7 
ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
With this belief the dairymen of Illinois organized “The Illinois State 
Dairymen's Association. 17 The organization was perfected March 3,1874, 
and now, scarcely two years old, is making rapid strides towards the front 
rank of State Dairy Associations of the country. Its future influence for 
good or for evil rests with the dairymen of Illinois. If wisely managed, it 
can do your interest much good; but if unwise counsels prevail, only harm 
v ill be the result. Do not hesitate, at any and all times, to manfully protect 
and defend your commercial rights and privileges. Your business is an 
honorable one; it is essential to the happiness and comfort of the world; you 
have millions invested in it, and it is fast becoming one of the great leading 
branches of commerce of the West. 
Illinois grass-fed beef was awarded the highest prize at the World’s 
Fair at London, and now, if our dairy products could be properly exhibited, 
they, too, might receive the highest commendation at the great American 
Centennial, which would place the standing of our products beyond the 
reach of the manipulator’s brand. 
Our local Boards of Trade should be maintained at all hazards, as they 
have saved many thousands of dollars to the dairymen of Illinois during the 
past year, while the dealers have not suffered thereby. Dairymen should 
feel it a duty, as well as a privilege, to attend the meetings of this Association, 
and become members, thereby lending their material aid as well as their in¬ 
fluence. At the nett annual meeting 200 practical dairymen of Illinois 
should be in attendance, and become members of the association. 
With a little effort, this association, for influence abroad and usefulness 
at home, will be second to none in the Union. 
SECRETARY. 
Elgin, Jan. 25,1876. 
