Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting 

 of the lUinois State Dairymen's Association. 



Held at Marengo, Illinois 

 January, 14, 15, 16, 1908 



The Illinois State Dairymen's Association met in annual 

 convention at the opera house, Marengo, Illinois, January 14, 

 1908, at 1 :30 P. M. Vice President J. P. Mason in the Chair. 



The Chairman. — Our President has been delayed and con- 

 sequently cannot be here to open this meeting, so we will go on 

 with the program. We will open our meeting -this morning with 

 prayer by the Reverend Mr. Schultz. 



INVOCATION. 



Rev. Mr. Schultz, Marengo, III. 



Let us pray. We thank Thee, oh Lord of the harvests, 

 for life and its inspirations and its aspirations. We thank Thee 

 for changing seasons and harvests. We thank Thee, oh God, 

 for the many blessings Thou hast given us. 



We thank Thee for disinterested, pure science and for the 

 work it is doing. We thank Thee for the co-operation between 

 scientific men and our fellow dairymen and for the increase of 

 co-operation which make for health, both of our childhood and 

 adulthood. 



We thank Thee for all the blessings Thou hast given to us 

 in such rich measure and which we are utterly unworthy. We 

 pray Thee, our God, that Thou would bless the scientific men and 

 practical dairymen, bless their occupation and the work which 

 they are doing. 



