^^^ Illinois State Dairymen s Association. 



on the road to success. I believe these contests will tend to pro- 

 mote a more kindly feeling between the dairymen and health 

 officers. This was certainly true in Cleveland, Ohio, where on 

 the inauguration of the inspection division of the board of health 

 considerable opposition developed among the dairymen, but with 

 thorough understanding of the object of the inspection which 

 was set forth at the dairy meeting held in connection with the 

 milk contest, this opposition has ceased and inspection is sought 

 and welcomed. The most cordial relations now exist between 

 the dairymen and the inspection department. I am told that milk 

 contest and the dairy farm contest held in connection with it 

 definitely contributed to this spirit. This is further shown in a 

 letter directed to the board of health and signed by eleven repre- 

 sentative dairymen which is as follows : 

 We milk producers : 



Who ship milk to the city of Cleveland, desiring to make 

 and ship milk of good quality and to observe the sanitary regula- 

 tions as prescribed by your honorable body, respectfully ask that 

 each and every person shipping milk to the city of Cleveland be 

 required to take out a permit, to be issued by your honorable 

 body, revocable at your pleasure. That said permits shall be 

 classified as 1 or 2. That dairies which score 50 points or above, 

 be classified as No. 1 and all dairies which score below 50 points 

 be classified as No. 2. That all milk dealers, shippers, and ped- 

 lers, who sell milk in the city of Cleveland be required to apprise, 

 their customers by placard, or otherwise, at all times, of the class 

 of milk that they are offering for sale, and in case of failure so 

 to do, or in case of said milk dealer, shipper or pedler offering 

 for sale milk shipped into the city of Cleveland without a permit, 

 said milk dealer, shipper or pedler's license shall be forfeited. 



Austin Herrick, H. E. Post, 



W. A. Mills, G. W. Adams, 



H. F. Bicker, W. H. Chambers, 



S. H. Mizer, A. F. Dreaher, 



C. H. Bennett, C. E. Riley, 

 E. Bowen. 



This, eo me, is a very encouraging sign fo: cleaner milk in 

 the future, when dairymen take the initiative themselves and 

 pledge themselves to observe the sanitary regulations prescribed 



