94 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN S ASSOCIATION. 



Lawrence : Would like to ask Mr. Patten if he was 

 opposed to printing state auditor's reports. Because the 

 masses did not read them, was it any reason that they 

 should not be printed ? 



Patten : We got all the information needed on these 

 subjects from the papers. He didn't need these reports. 



Lawrence : Was acquainted with many men in the 

 south who were in the business. Thought there were some 

 good dairymen there who were good butter-makers. His 

 friend, John M. Pearson, could make as good butter as 

 could be made in this section. He thought no appropria- 

 tion would ever be gotten from the state until men were 

 sent to the legislature whq had some back-bone in this 

 matter. Then you must send those who could get their 

 votes. Look at the industrial institute at Champaign ! The 

 officers of that institution, at one time, were practical farm- 

 ers ; the present ones were politicians and theorists. 



M. H. Thompson :. Said he vv/ould like to ask Patten 

 how they were going to pay the expenses of the associa- 

 tion and get the proceedings printed with forty-five dollars 

 — the amount in the treasury. 



Patten : Would say again that he thought we got all 

 the report of such proceedings we needed from the papers. 

 If it got to be a state institution it would soon be like the 

 Champaign school ; it would get into other hands very 

 soon. 



Thompson : Said the idea was this : The state votes 

 to expend so much for the support of other organizations. 

 We, as dairymen and farrners, pay a large portion of this 

 tax and ought to reap a benefit ourselves. 



