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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
The highest price attained for cheese was Jan. 20, 
when it sold" for 13 cents, and again on Feb. 3 it sold for 
the same. The lowest price was in July, when it sold at 5 
cents. The highest price for butter was 38 cents, Feb. 24; 
lowest price 18 cents, June 8. 
The past history of the Board is an excellent one, and 
the members, those old stand-bys, in particular, are to be 
congratulated and deserve praise for the showing. Presi¬ 
dent Tefft, who has occupied the position since the first 
meeting in 1872, is entitled to, and receives no small share 
of the upraise for the interest he manifests in everything 
pertaining to the Board. Always alive to the needs of the 
organization, he seems to be the right man in the right 
place, and the Board of Trade, without him to preside, 
would be like the play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. 
He is ever ready to advise with-all in any matter on which 
they may consult him, and his advice is eagerly sought by 
the members. May he long be spaied to preside at our 
meetings. 
The future of the Board is not so readily portrayed as 
the past, at least by the secretary. Man has a longing de¬ 
sire to raise the veil of futurity and peer into the beyond, 
but an All-wise Providence carefully guards the future as a 
miser does his wealth, and we can only speculate as to what 
the future has in store for us. But judging the future by 
the past, the Board must continue to benefit its members and 
all dairymen who live within a reasonable distance of it. 
The past year it has aided in increasing the price of milk, 
whether shipped to Chicago or sold at the condensing fac- 
tory. It has given factorymen a market at home, enabled 
them to become better acquainted with dealers in all parts 
of the country, and enabled them in establishing a world¬ 
wide reputation for the production of the best butter made 
anywhere. 
The future of the Board must depend largely upon the 
individual action of its members. Their cheerful compli¬ 
ance with all just and reasonable rules will be necessary; fac¬ 
torymen should promptly report their sales, so that the ex¬ 
tent of the business may be arrived at, for there can be no 
question that the publishing of reports weekly of the 
sales on the Board has been a benefit to members, 
