FIFTY-THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION 33 



The results are evident. I can forsee, as the result of this 

 determination to advance, a form of agriculture in Illinois 

 that will mean more in happiness and in the comforts of 

 well-kept, successful rural homes. You, who have never 

 been satisfied to let well enough alone, and to go along in 

 the same old way that our fathers farmed, but who always 

 strive to improve — you are the people who have brought 

 about this advancement, and who will develop, here in 

 Southern Illinois, an even more successful form of farming. 

 The kind, or class of farms I can forsee predominating, is 

 the farm whereon the grain and feed that is produced is 

 grown mainly for consumption on the farm ; where the soil 

 has been treated with the essential limes and phosphates, 

 and as a result, fertility is restored through legumes, and by 

 th valuable by-product of the dairy herd. On farms of this 

 class, the dairy cow and the farm hen will reign as queens. 



**When that day comes, and with it, the families on 

 the fdrms of Illinois, more nearly realize a just compensa- 

 tion for their untiring efforts than is now the case, then, 

 the efforts of the various agencies that have served to bring 

 about this advancement, will be fully appreciated. And 

 if, when that time comes, it shall be my lot to be remem- 

 bered as one who has worked along with you, and has done 

 what he could, all I can say is, that it will be honor enough. 



"I thank you." 



