200 7LLIN0IS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



and if you don't get the worth of your money it will be 

 because the chair isn't strong enough to take you. I think 

 anybody who missed that banquet last night missed a year's 

 fun anyway. 



I especially want to say to the folks in Galesburg that 

 never in my life have I been so royally entertained. I have 

 jever come up against men like there are in Galesburg. 

 And I want to especially thank Mr. Christy for his co- 

 operation. He has worked with me every time I have 

 come into this county to make every success possible. I 

 can see a great improvement over two years ago in the 

 dairy business, and I am sure it is going to grow, because 

 you have men here, you have a market here, the best 

 market in the United States; the milk supply is right here 

 in this state. I only wish I lived within twenty miles of 

 this town, believe me Henry Hawkinson would get my 

 milk. You have got the market here. Mr. Estcremer ( ? ) 

 the man that makes butter, nobody gets a corner on him 

 because he is on the market every day. 



The dairy cow is the backbone of the finances of the 

 State of Illinois today, and it is going to be bigger and 

 better in the future than it is today. I want to thank one 

 and all of you folks and invite you to come wherever we 

 have it next year. When you get these programs, there 

 will be just a program sent out. We have always had 

 more than we need. Next year you will have the report ^ 

 of this convention that this lady has taken, and every word 

 about it she has put down, questions and discussions and 

 addresses, and we will send every person who is a member 

 of this Association a copy. You will get one, and we will 

 try to get it to you early in the spring, then we will write 

 you and invite you to take another membership next year, 

 because every one who gets this report will attend this 

 meeting — for a dollar. H you have only got one cow, three 

 cows or a bunch of cows, it will be worth ten to fifty dol- 

 lars to you to come. You can't afford to miss it. 



Now we again invite you to come next year, and if 

 ,this is all we stand adjourned. 



(The meeting adjourned.) 



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