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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Lawrence : Would like to ask Mr. Patten if he was 
opposed to printing state auditor’s reports. Because the 
masses did not read them, was it any reason that they 
should not be printed? 
Patten : We got all the information needed on these 
subjects from the papers. Pie didn’t need these reports. 
Lawrence: Was acquainted with many men in the 
south who were in the business. Thought there were some 
good dairymen there who were good butter-makers. His 
friend, John M. Pearson, could make as good butter as 
could be made in this section. He thought no appropria¬ 
tion would ever be gotten from the state until men were 
sent to the legislature who had some back-bone in this 
matter. Then you must send those who could get their 
votes. Look at the industrial institute at Champaign ! The 
officers of that institution, at one time, Were practical fann¬ 
ers ; the present ones were politicians and theorists. 
M. H. Thompson : Said he would like to ask 1 atten 
how they were going to pay the expenses of the associa¬ 
tion and get the proceedings printed with forty-five dollars 
—the amount in the treasury. 
Patten : Would say again that he thought we got all 
the report of such proceedings we needed from the papers. 
If it got to be a state institution it would soon be like the 
Champaign school; it would get into other hands very 
soon. 
Thompson : Said the idea was this : The state votes 
to expend so much for the support of other organizations. 
We, as dairymen and farmers, pay a large portion of this 
tax and ought to reap a benefit ourselves. 
