S6 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 
bility of having’ the Commissioner of Agriculture made a cabinet officer, submitt I 
the following : 
Resolved. That iu a Democratic form of government, each industry ought to ho 
that place in the councils of the Nation corresponding to the proportion which it co 
tributes to the general prosperity, wealth and happiness of its citizens and the stab 
ity of its institutions, and as that of Agriculture, in this country especially is t) 
foundation of the prosperity of all other industries, giving employment to more thi 
one-half of the laboring population and furnishing even a larger proportion than th 
of oul articles of export trade, therefore we believe that the head of the DepartmeJ 
of Agriculture should be made a cabinet officer with enlarged duties and increase 
facilities for doing the work which is required by the best interests of the who 
country. . . D. N. Foster, 
C. P. Dexter. 
The foregoing was unanimously adopted. 
The following, offered by I). N. Poster, was substituted for one almost simila 
offered by C. C. Buell: 
Whereas, There now exists in several of the Eastern states a very contagioi 
and fatal disease among cattle, known as “ contagious pleuro-pneumonia ” or “ lui 
plague,” and as there is imminent danger that this disease will soon be conveyed 1 
the herds of our Western states and the great open plains of the West, thus becomiu 
permanently located among us and practically ineradicable, causing the loss of ui 
told millions of wealth to the stock growers of this country, and 
Whereas, Past experience has proved it to be impracticable for state legislatio 
to effectually and permanently eradicate this disease, therefore 
Resolved , That we most earnestly and respectfully request the Congress of tli 
United States to take such action as will promptly and effectually stamp out this moJ 
insidious and fatal disease wherever it may be found to exist in this country and als 
to prevent the reintroduction of this and all other contagious diseases among dome; 
tic animals. 
Resolved , That a committee be appointed to take charge of these resolutions an 
to use all honorable means to bring about the object sought. 
D. N. Poster supported the foregoing in a brief speech, giving a reason for tli 
faith that was in him. 
Secretary McGlincy favored the adoption of the resolutions, stating that alread 
the disease had appeared in the West, having been brought from the East by the ii3 
portation of calves from the infected districts of New York, to Nebraska, where quit 
a number of fatal cases had occurred. 
In compliance with the last resolution, D. N. Poster, R. P. McGlincy, C. C. Bue 
and II. B. Gurler were appointed a committee to take charge of the resolutions. 
The Committee on Nominations reported as follows : Por President, Dr. Josep 
Tefft, of Elgin ; Secretary, Ii. P. McGlincy, Elgin; Treasurer, J. P. Coe, of Sterling 
Vice Presidents, C. C. Buell, Rock Palls; II. Hall, Sugar Grove ; I. Boies, Genoa; § 
W. Kingsley, Barrington; T. II. Baker, Davis Junction; J. H. Broomell, Aurora; II 
C. Edwards, Dundee. Respectfully submitted, 
C. 11. Larkin* 
II. B. Gurler, 
C. C. Buell, 
Committee. 
On motion the report of the committee was accepted and adopted, and the officer! 
declared elected. 
The committee appointed to examine the dairy apparatus on exhibition, reported 
as follows : 
We find quite a large display of goods, among which we note : A churn exhibits 
by II. I. Batchellor & Son; the Sterling reversible iron harrow ; the Western feei 
grinder; Perry’s butter color; J. G. Cherry’s can for raising cream, known as th< 
Hawkeye can ; also a can for drawing cream to the creamery, by the same exhibitor 
Wire’s curd agitator and circular vat; the Belle City feed cutter; butter tubs by Cl 
M. Gates, Rock Palls, and the patent automatic cheese-maker. These all seem to b< 
of use and doubtless the members are more or less familiar with them. 
,j . Thos. R. King, 
J. B. Gilbert, 
T. H. Baker. 
; - u:,.:Committee. 
