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and when we go to dinner we enjoy from her bountiful provision 

 soup made from her tail ; elegant roast beef, pumpkin pie made 

 with her milk out of pumpkins grown on land fertilized with her 

 bones and we eat it with teeth that through a chemical process 

 has been made from her paunch. 



THE RESOLUTIONS. 



By the President : — We will now listen to the Resolution 

 Committee : 



Whereas, At a recent meeting of your advisory committee 

 of the state experiment station, they selected Mr. L. N. Wiggins 

 of Springfield, to represent this association on the general legis- 

 lative committee for the station ; therefore, be it 



Resolved, That we approve such selection. 



Resolved, That as the question of tuberculosis in the dairy 

 herds of this state is the most important question before us today, 

 we approve the idea of taking up this question with other cattle 

 associations, and our experiment station, in a safe and sane way, 

 believing some way will be found that will be safe and still be 

 satisfactory to us. 



Resolved, That we recommend that this association approve 

 L. N. Wiggins of Springfield to act for us with and on a com- 

 mittee from the several associations and experimental stations, 

 with full power to act for us on this question ; but we stand for, 

 and wish to go on record, as an association for the following : 



That they appeal to the legislature to approve an act which 

 shall afTord relief to the breeders and owners of cattle, whose 

 animals may be affected with tuberculosis, an act to contain the 

 following : 



