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suit of advancing the dairying and the agricultural interests of this 

 state beyond any point that has ever been dreamed of even by the most 

 enthusiastic people. We have had what has been termed a grand re- 

 vival. It has been a splendid thing to get men to studying the methods 

 and processes of improving our corn crop and increasing the output. 

 That is only the first step. It is one step to raise the grain production 

 on our farms; it is another step to utilize it in such a way as to bring 

 to the farmer the most profit. 



If Iowa is to maintain her supremacy as an agricultural state it will 

 be because of the fact, and it has been because of the fact that we have 

 reached our present status that the state has been a live stock state — 

 diversified agriculture instead of a state of grain output. 



I think this one fact — the ability of the dairy cow to more completely 

 utilize the waste products on the farm — should make the dairy industry 

 of paramount importance, not only of this state but of the entire middle 

 west. I thank you. 



President : We have all been interested in this splendid address, 

 when we asked the professor to make a talk we didn't think it was 

 necessary for us to give him a subject. I am glad now we didn't 

 because we couldn't have selected anything that would have done 

 us as much good. We are unfortunate by not having Mr. Rawl 

 with us. Mr. Quarton could not be here on account of a very im- 

 portant session of court. We will hear from Mr. Julian of Algona, 

 at this time. 



ADDRESS. 



ME. JULIAN, AXGONA, IOWA. 



Mr. Quarton has told me all he knows about dairying, but I will not 

 attempt to take his place on the program. I only want to bring out a 

 few things I think are of great importance to us, and one of them is the 

 determined effort of the oleomargarine men to have a revision down- 

 ward of the tax on that product, and if the dairymen don't stand to- 

 gether and urge our congressmen and senators from this state to uphold 

 the present 10c law just as sure as I stand here we are going to see it 

 lowered. I understand that a packing house at Sioux City has had the 

 gall to see if it could not bring before this convention a resolution ask- 

 ing for a reduction of the oleo tax to 2c. If they would do such an ab- 

 surd thing as that it is safe to say that they will do everything in their 

 power in congress. Why don't they make and sell oleomargarine for 

 what it is. I lived at Elgin a long time. You see a label of Elgin butter 

 marked down to 25c. Do you suppose that is Elgin butter? It is simply 

 oleomargarine. We have competition enough in poor goods, poor dairy- 

 men, uncleanliness, etc., without going in competition with this butter 

 substitute. I want to say that we want to get after our congressmen for 

 they are looking to the voter at home. If he gets a number of letters 

 from various counties in his district he will do as you want him to . I 

 know there is a determined effort in Washington to down this 10c tax on 



