186 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



ONE DAY DAIRY MEETINGS. 



Amount of Work Done by the Association Double That of Any 

 Previous Year. 



(Secretary Geo. Caven.) 



During" the year ending" July i, 19 16, the Association held 

 twenty-eight one-day dairy meetings, and besides this number 

 under the direct supervision of the Association, President J. P. 

 Mason assisted State Food Commissioner Matthews in 

 almost as many dairy meetings held under the commissioner's 

 directions. Nearly all of these meetings were held in the south 

 half of the State where dairy development is needed, and every ^ 

 meeting was productive of good results, several bringing about 

 the organization of county dairy associations. ! 



The greatest results followed the one-day meetings in Car-i 

 bondale and Harrisburg. In the former, after a one-day meet- 

 ing, it was decided to hold the Annual Convention there and the^ 

 great success of that meeting, the interest it aroused and the co-i 

 operation brought about by which the bankers and merchants; 

 joined in the dairy extension movement, made possible the Bull. 

 Day Celebration in Carbondale April i, and the Dairy Day' 

 Celebration in Harrisburg June 24. { 



In his address welcoming the people at the Bull Day Cele-?! 

 bration April i, Mayor E. K. Porter of Carbondale said: 



''In January we had the honor of entertaining the Ilhnoisj 

 State Dairymen's Association and its convention, and it was one 

 of the most enthusiastic and profitable meetings in the history 

 of that organization. It developed an awakening in an industry 

 which is in its infancy in this end of the state, this magnificent 

 demonstration being the outcome of that state meeting." 



The one-day dairy meetings held by the Association includ- 

 ed the following: Moro, Warden, Marine, Bone-Gap, Hidalgo,' 

 West Liberty, Shelby ville (two meetings). Assumption, Ram- 



