

 as that is one particular part of this program where the ladies 

 do not appear. Even if the ladies are not there it will be a 

 very nice affair, and one that I know all of our members will 

 enjoy. 



Mr. Mason : I would like to hear from Mr. Turner about 

 five minutes and have him tell us how they grow alfalfa in 

 McHenry County. 



Mr. Turner : I want to say that instead of telling this 

 audience how hard it is to raise alfalfa, I want to say how easy 

 it is. We have gotten fine results and though you have heard 

 that the summer or fall is the best time to start alfalfa I be- 

 lieve the spring is the best time. We follow Governor Hoard's 

 instructions. 



Mr. Mason: Do you have any trouble in starting it? 



Mr. Turner : We have no trouble at all when we start it 

 in the spring. There is nothing like alfalfa, everything likes 

 to eat it. 



Mr. Mason : We will adjourn until i 130 this afternoon. 

 We want to get started on time, we have three good speakers. 



