ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 2 1 1 



lerve. Besides Messrs. Gurler and Newman the other directors present 

 were: J. R. Biddulph, R. R. Murphy, F. A. Carr, and Irvin Nowlan. 



Reports of the treasurer and secretary were presented and after 

 they had been examined in detail by the auditing committee they were 

 approved. 



On motion the printing of the annual report was left to the president 

 and secretary. 



It was moved and adopted that the next annual convention be held 

 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of the second week in January, 1901, 

 (Jan. 7, 8, and 9). Directors Carr and Nowlan and the Secretary were 

 appointed a committee on location. Mr. Newnian named several towns 

 to be considered when the question of locating the next convention is 

 brought up. 



The matter of appointing a committee to act in an advisory manner, 

 with committees from other agricultural organizations of the State in 

 the matter of spending the appropriation for agricultural advancement 

 at the State Agricultural College, was discussed. The naming of the 

 committee was left to President Newman. 



Geo. Caven of Chicago was re-elected secretary, and H. H. Hopkins 

 of Hinckley was re-elected treasurer. 



After the meeting President Newman announced as members of the 

 advisory committee to act for the Illinois State Dairymen's Association 

 the following: H. B. Gurler, DeKalb; John Stewart, Blburn; M.Long, 

 Woodstock; Irvin Nowlan, Toulon; A. N. Abbott, Morrison. 



After the committee had assembled, several week later at Cham- 

 paign, a brief report of its action was sent to President Newman as 

 follows: 



The committee appointed by the Illinois State Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion to confer with the Dean of the Agricultural College as to the work 

 to be carried on at the Agricultural College Dairy Division met. 



The matter considered of most importance was to send a man out 

 over the State, principally in dairy sections of the State rather than 

 non-dairy sections, to conduct edcational experiments along the lines 

 of calf feeding, breeding, care and handling of milk. 



