ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 20: 



Operative efforts have established in the last few years, and ex- 

 press our best wishes for its further extension and continued 

 prosperity. 



Resolved, That we endorse the establishment of a corres- 

 pondence school as a department of the College of Agriculture 

 of the University of Illinois as outlined by President Newman 

 in his address. 



Whereas, The State Board of Agriculture has erected on 

 the State Fair Grounds a new dairy building, and that at the 

 last fair a number of dealers in tin can separators and lightning 

 churns were allowed to occupy space in the said building to the 

 detriment of the dairy business as a whole, therefore be it 



Resolved, That we, the State Dairymen's Association desire 

 to place on record our appreciation of the action of the State 

 Board of Agriculture in providing such splendid accommoda dons 

 for the dairymen of the state, and do hereby respectfully peti- 

 tion the Board to allow no apparatus of a swindling narure in 

 the building or on the grounds in the future. 



Whereas, There have been in years past immoral and fake 

 shows on the grounds of the State Fair, and that such exhibitions 

 are very demoralizing, especially to the young, and are a dis- 

 grace to the state, therefore be it 



Resolved, By the State Dairymen's Association is conven- 

 tion assembled, hereby request the State Board of Agriculture 

 to rigidly exclude all such degrading exhibitions in the future. 



Resolved, That we reassert our interest in the good roads 

 movement. In this southern part of the state the need of hard 

 roads is particularly urgent. We request our senators and con- 

 gressmen to interest themselves actively in the good roads move- 

 ment and to support the Brovs^nlow Bill now before the national 

 legislative body. 



Resolved, That we commend the work being done by the 

 Illinois Buttermakers' Association, an organization ot women in 

 the central part of the state, who are spreading the knowledge 

 of correct dairy methods and good dairy products. 



Resolved, That we thank the State Farmers' Institute for 



