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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



the commissioner wants your assistance. Here's another thing; in your 

 resolution you say you want to get statistics. We have sent out to get 

 statistics. We sent blanks by mail, asking for kind of creamery, amount 

 of milk, butter, and where shipped to, number of patrons, and out of 

 probably one hundred sent out we would get but 20 returned. I want to 

 ask all who have received these blanks to fill them out and return them 

 to us. Ond man said: 'T can fill this blank out all but two things, the 

 amount of milk and the butter I got last year, that would take me a week 

 io figure that up." That is the condition of affairs that we find. There 

 seems to be no complete books. If I wanted an accurate account of but- 

 ter and milk I would have to leave it with him and he promised to send 

 it by next mail; but they] never go. We are willing and anxious to get 

 all those statistics and will do so, but we must have the help of the dairy- 

 men. Some of the men don't' want it known how much milk and butter 

 they get, and I wish to tell them that it will never be known. It is not go- 

 ing to be published as irdividuals. and the amount from any one 

 creamery, but the totals of butter and milk and where shipped is what 

 we are after, the same as your resolution asked for tonight. I thank you. 



By tha President: — We had hoped to have ex-Governor Hoard with 

 us this evening, but on account of being called to Washington to help 

 Mr. Knight, it is impossible for him to be here. He was one of the shin- 

 ing lights on the program, and I am sorry to pass it by. We will finish our 

 program tonight with a song by Mr. Bagley. 



Song by Mr. Bagley. 



By the President: — Don't forget to go to Machinery Hall tomorrow. 

 We have an invitation from the Si over Manufacturing Company, between 

 10 and 11 tomorrow. We also have two boxes of last year's report. Take 

 one home with you and study it and it will help you. 



We will now listen to the butter scores. 



BUTTER SCORES1READ BY MR. CAVEN, SECRETARY. 



These scores show the extreme, some are high and some are low. 

 Some are low on account of verv* poor flavor. Thisi is particularly true 



