94 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



at home wherever he happened to be, competent and 

 thorough whatever his job, genial, absolutely honest, fair 

 in his judgment of men — in fact, a man that every one 

 enjoyed meeting. Probably because of his early struggles 

 he failed to take life easy when he acquired wealth. He 

 worked among his herds and in his fields as hard as any of 

 his hired help, answered every call he could when asked 

 to speak at a farmers' meeting, and was out many times 

 taking long trips into sections where accommodations were 

 crude, both in traveling and hotels, when he should have 

 been resting quietly at home. 



He gave his services to the government during the 

 World War, serving in the field which he had made his 

 life work. His was a long and useful life. 



