42 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



July till about the 10th of September, because at that time the milk is the 

 poorest of any time of the year, contairdng the least percentage of butter fat 

 with even the best butter cows. I would suggest, that to test this very point 

 which has been raised, and which certainly is an important one, that the 

 chemists of your state colleges and directors of your state experimental sta- 

 tions, where you are so fortunate as to have them, be sent samples of your 

 winter cream and of the buttermilk which remains after churning your winter 

 cream, to ascertain whether, as a matter of fact, there is not a large loss of 

 butter in the winter, through its remaining in the buttermilk. That being 

 the case, then try the effect for a few weeks with a few cows of some succu- 

 lent food and see what the result maybe — turnips,cabbages, any succulent 

 food. Not that you will get very nice butter, but it will perhaps lead you in 

 the right direction again towards quantity, even at the expense of quality. 



Singing, " America," J. G. Lumbard and chorus. 



Convention adjourned to meet at 9 the next morning. 



Convention met pursuant to adjournment at 9 o'clock A. M., December 

 13th. 



The following telegrams were received and read by the Secretary : 



Austin, Minn., Dec. 12, 1883. 

 E. P. McGUncy :— The Minnesota Butter and Cheese Association sends 

 greeting to the Illinois Dairymen's Association. The youngest of the dairy 

 sisterhood, though yet an infant, is two hundred members strong and still 

 growing. Banquet Thursday night ; we will drink prosperity to all dairymen 

 in a bumper of fresh milk. 



W. C. EiCE, Secretary. 



Austin, Minn., Dec. 12, 1883. 

 B. P. McGUncy .-—Minnesota Dairy Meeting ; immense crowded houses ; 

 Minnesota greets Illinois ; success to the cow party. 



Littler. 



It is moved and seconded that the Secretary be instructed to answer the 

 telegrams. 



The following telegram was sent by the Secretary : 



DeKalb, 111., Dec. 13, 1883. 

 W. G. Bice, Secretary, Austin, ilf inn.. -—Illinois accepts Minnesota's greet- 

 ing. The mother of western dairy states is proud of so favorable a report 

 from her youngest child. Drink hearty. 



R. P. McGlincy, Secretary. 



Committee appointed by the President, consisting of Mayor Brown, of 

 DeKalb, Mayor Barclay, of Elgin, and W. D. Hoard, of Wisconsin, to re- 

 ceive the Governor. 



Commit! ee on Dairy Implements.— Lovejoy Johnson, M. W. Colton and 

 T. H- Baker. 



Committee on Resolutions.— C. F. Dexter, O. S. Cohoon and J. A. Ryan. 



