FIFTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 11 



TUESDAY, JANUARY 26, 1926 



Galesburg was the scene of the fifty-ninth annual con- 

 vention of Illinois State Dairymen's Ass'n. The men res- 

 ponsible for locating this meeting in Galesburg were Louis 

 Nielsen, president of the Pioneer Creamery Company and 

 Henry G. Hawkinson, head of the Cottage Ice Cream Com- 

 pany. They enlisted the help of members of the Chamber 

 of Commerce and the different clubs of the city and suc- 

 ceeded in having the week of the meeting declared a 

 ''dairy week" during which persons attending the conven- 

 tion were guests of the clubs at their luncheons and at 

 which dairy talks were given. 



To further add interest and instruction to dairy week, 

 arrangements had been made with the National Dairy 

 Council for two of their workers, Miss Chinn and Miss Coon, 

 and these ladies gave health demonstration talks before 

 the different clubs, schools etc., setting forth general health 

 rules and the value of milk and its products in the human 

 diet. These ladies furnished one of the best feature3 of the 

 convention. 



The meeting opened Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 1 p. m. with 

 cattle judging. There was individual and team judging 

 under the direction of Prof. C. S. Rhodes, University of Illi- 

 nois. In the cattle exhibit were about 60 head and the 

 judging included not only the cattle entered in the show but 

 Knox County herds owned by F. F. Packingham, Charles R. 

 Rowan and the Swanson Dairy Farm. 



The judging took all of Tuesday afternoon except a 

 short session at which Henry Hawkinson of Galesburg pre- 

 sided. He introduced Rev. G. Van Buskirk, who led those 

 assembled in the singing of America. Following this Rev. 

 Van Buskirk asked the invocation. Mayor E. W. Mureen 

 was then introduced; he warmly welcomed the delegates 

 and visitors of the convention to Galesburg. Mr. Mureen 

 also congratulated the dairymen on their interest in their 

 field and the work the association is doing. W. S. O'Hair, 



