5G2 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



t(» tlisciiss tlio rclalivo valuos of cows, or of foods for cows, whether 

 those cows be Ilolstoins, or .Terseys, or "Brown Bessies." But I believe 

 there are men liere ready to tell us all about it, and I want (for myself) 

 to b(> litM-e ;nid lie.ir and learn as much as possible about it. I read an 

 article in the pai»er a few weeks .-ijio, in which a dairyman of considerable 

 inominence stated that all llolsteius ouyht to be killed; that another said 

 all men over fifty years old ousrht to be killed. You can discuss about the 

 llolsteius. On llie sccoikI indiiosition 1 will have something to say. 

 I Laughter. I You can see ))y the color of my liair where I am at. Still 

 we think we are worth a little after we are tifty years old. 



"We feel a .inst pride in the honor you have conferred upon our city in 

 selecting this place as the i»lace to hold this convention. I especially want 

 to say we are proud of the efforts, the energy and the push of the Schlos- 

 ser Brothers for their ener.ijy in brinj;iug this meeting here. And further 

 than that, we want to say to you we feel proud of the distinguished 

 honor you have conferred upon one of our fellow citizens in electing him 

 President of tlie St:ite Dairy Association, Mr. Samuel Schlosser. [Ap- 

 plause.] 



Now, then, as I have said l)efore, I am not here to discuss tlie dairy 

 proposition. We welcome you again to our city. Our professional men, 

 our merchants and our farmers will, I am sure, greet you with a hearty 

 welcome. Wo have no ma.gnificent buildings to show you, but we can 

 show you a beautiful and clean city. Again, gentlemen, I welcome you. 

 [Ajiplause.! 



G. "^^^ Di'lschel lielni^ aljsent, the response to the Mayor's greeting was 

 made by D. B. Johnson, of Mooresville, as follows: 



Mr. .Toluison: I feel unal)le to take Mr. Drischel's place, yet I feel 

 honored this morning that I am permitted to represent this body of 

 dairymen of the great State of Indi.inn. We have assembled here for tlie 

 purpose of discussing better modes and ^^ays by which we can make this 

 convention better. I thank the Mayor, on behalf of this Association, for 

 his warm words of welcome, and I want to say that Avhile we represent 

 one of the best interests in the State, there are others, possibly, equally 

 as important. Whil(> these other industries, such as the beef and pork, 

 and sheep and wool Industries, and other industries are important, yet 

 Ave believe the time is coming when the dairy interests of Indiana will be 

 paramount to any of them. While we are here these tAVO days, we expect 

 not only to receiA'O sometliing from you, but, possibly, leave something 

 that Avill be of benefit to yon. It Avas in my province Avhen a boy to be 

 able to eat bread Avith butter on it, yet I remember time and again, when 

 it slipped from my hand, the buttered side alAvays went down. But we 

 *»ope, AvlHMi Avo leave here, to leave the buttered side of this bread uj). I 

 thank you. | .Viiplause.] 



