Thirty-fourth Annual Convention. ^21 



a very good program this afternoon and while some of the mem- 

 bers may have to go home, I hope all will remain as long as pos- 

 sible so as to complete the afternoon program with a good at- 

 tendance. 



I want to thank the members of the membership committee 

 for the energy they have displayed. This association needs the 

 support of every man in the dairy business or butter business in 

 the entire state. The main object of all these meetings is getting 

 together and lending what assistance we can give. 



The secretary will now read the resolutions. 



The Resolutions. 



Whereas, The dairy interests of the country is one of the 

 largest in the agricultural department, and 



Whereas, Those interests are now cared for as a division 

 of the bureau of animal industry, and 



Whereas, We believe its interests could now be best cared 

 for by a dairy bureau in the agricultural department, therefore 

 be it 



Resolved, That we recommend to the secretary of agricul- 

 ture that he ask congress to make the dairy department under 

 him a bureau by itself, in place of a division in another bureau. 



Whereas, The secretary of agriculture has taken great in- 

 terest in dairying and furnished several of the best instructors 

 to aid both the producer, manufacturer and dealers in dairy 

 products, 



Resolved, The thanks of this association be and are hereby 

 respectfully tendered to Secretary Wilson for sending Professors 

 Webster and Lane and Messrs. Credicott and White into this 

 state, to aid those interested in the dairy, to improve the output 

 from Illinois, realizing the importance to the continued advance- 

 ment of the dairy interests, in the absolute cleanliness of both 

 the products of the dairy, and equally therewith, the sanitary 

 conditions of the stables and dairies where said products are pro- 

 duced, therefore be it 



Resolved, That we heartily appreciate the efforts of the 

 United States department of agriculture at Washington in its 

 endeavor to correct, by publicity, the present faulty conditions 

 in some of the dairies of the country ; and 



