ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. \j 



whole time at work among and for the dairymen. This would be' 

 the beginning of a new era for the Illinois Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion, and would be of immense value to those engaged in dairying 

 in this state. A large portion of the work done in the past has 

 been related largely to butter making, the field of city milk supply' 

 being hardly touched on. We have done a little in this line the 

 past year, sufficient to show us that the time is at hand when the 

 dairy laws of the state should be administered by some one 

 clothed with police power, so that those men who will not produce 

 and deliver milk suitable for human food, could be driven out of 

 the business. Why not a permanent secretary and assistant in 

 connection with the States Attorney? The President should be 

 a man well versed in dairying, and to me the logical head of this 

 Association is H. B. Gurler, of DeKalb, a man who has climbed 

 to the topmost round of producing the ideal milk for human food, 

 and is also acquainted with the many disadvantages the ordinary 

 dairy farmer labors under and which must be taken into consid- 

 eration when laying out the future work. Of course the secretary- 

 is the one on whom the burden of the w^ork must fall, and it will 

 depend largely upon him as to the success or failure, the much or 

 little good the Association is to be dairymen of the state. We 

 cannot buy much time of an intelligent man for $200 which is 

 all we can set apart for that under our present appropriation. 

 The directors coming from different sections of the state, do all 

 they can in their respective localities, and as meetings cost con- 

 siderable, do not get together as often as would be beneficial to 

 the Association. 



In deciding on Greenville as the place for the 30th annual 

 meeting, we have gone from the beaten path of alternating be- 

 tween the north, or dairy section, to the middle or southern part 

 of the state, by coming south twice in succession. We hope and 

 believe this meeting will prove the wisdom of our decision. This 

 section is being developed in dairying by the markets afforded 

 then by the creameries, and St. Louis market. 



