12^ Illinois State Dairymen's Association. 



makes my third term and I have endeavored to advance the 

 interests of the dairy association and the entire dairy interests of 

 the state. How well I have succeeded I will leave to you but 

 there is this about the situation, we have to work in unity and 

 keep in close touch with the officers of this association and the 

 buttermakers' association throughout the state. We have got 

 to lend earnest support to our pure food commission and make 

 as many suggestions to the dairy department at Urbana as we 

 see fit. They are always glad over there to have suggestions 

 from a layman in the business and I know, so far as they can, 

 they try to follow them out. 



The success of this association in the past year and the 

 results we have obtained are due in a large measure to your 

 secretary, Mr. Caven, who has been untiring in his efforts. He 

 promoted a dairy train in the last year, which was successfully 

 operated and run over the Santa Fe system. Every arrange- 

 ment was carried out to the minutest detail and the train was a 

 great success. We talked to a great many people in the six 

 days we were out. 



Mr. Caven made arrangements with the State Fair, though 

 Mr. Auten, Chairman of the Dairy Department, and we were 

 nicely entertained thefe and had a nice dairy association tent. 

 Mr. Auten promises that we shall have that tent another year 

 and I hope to see every dairyman and buttermaker there. It is 

 rather hard to hold meetings there but it is a place we can get 

 together and call our own. 



I wish at this time to thank Professor Lee, of the Univer- 

 sity, for the interest he has always displayed at the State Fair 

 exhibit, at the experimental and dairy building. We call that 

 little meeting we have there a sort of demonstration of milk test- 

 ing and buttermaking, and I am satisfied that is one of the most 

 important features of the dairy department of the state fair, and 

 Professor Lee is to be heartily thanked for his co-operation. 



The association now has on foot a proposition for another 

 dairy train to be run on some of the Southern lines if possible 

 and I hope by the last of March, at least, you will hear from us 

 with another dairy train. The increased appropriation we re- 

 ceived last winter from the legislature was very fortunate as a 

 great many associations were turned down while we have been 

 able to increase our appropriation a thousand dollars a year. 



