ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
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Patten . Could not be hired for fifty dollars to wade 
through one of those lengthy state society reports, and he 
had seen printed reports that had cost the state $ 28 , 000 , 
that he wouldn’t give ten cents for. 
McLean : Knew that these reports were, as a rule, 
uninteresting, but he was in favor of getting up some that 
were readable. 
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Dr. Tefft : Said it was a well-known fact that they 
had better agriculturists on the other side of the water than 
we had here, and there they had their schools and gave tj^em 
instruction in the matter. Our state had attempted such a 
school at the state institution. The dairymen of this state 
paid large taxes. All their property was taxed. Now, if 
we could get any privileges as dairymen we should get them. 
It was well known that we couldn’t keep up a board, and 
we must have a station of investigation. The legislators did 
their work and got their pay, but didn’t look to our interest. 
If we could, in any way, advance or improve by such, the 
standard of our products, we would make much. The but¬ 
ter product of Illinois for the year was 42,000,000 pounds. 
If we, by means of help, could make butter that would briim 
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us one cent per pound more than it docs, we would realize 
a nice little amount from it. 
Patten : Said if you got any thing like a state board 
established by law you simply gave another chance for a 
certain class of men to get office. He agreed with Dr, 
Tefft fully, but he didn’t want a government such as they 
had over the water to rule over him. He wanted to see 
this matter kept separate from the state. It only opened a 
chance for the governor to favor a* few more of his friends 
by giving them offices. We were making good progress 
and got along well any way, and ought not to complain. 
