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2. Act of Bureau of Information regarding reliable breed- 

 ers of dairy stock, reliable and desirable forins of dairy ma- 

 chinery, etc. 



3. Distribution of information, on breeds, feeding, dis- 

 eases, and production of dairy cattle; this to be done by means 

 of lectures, literature, trains, and special dairy meetings. 



4. Popularization of the essentials of profitable dairying. 



Protective Relations 



1. Laboring with boards of health and other city officials 

 for relief from unnecessary burdens imposed, in the production 

 and sale of milk. 



2. Assisting the producer and distributor to find some com- 

 mon ground for their business transactions. 



Legislation 



1. Promoting needed dairy legislation. 



2. Distribution of information regarding new legislation 

 which affects the dairy industry. 



The plan, as presented further provided for the raising of 

 funds by subscriptions to be paid in annual installments for three 

 years and a great deal of work was done along that line; it 

 was abandoned when the legislature appropriated $20,000 an- 

 nually for the next two years for dairy extension. 



Directors of Dairymen's Association 



A meeting of directors of the State Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion was held in the Dairy Building, State Fair Grounds, Sep- 

 tember 20th, and Danville was selected as the place for the 

 annual convention of the Association in January. The matter 

 of fixing the dates for the meeting and arranging a program 

 was left to the Secretary. Jacksonville made a strong bid for 

 the convention and it was moved and carried to hold a one or 

 two days' meeting in that city at a time to be agreed upon by 

 representatives of Jacksonville and Secretary Caven. 



The following resolution was presented and adopted unani- 

 mously : 



