J 4 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



I hope that we may have equally as many at this meeting. Aurora is a 

 railroad center; farmers can get here from every direction. This is a 

 thickly settled dairy country and should support a State Dairy Associa- 

 tion meeting. 



Everyone that becomes a member will receive a report of this meet- 

 ing when published, that will be well worth the price of membership, 

 $1.00, and also be helping the Association to defray expenses. 



A large number of programs have been distributed through the 

 State. I assume that the farmers have looked them over and selected 

 the days to attend, when the subjects that will most interest them will 

 be on the program. I don't consider that any farmer within the reach, 

 of this city can afford to miss this meeting. I hope that all the seats in 

 this hall will be filled each session. 



We have a large exhibit of butter and cheese in connection with this 

 meeting. Those exhibiting the best in their various classes receive prizes. 

 This tends to enlighten the manufacturers of the dairy products. The 

 Elgin Board of Trade medal is a prize well worth working for, and who- 

 ever is fortunate enough to win it should be, and doubtless will, be proud 

 of it. 



I think that these exhibits should be encouraged. Illinois takes the 

 lead in butter, and we must keep to the front in the art of butter making 

 to hold the reputation we now have on Elgin butter. 



This Association has given the manufacturers of dairy machinery 

 supplies an opportunity for exhibiting their wares. The space now re- 

 quired for that exhibit takes the largest hall obtainable in the city where 

 our meeting is held. The Dairy Association would hardly think that 

 they could hold a meeting without an exhibit of dairy machinery of dif- 

 ferent makes and kinds that are used in the manufacture of dairy pro- 

 ducts. Butter color, salts, etc., should not be overlooked in this exhibit. 

 These exhibits attract the attention of a large percentage of the people 

 who attend the meetings. 



The exhibits are made in the interests of the exhibitors and they 

 expect to receive a recompense in a direct or indirect way for their time 



