STATE DAIKY ASSOCIATION. 665 



In Lafayette we have Purdue University Experiment Station, which 

 has never been recognized by the State. The State has not given a dollar 

 to the support of the Experiment Station, and we feel that at least it 

 should give a good appropriation to the three interests that Brother John- 

 son spoke of in connection with the Purdue University Experiment Station, 

 that there might be general work and better work, and a higher grade and 

 order of work than we have. In coming here we lea^e our home duties. 

 We are here for information and we are here for a good time. I am proud 

 to stand before you and state that I have been at every meeting of the 

 Daily Association for fourteen years. I have a kind of a tendency to 

 hang on to things that are good just as long as I can. I feel younger 

 today than I did fourteen years ago; I feel more like learning; I feel more 

 my weakness. The field of daily work that I am in is wonderful. We 

 are in our infancy today as to what may be accomplished. We are not 

 living up to our opportunities, and I hope each one of us will gather 

 things from this meeting which we can take home with us that will be 

 of lasting value. 



Now, I am glad to thank the Governor in his absence for his gi'eeting. 

 I thank the dairymen who have honored us with their presence, and I' 

 thank you for j^our indulgence. 



(Applause.) 



THE MARKET OUTLOOK. 



D. W. WILLSON. 



Elgin Dairy Report. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen— I come here this morning at 

 the invitation of your Secretary to say a few words along lines that it 

 seems to me are quite important. My talk will be along the lines of the 

 President's talk, and that is the marketing of our produce. The raising 

 of the product, or the making of it is all right, but the marketing of it 

 is a consideration that requires a great deal of thought and skill to enable 

 one to know how to get the best out of it. 



Your Governor made one remark which I wish to take exception to. 

 He said that we were accomplishing what we should accomplish if we 

 made one blade of grass grow that had not been growing, or made two 

 stalks of corn grow where one had been growing, and so on. Now I think 

 it is more important today for the farmers and the tillers of the soil 

 to get a good price for their produce than it is to make more of it. If 

 there is a large crop of corn what will these great combinations do? 

 They immediately bear the price of the corn down until they get posses- 

 sion of it and then raise it up and sell it at their own price. What about 

 the beef and meat trust? They buy at the lowest price, bear the market 



