52 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN's ASSOCIATION. 



The secretary read the following report as the doings 

 of his office for the past year : 



bECRETARY'S REPORT. 



Cash on hand at last report $ 1.04 



Cash received for membership 4.00 



Cash received for reports sold .75 



Cash received for advertising 32.00 



Cash received from H, W. Mead, Treasurer 79.00 



By cash paid for printing reports $111.00 



By cash paid for postage, stationery, etc 2.75 



To cash on hand to balance 3.04 



$116,79 ^"6.79 



Which report was accepted and placed on file. 



Wm. Burton said — in reference to skimming — it was a 

 bad practice. If you take a little for coffee, and then a 

 little for strawberries, and then a little for butter, you 

 would soon take it all. The dividends are small as it is ; if 

 this practice is pursued they will be still smaller. The man- 

 ufacturers test the milk, and should receive none but good. 

 The dairymen themselves were to blame. We could really 

 tell but little about the dividends we see published ; they 

 are often paid larger than they really are, so as to draw 

 patrons from other factories which pay less. A good deal 

 of jockeying is done. 



Wilcox : Was glad to hear Mr. Burton's remarks, 

 but was sorry to know such facts existed ; it was impossi- 

 ble to get good dividends where such practices were indulged 

 in ; he was astonished to know the practice existed to such 

 an extent. The making of butter and cheese from the same 

 milk was a new thing. It took time to perfect the business 

 so as to make it profitable. 



G. P. Lord said if permission to skim was given, he 

 could get rich out of water. 



