1G ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



under Prof. Fraser at the college are on our program you will 

 hear from them direct and they will show the growth of the Dairy 

 Husbandry section. I bespeak for them your approval and ear- 

 nest co-operation in securing further appropriations. 



State Fair. 



The State Board of Agriculture continues improving the 

 grounds at Springfield; one of the new dairy barns was ready 

 this year and under Supt. Auten's management they had the best 

 dairy cattle show ever held in Illinois. All glory to him ! I 

 would recommend that you continue the giving of premiums in 

 that department. The dairy products department we cannot 

 speak so highly of. The board has built a fine building, but the 

 superintendent in charge not being interested in dairying, does 

 not secure the exhibition that could be most profitable to the peo- 

 ple. He should insist on a large refrigerator capable of handling 

 three times the entries that are now received and return the small 

 one to the dome building for the use of the fruit men. This 

 change made and keeping out of the grounds all fakirs in dairy 

 machinery, this department would stand on higher grounds. 



The Farmers' Institute. 



It has been very profitable to me to meet with the directors 

 of the State Farmers' Institute, as the President of this associa- 

 tion is by law a director ex-officio; anything that will tend 

 towards educating or uplifting the farmer is fostered by the 

 institute. I have found them ever ready to aid the dairymen in 

 any way they can, and at their annual meeting dairying is given 

 a prominent place on the program. At local institutes the subject 

 is on nearly every program. This association cannot do better 

 than work very closely with them and thus be mutually helpful. 



The Milk Producers' Association. 



This is a new association formed in Chicago and is com- 

 posed of the milk shippers largely. The legislature passed a bill 

 appropriating $500.00 a year to pay the expenses of holding two 



