ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 25 



In deciding to come to this beautiful city, we knew we would 

 be royally welcome and I am sure our meeting* will be well 

 attended, and while our dates conflict with the Farmer's Institute, 

 we will try to make it mutually helpful. 



In this center of Northern Illinois creamery interests, we 

 have thought best to devote not a little of our program to the 

 creameries, as well as the farmer and have secured the best 

 talent the world affords to instruct and entertain you. Please 

 remember that the discussion of a subject oftentimes brings out 

 the best and most practical side of it, so ask all the questions you 

 want to of each speaker and so make this one of the most helpful 

 meetings you ever attended. 



The knowledge you have or gain, tell it to your neighbor and 

 thus help us spread the gospel of the best and most helpful side 

 of agriculture so that our 1,000,000 cows will increase the annual 

 income of our state $10,000,000, besides, enriching the soil of 

 the farms they are kept on. What has been accomplished, we 

 should be thankful for; it is the steady, intelligent grind, the 

 keeping everlastingly at it, that will keep dairying in Illinois in 

 the front rank, just as was done by our exhibit of dairy goods at 

 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, for which our 

 state received a gold medal, thanks to the work of Supt. Hunt and 

 the dairy committee, which our resolutions should recognize. 



The President : — As the audience is rather small, I will 

 only appoint two committees. The first, the Membership Com- 

 mittee. Of course we have to have the sinews of war, hence it 

 is necessary to have a Membership Committee. 



Chairman, Mr. E. X. Cobb, of Monmouth, for the dairymen; 

 Mr. Ben Bollman, of Rockford, for the local man, and Mr. Davis, 

 of separator fame, for the supply men. 



These gentlemen will find membership tickets and badges 

 at the secretary's desk, and I would like to have them go to 

 work this afternoon and see that every man and woman attend- 

 ing the convention is a member of this organization. 



