TRANSACTIONS 



OP THE 



FOURTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



I EINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



HELD AT 



ML Carroll, Illinois, December 14-/6, 1887. 



FIRST DAY. 



The meeting of the Illinois State Dairymen's Association 

 was called to order at 2 p. m., Wednesday, December 14, 1887. 



. President Johnson in the chair. 



PRAYER. 



Rev. Mr. Geswick: 



Almighty God, our Father in heaven; we beseech Thee at 

 the commencement of the services this afternoon that Thou 

 wouldst be present with us and direct in all that shall be done. 

 We rejoice this afternoon, while we meet together not as a polit- 

 ical organization, nor as a religious association. We are met 

 together here in the interests of a work and an enterprise that 

 should enlist the hearty interest in each other and every one of 

 us as citizens, and especially these friends who have come 

 together from the different parts of this common-wealth, to 

 engage in the work, now claiming the attention of this associa- 



