THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL CONVENTION. 15 



By the President : — Mr. Gilkerson is a dairyman from Ma- 

 rengo. He gave the association a very interesting meeting up 

 there, and he feels very well satisfied with results. 



RESPONSE. 



By 



Charles Gilkerson, Marengo, III. 



Mr. President, Mr. Mayor, Members of the Illinois State Dairy- 

 men's Association, Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



It is with pleasure I respond to the very cordial address of 

 welcome from the Mayor. 



We already feel the cordiality of the welcome in the air, 

 and from the appearance of your city, and the surrounding coun- 

 try, we feel that the Association was well warranted in selecting 

 Clinton as a place of meeting this year. 



The Association does not come to your city simply to have 

 a place to hold a meeting, but also to carry the beneficient in- 

 fluence of their meeting and presence to various parts of the state. 



For the first time in several years we meet in the central 



