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ducer and consumer. The support that your interests have received within 

 the last few years from government and state; from 1 the government in the 

 growing favor in favor of the establishment of separate departments de- 

 voted to scientific investigation of the subject about which you have such 

 great concern; from the state through its offers of financial assistance, all 

 point to the betterment of your industry the country over. 



Gentlemen, I join with you in the hope that your association in this 

 state may result in great advancement in all agricultural interests, and 

 bring a needed relief to all. I extend to you, in behalf of our city, a most 

 hearty welcome, and assure you that we are not only proud of your visit, 

 but that we also have a deep interest in your success. 



RESPONSE. 



MR. W. S. MOORE OF CHICAGO. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Illinois State Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation. 



As delegates to this convention, the dairymen of the state of Illinois 

 feel proud to be welcomed to the city of Galesburg. Not infrequently the 

 keys of the city are extended to a convention, but inasmuch as they are 

 not extended today, we assume that there are no keys, and that the gates 

 stand open all the time. 



The attendance here this morning is not as large as we expect that it 

 may be at later sessions, but perchance it is owing somewhat to the fact, at 

 least a claimed fact, which was brought forth by Mayor Cook in talking 

 with him, in which he said that when we were farmers we got up at 3 o'clock 

 in the morning, and could come to a meeting at 10 o'clock as easy as any 

 other time, but when we became agriculturists we do not get up until noon, 

 and a morning meeting is not quite so well attended. 



