128 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



Then there's these boys from Louie Swift 



Who've come along to give us a lift. 



On this big job they've worked like the dickens 



When they're not buying cream they're picking up chickens. 



There's a whole lot of others, but time's slipping by 



If we just had the time we could praise to the sky 



So here's to them all, let's say it right now 



To all the good friends who've helped the old dairy cow. 



So it's breedin' and feedin' and cuttin' the hay 

 And you might raise the question, "Does dairying pay?" 

 If he's raised the good calves and picked a good cook 

 Just go over to town and see his bank book! 



Tain't no small item to you city folks 



As we sit here a crackin' our jokes 



The butter is better than it once used to be 



As a result and the efforts these fellows sowed free. 



Yes, things are lots better, I can't tell you how 

 But it come thru the love of the old dairy cow 

 Thru all of these years we have laid the foundation 

 Which one day will tell on the health of the nation. 



So here's to the clubs and the friends and the rest 

 Who have thru their efforts made this meeting a success 

 From all our glad hearts we give thanks to them all 

 Because they have heard when the dairymen call. 



In that great day of reckoning when all good friends meet 

 There's a lot of these fellows will sit on front seats 

 Because they've toiled well without hope of renoun 

 They'll be among those who'll wear a bright crown. 



