THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 



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I have only touched upon the two questions which I believe 

 to be of the greater importance to us today, the value of a dairy 

 cow for maintaining the fertility of the soil and the other is 

 the unfair way the agricultural interests are treated by our Gov- 

 ernment. Gentlemen, I appreciate the applause for the reason 

 I believe you appreciate the justice of our case. You must ap- 

 preciate the fact that the agricultural interests of this country 

 is the foundation of our wealth, it is that that makes us strong. 

 If we had one- fourth of the money that is expended for the 

 Army and Navy for the promotion of our agricultural interests 

 of this country, it would make us so powerful we need not be 

 afraid of the combined armies of the world. If I have an op- 

 portunity tomorrow I will talk to you further along this line. 



