THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COi>IVENTION. 233 



Auxiliary Meetings. 



The Association has continued its poHcy of holding auxil- 

 iary meetings, or one-day conventions, in the state and the re- 

 sults of meetings last year were gratifying. Meetings were 

 held at Richmond, Marengo, Altamont, Effingham, Greenwood, 

 Highland and Greenville. A meeting to be held at Oakland was 

 a disappointment. It was announced at a time in the early spring 

 when farm work was pressing and the speakers engaged for 

 the meeting did not attend, with the exception of N. W. Hep- 

 burn, in charge of dairy manufactures, University of IlHnois. 

 The attendance of farmers was good. At all the other meetings 

 the attendance was excellent. Following are reports of some of 

 these meetings : 



RICHMOND, MARCH 25 



The sessions held at Memorial hall in this village last Fri- 

 day in the interests of the dairymen of this section were both 

 interesting and instructive. Coming at this time of year, which 

 is a busy one for farmers who are getting things in readiness 

 for their spring work, the meetings were not as largely attended 

 as could have been desired, but despite this drawback the attend- 

 ance at both sessions was satisfactory. The speakers present 

 were perhaps the most practical that have ever talked upon farm 

 subjects in Richmond and those who had charge of the gathering 

 as well as those who attended were well pleased at the outcome 

 of the sessions. 



At the afternoon session J. B. Newman, Assistant State 

 Pure Food Inspector, gave an extended address on ''Clean Milk 

 as an Article of Food." He contended that milk, at the present 

 price, was the cheapest food on the market, and suggested that 

 the farmers would do well to advertise milk as an article of food, 

 thus increasing the demand for it, and consequently, by creating 

 a greater demand, secure a better price. He laid stress upon 



