THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 159 



THURSDAY MORNING JAN. 21, 1909. 



President in the Chair: — We will come to order. We are a 

 little shy on numbers, but the interest is here. I will appoint as 

 a committee on nominations, H. E. Schuknecht, LaGrange; E. 

 G. Mallory, Freeport; J. R. Biddulph, Providence. 



We have three speakers who are experts in their line. Dr. 

 Wright is with us and Mr. Schuknecht and Mr. Marple. We 

 will not follow the program exactly, but open the session with 

 Mr. Schuknecht. 



PURE DAIRY PRODUCTS. 



By 



Mr. H. E. Schuknecht, LaGrange, III. 

 Assistant State Food Commissioner. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — I have been trying to find some ex- 

 cuse for saying anything to you this morning, but I haven't found 

 any good excuse why I should take any of your time. You all 

 know, from the things I have said in the past, what we have been 

 trying to do in the State Food Department. Under the law, you 

 all understand the Illinois law is so drawn as to be a police meas- 

 ure. Reduced to practice, it is a protective measure to the dairy 

 interests of the State of Illinois. It has some educational feat- 

 ures, and consequently in our work we have gone comparatively 

 little outside of purely police work. We have found more of 



