ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 31 
On motion, Israel Boies was instructed to cast the entire 
vote for M. H. Thompson for secretary, and he was declared 
elected. 
On motion, C. C. Buell cast the entire vote for H. W. Mead 
for treasurer, and he was declared elected. 
The following county trustees were elected, whose duty it 
is to gather dairy statistics in their respective counties, and 
collect such other information as may be of use to the Asso¬ 
ciation: 
Kane county—J. R. McLean, R. P. McGlincy, E. G. Ketchum. 
Cook “ —Hon. John Wentworth, Dr. Kennicott A H 
Boone county—Judge L. W. Lawrence, B. Cornwell, T E Munn 
Iroquois “ -David Brumback, W. E. Kimbloe, W. H. Mann 
De Kalb 14 —Hon. Wm. Patten, Dexter Severy. A. Lovell 
Wat a* “ t ~ I ® rael Boies ’ B y ron ; Jeremiah Davis, Junction ; 
VVM. BARER, Junction. ’ 
DuPage county—D ah’l Dunham, Ika Albro, Peter Pratt. 
McHenry “ — E. H. Seward, Dr. J. Woodward, T. McD. Richards 
Stephenson -John Smallwood, S. F. Henderson, John Swenza’ 
Flora 17 C0unty ~ TH0s - WlLS0N ; B. B. Ingraham, Gen. L. B. Parson, 
Whiteside county—J as. Howland, Robt. Galt, Joshua Anthony 
GaleZy° Unty_A ' MlLLEE ’ ° neida; S - C ‘ WooD ’ C - J - Fekris - 
Topic No. 10—“How can we improve the dairy interests of 
Illinois ? was now taken up, when Israel Boies, of Byron 
read the following paper: 
MR. BOIES’ PAPER. 
How can we improve the dairy interest of the State of Illinois? 
First, by making it pay better—better cows, better care, and last but not 
least, better manufacturers. All the cows of the Northwest only average 
about 3,000 pounds of milk each. This does not pay. There is not a think- 
• nig, figuring man in the State who would go into dairying if he thought he 
could do no better. There are men who do far better. How do they do it? 
if st, b y selection of cows; next, by care; anything that is worth doing at 
all is worth doing well. 
It costs, m the ordinary way of keeping a cow, twenty-five to twenty-seven 
dollars per year; will 3,000 pounds of milk pay this bill? Eorty-two dollars 
na a half will keep a cow first-class a year, and that cow, if a good one, 
