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direct management of the ladies in charge of the first exhibition and 

 named above. 



The classincatiun for the second butter fair was much impi-oved, and 

 provided for four premiums, for three-pound crock of butter, for each 

 of tlie twenty-five townships in the county, viz.: Old style make, not 

 made with separator or the deep-setting process; second, butter made 

 by the deep-setting process; third, butter made from cream separated 'oy 

 any make of separator, and fourth, butter made from the milk of a 

 recorded Jersey cow. 



The exhibit in each show was scored by an expert appointed by the 

 Illinois Dairymen's Association and th b service that each gentleman ren- 

 dered served a valuable purpose in educating exhibitors in all matters 

 pertaining to the making and exhibition of first-class butter. 



The butter at the second exhibition scored much higher than at the 

 first show, and confirmed the great value of such displays. In conclud- 

 ing reference to the county show will repeat that "the ladies composing 

 the Sangamon County Buttermakers' Association have but one ambition 

 to subserve in the continuance of the annual butter show, viz: To en- 

 courage the buttermakers of the county to produce more good butter, 

 and to call the attention of the dealers and consumers of the excellence 

 of the butter made by the wives of the farmers residing in Sangamon 

 county." 



This history has been extended to supply information that the writer 

 has frequently been, called upon to furnish to ladies residing in other 

 counties, some of whom have organized similar societies and have re- 

 cently held very creditable exhibits. 



The Farmers' Institute, held in each county in Illinois, quite gener- 

 ally have exhibitions of fruits, \egetables, grain, etc., and need but little 

 encouragement from the State Dairymen's Association to provide for a 

 display of butter. 



It is suggested that a committee appointed by the State Dairymen's 

 Association might accornplish much good by directing the attention of 

 County Institutes to the good that would result from the organization 



