LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



visiting the Wisconsin State Fair. President Conrad invited me to sub nit 

 plans for such a building as in our judgment was needed. I sent in two 

 rough sketches of floor plans made hurriedly by Prof. Erf, and on receipt 

 of them the President assured me he v/ould recommend it in his ar.nuai. 

 address to the new Board, which meets this month. 



Now the best way to get a thing is to work for it. Hence I urge every 

 dairyman to write his member of the Legislature whenever he sees any- 

 thing asked by the State Board, or by the Agricultural College for the dairy 

 department, to be sure and vote for it. I believe we should cultivate the 

 acquaintance of the State Board, the Farmer's Institute, and in fact, all 

 bodies that are in sympathy with ag' ; culture. 



Your directors, as you are undoubtedly aware, were unanimous in se- 

 lecting Mr. George Caven, of Chicago, as our Secretary. His ability, 

 together with his pleasant manner makes friends for our Association, 

 and he has become a fixed part of the organization. We know he can 

 ill afford to take the time from his business to attend to the duties of 

 his office, but his love for the dairymen is such he could not say No 



The accounts of the Treasurer were gone over by the Auditing Com- 

 mittee and found correct. Mr. Hopkins, of Hinckley, was elected Treas- 

 urer, and our finances -are in excellent hands. 



In the work you lay out for this year, you must not forget that it is this 

 spring our appropriation must be askc for from the legislature, and you 

 will all write, or better yet, see your legislator and impress upon his mind 

 the necessity of taking an interest in dairy matters, and, most of all to see 

 that our regular appropriation, the s: me as before, is on the appropriation 

 bill and that he votes for it. We ask n: increase, preferring all other dairy 

 appropriations be made to the Dairy Department of the Agricultural Col- 

 lege direct and working shoulder to shoulder with them. 



I wish to thank Dean Davenpori and his assistants for the interest 

 they have taken in all matters pertaining to dairying; also the Advisory 

 Committee, and while the appropriation was small, feel that it has been 

 wisely spent, and that the present legislature will be. more liberal with 

 our department at the college, so that the field work may be much enlarged. 



