THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 213 



We wish to thank the Elgin High School for its exhibit, 

 the High School Glee Club for music furnished. 



We wish to thank all who took part on the program for 

 able address on important dairy subjects. We feel that these 

 subjects have been presented in a manner that must bring good 

 to (he dairy interests of our state. 



Our thanks are due to N. W. Hepburn, in charge of the 

 Dairy Manufacturing, University of Illinois, and Fred Jorgen- 

 sen of the same department for their work in charge of the 

 butter exhibit, the butter and milk testing contests and the class 

 in butter judging. These practical features have made this Con- 

 vention particularly valuable to all who have taken part in them. 

 We thank O. A. Storvick, of the Dairy Division, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and Fred Bockleman with Coyne Bros., 

 Chicago, who assisted in scoring the butter. 



We wish to thank the supply men who have added ma- 

 terially to the appearance and success of the Convention. 



W r e thank the Elgin Daily Newspapers, the "News" and 

 "Courier,'' for their splendid accounts of the proceedings of this 

 Convention, and their liberal use of space prior to the Conven- 

 tion so as to give it the widest publicity in their territories. 



United effort has made this Convention a success and we 

 hope that all who had a part m this effort feel as gratified wi::h 

 the results as do the officers and members of this Association. 



BOVINE TUBERCULOSIS. 



WHEREAS, Bovine Tuberculosis, in many of the older 

 states, has spread to such an CKtent in many herds as to threaten 

 the health and usefulness of dairy cattle and be a menace to the 

 future dairy industry; and 



WHEREAS, From such existing conditions the great 

 dairy breeding interests of the State of Illinois may be seriously 

 injured and damaged by failure to use proper precautions; 



THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That we recom- 

 mend that such action be taken as will protect the breeders from 



