CONTENTS 



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Letter of Transmittal 3 



List of Officers • . . 4 



By-Laws of Association 5 



Introduction by Geo. Caven, Secretary 9 



Proceedings of the Thirty-Seventh Annual Convention 13 



—Address by Mrs. Scott Durand 13 



—Address, Mr. S. B. Shilling 30 



— Address of Welcome, by Mayor Fehrman of Elgin 34 



— Address by Mr. Charles Gilkerson 35 



— President's Address by L. N. Wiggins 39 



—Committees Appointed 43 



— Address by Judge John Lynch 44 



— Address — Practical Dairy Suggestions, by S. B. Shilling 55 



— Address — Selecting Dairy Cows, by Hugh G. Van Pelt 60 



— Address — Grading Cream and the Necessity of Paying for Quali- 

 ty, by H. J. Credicott 73 



—Address — Illinois College of Agriculture, by Prof. E. Davenport, 



Dean ' • . 77 



— Report of Agricultural Committee — Needs of College of Agricul- 

 ture . 92 



— Report of Sub-Committee of General Agricultural Committee.... 99 

 — Address — The Relation of the Dairy Cow To Soil Fertility, by 



A. J. Glover 110 



— Address — Silo Construction and the Use of Ensilage, by J. E. 



Dorman 122 



— Address — Care of Milk on the Farm, by W. W. Marple 139 



—Election of Officers 158 



— Address — Some Facts Influencing the Profits in Milk Production, 



by Prof. W. J. Fraser 160 



— Address— Tuberculosis in Our Herds, by Dr. H. D. Russell 172 



