ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



.men' Would it be just as satisfactory for you to read it in the 

 paper tomorrow morning as for me to read it here this afternoon? 

 This is your meeting, it is not for me to dictate. 



Mr. Gurler : — Mr. President, there is only one excuse for 

 that. I think your thought is very good. If there is any ques- 

 tion of having time for the rest of them and your address, I 

 don't know but your thought is all right, but it seems a queer 

 way of treating the President. 



Mr, Smith, of Michigan : — Mr. President, I submit as one 

 of the speakers from abroad, that this thing is too valuable to 

 have it buried in the musty files of some morning paper. It 

 should be read this afternoon. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Ladies and Gentlemen of the Illinois Dairymen's Association: 

 Another year has made its record and passed into history. 

 It has been in some ways a notable year. Events in the far east 

 have claimed the attention of the whole world ; our own country 

 has passed through a presidential election with all that that 

 means. It has been a year of remarkable educational advantage 

 to the world at large and to the dairymen, the World's Fair at 

 St. Louis being a wonderful school. From a business stand- 

 point, the year has been on a whole, successful. 



in the dairy world, it has been pleasant and prosperous. 

 How has it seemed to the farmer? From his point of view, the 

 normal prices of dairy goods during the summer months may 

 have seemed low. If so, he has the remedy in his own hands. 

 We have advised every year to have more cows fresh in the fall 

 to milk during the winter when prices are highest, and there is 

 more time to attend to the raising of calves. If this were gen- 

 erally done, it would work to advantage in two ways. It would 



