154 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



satisfaction to every loyal citizen of this State that dairying is 

 going to carry Missouri without any third party, for in its de- 

 velopment there is no industry, no vocation, no pursuit but what 

 has been benefited, and I am glad it is a business that doesn't 

 have to be builded on the ruins of something else. 



It is said that in Minnesota when a man goes into a bank 

 to borrow money while the banker is asking him how much he 

 wants and how long he wants it for, he looks out through the 

 wicket at the man's feet, and if his boots are clean he tells the 

 man he can get the money, but according to the rule of the 

 bank he will have to get some good man to sign the note with 

 him, but if he has milk on his boots he can get all the money he 

 wants and doesn't need any signer. The Mason wears a square 

 and compass badge ; the Odd Fellow a three link pin ; the Wood- 

 man an axe; the Cattleman wears spurs; the mule man carries 

 a whip; the tobacco man is known by his odor; the miller has 

 flour on his hat ; the mechanic, sawdust ; the brick mason, brick 

 dust ; the plasterer, lime ; the shoemaker has holes in his shoes ; 

 the minister wears a white tie; the doctor smells of medicine; 

 the merchant is known by his immaculate dress; the farmer has 

 hayseed in his hair, and the dairyman, with milk on his shoes 

 has the only insigna of a profession that can borrow money at 

 a bank without an endorser. 



A dairyman in Minnesota without milk on his boots would 

 look as unnatural as the distinguished lawyer who has his pic- 

 ture taken in a standing position with his hands in his pockets. 

 He had a cut made, and when it was published in a paper, some 

 one looking at it said to a friend: "Ain't that natural?" And 

 the other man said: "Not very; he's got his hands in his pock- 

 et." 



The life of a dairyman is a strenuous one. If you are like 

 the boy whom the minister asked what parable he liked the best 

 and who said he liked the one that tells about the man who 

 "loafs and fishes," you had better stay out of the business. There 

 is no loafing and not much fishing in this business, although I 

 have heard of a minnow being found in the milk occasionally 



