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There is another man — two of them — I would hke to pay a 

 compHment to. Mr. Glover and Mr. Frazier. Glover is doing 

 splendid work in testing the dairy herds, and we owe much to 

 him and to his efforts. It is inspection and energy m this line of 

 work that will make us all feel grateful to them for their efforts. 



As I said before, I was notified yesterday and I dictated my 

 address that I will read to you, with your permission tonight. 



ADDRESS. 



By Rudolph M. Patterson, Assistant Pure Food Commissioner. 



I want to congratulate you on the interest manifested by the 

 officers of your Association, especially your President, Joseph 

 Newman, and your worthy Secretary, George Caven, in their 

 great work in the interest of the dairymen of Illinois. There is 

 not a place I visit in my official capacity in Illinois that I do not 

 hear praises of the work fostered by the Illinois Dairymen's 

 Association. Your work is felt all over the land as the work of 

 the most aggressive Dairy Association in the United States. 



The dairy interest of this state is. marvelously great. There 

 are about four thousand dairies and one thousand creameries ; and 

 about twelve thousand grocery stores and three thousand booths 

 in general stores where they handle dairy products. It has been 

 an impossibility for our department to inspect all of the cream- 

 eries in Illinois on account of the small force of the inspectors ;; 

 however, our next annual report will show that we liaA^e in- 

 spected five hundred creameries, giving a detailed report of the 

 inspection. I am glad to say to the members and delegates of 

 this Association that there has been a vast improvement in the 

 sanitary condition of the creameries in the last two years. Of 

 course we all know the cleaner and better sanitary conditions the 

 creameries are kept in the better and more wholesome the product 



