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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
quietly and kindly informed him that his cheese was not 
neat in its appearance ; the bandage was put on in a hap 
hazard manner, the box looked as if it was old enough to 
retire from service, and, to crown all, the cheese was dirty 
on the top and side. This factoryman was shown a few 
bright samples from other factories, and told to imitate 
them. He took the hint, and in a month could show as 
fine cheese as any one on the board, and he continues to 
do so to this day. He obtained better prices, and not 
infrequently sold his goods from a half cent to a cent higher 
than any other. It has been beneficial to those dairymen 
who make their milk into butter at home, by enabling them 
to obtain better prices for their goods than they could pos¬ 
sibly have done had not the board been organized. I he 
establishment of the board has given manufacturers a mar¬ 
ket at home, and at as favorable prices as they could obtain 
elsewhere. It, in a measure, establishes the price of dairy 
products for all the country west of the Mississippi, and 
frequently New York quotations are not made until they 
get the returns from Elgin. 
It seems to me that every producer of milk who lives 
within a convenient distance of Elgin should become a 
member of the board, and then they should attend its 
weekly meetings, and moreover I believe it would be to 
their interest if they would require the factorymen who 
make up their milk to sell the products on the board, 
instead of commissioning them, as has too often become 
case of late. 
Perhaps the uninitiated may wonder what is meant by 
the “irregular sales” which they see reported frona week to 
week, and which almost invariably outnumber the “ regular 
sales.” Well, these are the sales which have been made on 
commission, and are reported when the returns are made to 
the factorymen. 
After the loss of our books, papers, etc., in January of 
the present year, the board organized under the state law, 
obtaining a charter, and became an incorporated body. We 
have by-laws and rules governing the members, and when 
one feels that he has been wronged he can appeal to the 
powers that be, and justice will be meted out to those who 
violate the law, if they can be detected. Since the organi¬ 
zation of the board, there have been but three or four trials, 
