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sey, Vernon, Mt. Vernon, Washington, El Paso, Farmington, 

 Mason City, Kenney, Red Bud, Grant Park, Harrisburg, Litch- 

 field, Mt. Olive, Metamora, Morton. Attendance was good at 

 all these meetings and at many of" them a much larger number 

 of farmers attended than had been expected. 



These meetings, together with those held by the state food 

 department, and the interest they aroused, made it possible fof 

 the State Food Commissioner to get together, by private sub- 

 scription, a fund for an active campaign on the part of the State 

 Food Commission and the creation of a fund by bankers for the 

 purchase of cows that have been sold to farmers at cost. Up to 

 July I about 65 cars of dairy cattle had been placed on farms 

 in the southern half of the State and instruction is being given 

 to the purchasers of these cows, and to farmers in communities 

 where the blooded dairy bulls have been placed, on how to build 

 up a dairy herd, how to market their dairy products, how to im- 

 prove fertility of their farms, etc. 



At Carbondale. 



''Bull Day" drew a crowd of over 15,000 visitors to Carbon- 

 dale, Illinois, April i, to celebrate the first big dairy extension 

 movement ever held in the United States. 



Because of bad weather the attendance was not so large as 

 expected, but those who did come were representative of the 

 leading business men, bankers and farmers in the State. A spec- 

 ial train brought representatives of the Chicago Chamber of 

 Commerce, headed by C. H. Markham, President of the Illinois 

 Central, and J. C. Clair, Industrial and Immigration Commis- 

 sioner of the road. The St Louis men were conspicuous in the 

 celebration and they also came in a special train. Prominent 

 among them were J. D. Lynn of the Business Men's League and 

 H. J. Hodson of the East St. Louis Chamber of Commerce. The 

 Illinois State Dairymen's Association was well represented by a 

 number of members. 



A feature of the parade was the herd of thoroughbred 

 Holstein bulls which was given to the farmers of Southern Illi- 

 nois by the Illinois Central Railroad. State Dairy and Food 



