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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Letter of Transmittal 3 



List of Officers 4 



By-Laws of the Association 5 



Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual Convention ; . . . 9 



— Prayer, Rev. Hall 9 



— Address of Welcome, Dr. T. J. Cummings 10 



— Response, Joseph Newman, Elgin, 111 12 



— President's Address, Lewis N. Wiggins, Springfield, 111 15 



— Address, Helmer Rabild, V. S. Department of Agriculture 21 



— Address, H. R. Wright, State Dairy and Food Commissioner, Des 



Moines, Iowa 31 



— Address, Dr. James B. Wright, State Veterinarian, Chicago, 111. . . 35 

 — Address, J. B. Newman, Assistant State Food Commissioner, 



Elgin, 111 45 



— Address, Prof. Hunziker, Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind 69 



' — Address, T. J. Julian, Algona, Iowa 83 



— Address, Dr. A. T. Peters, State Board of Live Stock Commission- 

 ers, Springfield, 111 '^o 



— Address, N. P. Hull, Diamondale, Mich i03 



— Banquet il'^' 



— Butter Scores 11^ 



— Resolutions 119 



— Election of Officers 124 



—Address, Chas. Foss, Cedarville, 111 127 



— Address, N. W. Hepburn, University of Illinois 144 



—Address, L. A. Spies, St Jacob, 111 150 



Paper, Carl E. Lee 161 



Paper, J. P. Biddulph, Tiskilwa 227 



Directors' Meeting 230 



Treasurer's Report 232 



