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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
lie, who, having heard oi Illinois and her dairy and cattle interests, 
sought information from this Association, to lay before his government. 
During the year I have expended tor stationery, postage, postal cards 
and telegrams, $1.73, which amount is due from the Association. 
Respectfully submitted, 
R. P. McGlincy, Secretary. 
On motion the Secretary’s report was recieved and adopted, and 
the amount due for stationery, etc.., was ordered paid. 
C. C. Buell extended an ^invitation to the Association to hold its 
next annual meeting in the city of Sterling. He said they had ample 
railway facilities, and hotel accommodations, and a lively interest would 
be shown by the farmers and dairymen of that section. 
S. W. Kingsley moved to accept the invitation, which-was carried 
unanimously. 
George P. Lord deplored the fact that there were no reliable 
statistics of dairy products, and the dairy interests did not receive 
enough attention from the agricultural department of the state and 
country. In illustrating, he quoted from Chicago papers, which, he 
said, were subsidized, to the effect that dairymen were making so 
much butter and cheese that the market would be overstocked this 
winter. When this statement was made butter was 36 cents a pound; 
now it is 45; which shows that the writer came as near the truth as a 
man could in shooting around a tree with a gun. He show T ed that the 
statement was made for the purpose of lowering the price of butter 
and cheese. He moved that a committee of three be appointed to 
procure reliable and full statistics of trade. 
Secretary McGlincy seconded the motion and, in doing so, said 
that he was endeavoring to collect statistics from members of the Elgin 
Board of Trade, so as to show what was being done in the way of 
producing butter and cheese. 
Others followed, showing the need of this, and commenting se¬ 
verely upon the lack of information about business in the state and 
country, and that the State Agricultural Society did not pay sufficient 
attention to the dairy industry. 
The motion was carried unanimously, and the President was em¬ 
powered to appoint the committee. 
The Secretary read the following paper : I 
FOREIGN MARKETS FOR AMERICAN DAIRY 
PRODUCTS. 
. 
BY T. H. GLENN, OF CHICAGO. 
The growth of the export trade in butter and cheese of this 
country is steady and encouraging. In 1878 the exports of butter 
were 23,000,000 pounds, and in 1880, 28,000,000 pounds. During the 
latter year we exported to Great Britain alone, 40,000,000 of cheese 
and 125,000,000 pounds in the aggregate to all foreign ports. The; 
