146 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



in the nighttime, where it was so dark that you could not see your 

 hand before your face: toward dawn the tip of the mountains 

 are struck with light; gradually the deeper shadows fade away 

 until at noontime the whole Valley and the mountainside is 

 glorified with the sunshine and so Mr. President, from the teach- 

 ings of our State Agricultural Institutions; from our experts 

 who have special knowledge; from the Farmers' Institutes of the 

 State ; from the Dairymen's Association ; from leaders in agricul- 

 ture of our State, there shall be carried to the average farmer 

 everywhere that intelligent understanding of the situation until 

 light shall dawn upon him, until he shall walk out into the open 

 and see for himself the true relation of our State to the industry 

 in which he is engaged. 



I see the younger men from the farms standing in the foot- 

 steps of their fathers, looking toward the future. A 'new 

 and a greater agricultural life dawns upon them. With your 

 experience and your judgment to guide them they assume its 

 responsibilities. This is a part of the progress of the age. It 

 belongs to the evolution of the times. For them it is the call of 

 the century. Gentlemen, I thank you. 



Secretary : In the scoring of the butter entered at this Con- 

 vention I want to say that the butter was scored by three Judges, 

 one from the Government, another from the University and the 

 third was a market man. The butter as a whole scored high, the 

 highest score was Edward Elderman, 95 ; C. J. Pierce, 94.83 ; 

 Ben Camp, 94.66. There are about 35 entries of butter in both 

 the creamery and the dairy class. 



In the dairy class the highest score was C. D. Bartlett, 94.88 ; 

 L. E. Mackey, 93.16, and Mrs. F. Orttop, 93. 



In the buttermakers' scoring contest, J. R. Newton, A. 

 Crone, E. T. Moore, Douglas C. Richards and Lewis Nelson. 



I have the list here and you can all see it, and I will see 

 that these are printed in the local paper. 



President : It is getting late and we will adjourn our Con- 

 vention and hope to see you all here next year. 



