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were being made at the Industrial School at Champaign, 

 in dairying ? 



He learned there were none, whereupon he offered the 

 following resolution, which was adopted: 



" Resolved, that the Illinois State Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion appeal to the Illinois Industrial University that they 

 take up experiments relating to economy in feeding and 

 kindred subjects connected with dairying." 



Thomas Bishop said if corn fodder is of no use he was 

 glad to learn it, for some of his neighbors often cut up 

 twenty acres; now if we are losing all this labor, let us 

 quit it. 



Jno. Peri am, of the " Prairie Farmer," said that to 

 make experiments which would be of real value to the 

 dairymen of Illinois, would cost a great deal of money; 

 there should be three stations, one north, one central and 

 one south; these would cost twenty thousand dollars each, 

 which during these depressed times, would look like a 

 large sum for those engaged in other pursuits, who were 

 taxed equally with us to keep them up. He thought the 

 Industrial University would make experiments as soon as 

 they were able; in fact, they were commencing now; he 

 thought the school was coming every year nearer and 

 nearer what we would like to have it. We could have 

 much to do with shaping its course, if we saw fit. 



Topic No. 13 was again taken up, when S. K. Williams 

 read the following paper; 



S. K. WILLIAMS' ADDRESS. 



" What is the best and most economical method of handling milk to 

 make butter ?" 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Convention: I do not 

 propose to describe in detail the modus operandi of making butter, but 



