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ILLINOIS STATE DAlRYMEN*S ASSOCIATION. 
The Committee on Obituary reported the following, which was 
unanimously adopted : 
Whereas, In as much as it has pleased Our Common Father to 
remove by death, since our last meeting, one of our number, J. R. 
McLean, we feel it melancholy pleasure to offer a tribute to his mem¬ 
ory by the passage of the following resolution : 
Resolved , That by the death of Ex-President J. R. McLean, the 
Illinois Dairy Association has lost one of its most efficient and enthu¬ 
siastic members, and a man, who in all his relations to the body, was 
a courteous and intelligent associate, a man of sterling worth, who, 
by his genial nature, added much to the interest of our meetings, and 
by his progressive spirit contributed largely to the material welfare of 
the dairy interest ; and we recommend that the action be spread on 
the record. J- H. Broomell, 
C. H. Larkin, 
H. C. Edwards. 
The Finance committee reported having received $72.25. 
On motion the Convention adjourned to one p. m. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
The Convention met at 1 p. m. 
R. P. McGlincy, Secretary of the Elgin Board of Trade, present¬ 
ed the following figures, showing the sales of the Board from January 
1, to December 31, 1881 : 
The year 1881 opened with a very much larger amount of cheese 
in the hands of lactorymen than they held at the close, with prices 
rather lower for the season. At the first meeting in January sales of 
cheese were made at 7^ @8 cents, with a probable average of 7^ 
cents per pound. 
The price of butter held steadily through the month at 32 cents, 
with light regular sales, apparently indicating that the demand was 
not very good. One reason tor this may be found in the fact that so 
much fraudulent stuff was being put upon the market elsewhere that 
the sales of genuine butter were restricted. 
Cheese took an upward tendency about the middle of the month, 
and so continued until the 10th of May, when prices again receeded. 
During a portion of that time cheese frequently sold at 10 and 11 
cents. Butter continued steady at 32 for a number of weeks, until 
April 19th, when it dropped to 30, and then its course was downward 
until June 7th, when it sold at 18 y 2 @19. This was the lowest point 
reached by butter during the year. It then again advanced slowly for 
a time, and then again rapidly, until December 13, when it reached 45 
cents, which was the highest price attained on the Board for many 
years. After that date the price receded until the close of the year, 
when it rested at 40 to 42 cents. 
There are no regular sales of cheese reported during the meetings 
held May 17th, May 24th, May 31st, and June 7th. On the 14th of 
June cheese sold at 5@8 cents, and from that date it advanced in price 
until September 13, when 1,685 boxes were sold at 12 to I2j^ cents. 
This was the' highest price reached by cheese during the year, with 
