26 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



that the twenty-fifth annual meeting will be the best one the association 

 ever held. 



In conclusion, I know that I voice the sentiments of all present when I 

 say that the generous contributions, and kind and thoughtful attentions ex- 

 tended to us by the City of Galesbur g, and from other sources, are fully ap- 

 preciated r>y the officers and members of this association, and we trust that 

 good seed will be sown in this vicinity that will grow to such an extent that 

 the contributors of this city will be doubly repaid for their generosity, and 

 we assure the people of Galesburg that they will always occupy a warm 

 spot in our hearts. 



THE DAIRY FOR THE AVERAGE FARM. 



W. R. HOSTETT ER, MT. CARROLL, ILL. 



There are three classes of speakers who attend meetings of this kind 

 that ought to be wiped off the face o f the earth. One is the fellow who reads 

 his paper so he can only be heard in the front row of seats. Another is the 

 fellow who reads a paper on something he does not know anything about, 

 and gives two or three pages of figures to prove his assertions, and another 

 is the fellow who talks and tells the same thing over sixteen times, and 

 doesn't know when to quit. 



Now I have taken the precaution to write down what I intend to try and 

 say, and have confined myself to say ing the same thing three times. 



I will tell you what I am going to say. I will say it, and then tell you 

 what I have said. If I don't talk loud enough to be heard let me know. 

 Calling home the cows for the last twenty years has developed voice 

 enough to fill this room. 



Dairy matters are in quite a different condition from what they were, 

 say ten years ago. The cry then was, "Build creameries, and increase the 

 dairy business." The building of creameries is checked, not that we do 

 not need the creameries, but we stop to see if we have the cows to keep them 



