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that each year they will grow and become very popular and there- 

 by of vast benefit to the dairy interests. 



I wish, particularly, to speak of the good results achieved 

 by the display of milk and cream at our State Fair ; and I earn- 

 estly hope that all bottlers of milk and cream will remember the 

 next State Fair and have samples of their product on exhibition. 



In speaking of Fairs, it is highly proper at this time, it 

 seems to me, to urge every dairyman in this state to boost the 

 next National Dairy Show and interest his neighbors in the out- 

 come of these fairs, as an educational feature. 



Our State Pure Food Commission have accomplished a 

 great deal within the last year. While this Commission did 

 not secure the hearty support of the Legislature in its proposed 

 new bill for proper dairy legislation, the Commissioners were, in 

 the main, satisfied with the results. The Dairv commissioner 

 has done wonders in the past twelve months, in the organization 

 of his department. He is to be particularly congratulated upon 

 his success in the prosecution of the Oleomargarine cases. The 

 law regulating the sale and analysis of commercial food stuffs 

 for live-stock is not properly constructed, so as to warrant a very 

 active enforcement. I hope that this department will secure the 

 passage of a much more effective law at the next session of the 

 Legislature. However, a great deal of work has been carried 

 out in regard to the concentrated feeds, the manufacturers and 

 dealers have come to a better understanding of what is required 

 and wanted of them. It is the duty of every man, who buys 

 these feeds to see that they are properly stamped, so as to comply 

 with the present law and to assist in bringing up the standard of 

 all concentrated feeds. '• The price for these feeds is so high that 

 one must be sure that he is getting as much digestible protein as 

 he can for the money and he must know that he is not feeding 

 some worthless trash to his cattle. 



At the University of Illinois, last winter, the short course 

 in Dairy farming was largely attended. Twenty-odd students 

 passed the examinations in milk testing and your officers have 

 heard very satisfactorily from a great many of these young men. 

 I am satisfied that the attendance at the Short Course this winter 

 will be greatly increased and that it will not be long until these 

 young men can assist us materially in forming and operating 

 Test Associations. It is the duty of every dairy farmer to try 



