72 ILLINOIS DAIRTMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



The following resolution was offered by D. W. Wilson : 



Whereas, The dairy interests of this State represent one-fifth of the 

 annual agricultural products of the State of Illinois, and it is desirable that 

 this interest should be better represented at the annual State fair, 



Besolved, That a committee of three members of this Association be ap- 

 pointed to confer with the Statfe^oard of Agiiculture and endeavor to secure 

 an appropriation and an opportunity for making an exhibit such as this in- 

 terest demands; and that the State Board of Agriculture be requested to 

 provide a suitable building for making an exhibit both of dairy products and 

 machinery at the annual fairs of the State Board. 



Motion to adopt put and seconded. 



Mr. Hostetter : I think it would be very much better to have exhib- 

 its of butter if we have any at the time of the Fat Stock Show, instead of the 

 time of the State Fair, and I would like to see it so amended. 

 ' Sec'y McGlincy : Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Association, I 

 don't know but I am going to differ with every man, woman and child in 

 the State to-day on this question. I am opposed to it, and my reasons will 

 be given briefly. I believe in advertising ; always have. A year ago I stood 

 in the halls of this convention and urged the dairymen to unite with the fat 

 stock show people of this State, and secure a display of butter and cheese at 

 that annual meeting. My friend, Mr. Chester, was present, and said, ''that 

 is a good idea." Col. Mills, chief clerk of the State Board of Agriculture, 

 told me a few days before it could be done. Everybody was in favor of it ; 

 at least I thought they were, but I was mistaken. I was appointed with my 

 friend Broomell to meet the State Board of Agriculture at Springfield, to ar- 

 range for the exhibit at Chicago last November. Misunderstanding the dale 

 of the meeting, we were not present, but subsequently upon invitation of the 

 board, the President, Vice-President of this Association, and myself, at- 

 tended the meeting in Chicago. We laid the matter before the State 

 Board of Agriculture as best we could, and we so worked upon the feelings 

 of that body that they unanimously voted an appropriation of $500— for 

 which I thank it and every one of the members of the board— for the pur- 

 pose of making an exhibit of butter and cheese in connection with the fat 

 stock show in November. I went home, called a meeting of the members of 

 this Association, and made a report to them, stating what had been done. 

 In my enthusiasm I felt confident that $1,800 or $2,000, or $2,500 could be 

 raised in the State, and we could have a creditable show— one that would 

 redound to the honor of the State of Illinois— and I was in the mood to put 

 the machinery in motion myself ; but not having time to do it, I suggested 

 that a committee of two members of the Board of Directors be appointed to 

 visit Chicago, and other places, and ascertain if it would be possible to raise 

 $1,000, $1,500 or $2,000 and offer the same for premiums for butter and cheese 

 at the fat stock show. The committee was appointed, they went to Chicago, 

 they struck a street corner, put their thumbs in the arm-holes of their vests 

 and saw the procession go by ; no money was raised. I have not been in a 

 condition yet, although a year has passed, -where I could stand up and look 

 one of the members of the State Board of Agriculture in the face, because 

 we failed to do our part. My friend Broomell suggested yesterday that prob' 



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