ILLINOIS STATE DAIEYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Wednesday, 1:30 p. m. 



Convention called to order, and wMle a large number 

 of members were visiting the works of the Illinois Con- 

 densing Company, the following reports of officers were 

 read, which were received and filed. 



treasurer's report. 



To cash on hand at last report $4 25 



To cash received for membership, etc., 1876 38.00 



Tocash on hand to balance S43,'25 



H. W. Mead, Treasurer. 

 secretary's report. 



To cash on hand at last report $25.13 



To cash received of H. W. Mead, Treasurer 40.00 



To cash received from advertising 72.50 



To cash received for membership 11.00 



To ca^h received for sale of reports 1.25 



i3y cash paid S. L. Taylor, for printing $100.00 



By cjish paid sundry other printing, etc 14.75 



By cash paid engraving plates, etc., 8.25 



By cash paid for stationery, postage, expenses, et- 25.84 



By cash on hand to balance 1.04 



$149.88 $149.88 



M. H. Thompson, Secretary. 



Topic i^o. 5 — " How much per pound is a fair compen- 

 sation for making butter, including salt, packages, etc., 

 and how much additional for marketing." 



Thomas Bishop said the price now paid seemed too 

 high. He had no experience as a manufacturer; he knew 

 this, that his neighbor, Mr. D. Johnson, began manufac- 

 turing a few years ago, poor; now he owns two or three 

 factories and is a rich man, while all the farmers about 

 him who have patronized the factories, are just where they 

 were years ago. Expenses of making butter were not 

 large; a little salt goes a long way in butter making. He 

 believed the profits of two or three factories would buy a 

 farm every year. 



