ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 69 



Music — Apollo Club. 



Convention adjourned to meet at 9 o'clock a. m., December 11th, 1885. 



Convention met pursuant to adjournment at nine o'clock a. in., Dec. 11th. 



REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON DAIRY IMPLEMENTS. 



Gentlemen ;— Your committee to whom the subject of dairy implements 

 was referred, beg leave to report that they have carefully examined the exhibits. 

 Many of the goods shown are so well known and so universally used that 

 they need no extended notice. 



Hanson's Butter Color has a national reputation, and Fargo, of Lake 

 Mills, is but little behind in popularity. Fargo has on exhibition a set of 

 books which every creamery man should have. His Ready Reckoner fills a long- 

 felt want. His Refrigerator Vat looks practical and is coming into use. He 

 also exhibits samples of parchment paper which is destined to supplant the old 

 time cloth for covering butter in tubs. 



^ R. F. Redell, of Chicago, General Agent, has samples of Hawley Salt, 

 which is gaining favor among our best dairymen. 



The Elgin Butter Co. show Embree's Rotary Butter Worker, which has 

 many points of excellence. It is unequaled in durability and simplicity. 



John Boyd, of Chicago, has a Circular Tank, which, in connection with 

 his already popular Submerged Can, makes his system popular with creamery 

 men. 



The Rectangular Churn of Cornish & Curtis has already worked itself into 

 favor with dairymen. 



The Ross Ensilage Feed Cutter is a great favorite with the farmers in this 

 section. Its use goes far toward reducing the cost of keeping stock. 



The Michigan Milking Stool and Strainer Combined, is the latest, and it 

 looks practical. 



Andrews' cream tester, The Conqueror, attracts attention. It is an article of 

 real Value to both proprietor and patrons of creamery, and in our opinion goes 

 far toward reducing cream gathering to a system, and solves the problem, 

 "How to mete equal justice to all concerned." 



The sample of Guernsey butter exhibited by I. J. Clapp, of Kenosha, Wis., 

 smells well, tastes well, looks well, and may be considered as the key to solve 

 the problem of adulteration of food. 



Your committee would recommend that a greater effort be made at our 

 coming meeting to secure a much larger exhibit of implements most necessary for 

 dairy purposes. 



Lovejoy Johnson, 

 E. L. Lawrence, 

 E. E. Chester, 



T5 , , . , Committee. 



Report adopted. 



COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS. 



To the Illinois State Dairymen's Association : 



Your Committee on Nominations respectfully report the following for Direc- 

 tors during the ensuing year : H. B. Gurler, DeKalb : C. C. Buell, Rock Falls ; 



