THIRTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL CONVENTION 231 



told of creamery conditions as he has found them. A discussion 

 was not ended until after the noon hour and then was stopped 

 by President Mason. 



At the .afternoon session, Dr. A. T. Peters, ®f the state live 

 stock board, discussed health of dairy animals and P. R. Barnes, 

 of Chicago, "Needed Legislation for the Farmers." 



The election of officers came in the forenoon : J. B. Newman) 

 of Elgin; Jesse Sliger, of Effingham, and H. P. Wing, of Cairo, 

 were the nominating committee. They reported that in view 

 of the excellence of the convention, the same directors should 

 be continued in office and recommended J. P. Mason, of Elgin, 

 for president and L. N. Wiggins, of Springfield, for vice presi- 

 dent. The secretary was instructed to cast the vote of the con- 

 vention for the directors as follows : 



J. P. Mason, Elgin; L. N. Wiggins, Springfield; E. Suden- 

 dorf, Clinton; Chas. Gilkerson, Marengo; Joseph Newman, El- 

 gin; John Lynch, Olney and T. G. Austin, Effingham. The 

 directors will elect the officers of the association at a meeting to 

 be held in Centralia, Feb. 21. 



The resolutions committee consisted of Judge Lynch, of 

 Olney; Joseph Newman, of Elgin, and W. G. Hirtzel, of Effing- 

 ham. Their report was unanimously adopted. It gave thanks 

 to all who had assisted in making the convention a success, con- 

 demned the three months' feature of the Lodge cold storage 

 bill now before Congress, called for retention of the color feat- 

 ure in the oleomargarine law, endorsed the state food department 

 and the dairy laws as revised by the last legislature, and called 

 for united action on the part of farmer organizations for needed 

 legislation. 



The buttermakers' scoring contest was an interesting feat- 

 ure for the factory men. This contest was conducted by the 

 dairy department, University of Illinois, which also gave in- 

 struction in making test. The standing in the scoring contest 

 was: 



First — J. R. Newberry, Nfwton. 



Second — A. Krome, Dietrich. 



Third— E. T. Moore, Champaign. 



