13 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



F. H. HALL'S ADDRESS. 



THE SUCCESSFUL DAIRYMAN. 



" 'Tis not in mortals to command success ; 

 But we'll do more — we'll deserve it." 



And deserving it, it. will be ours. As sure as night follows the day, 

 and the day follows night, so sure will success follow him who is worthy 

 of it. There are apparent exceptions to this rule — there may be real 

 exceptions, but they are as rare as four-leafed clover, or as thunder in 

 January. ^, 



One of Grod's fundamental laws that applies to dairymen as well as to 

 schoolmasters, is, that men have, in this life, just what success they are able 

 and willing to pay for. The product obtained by multiplying labor by skill, 

 determines the reward. It is true that the ability to labor or to exercise 

 skill may depend, in part at least, upon the pedigree of the man. 



There are thoroughbred men, as well as thoroughbred cattle. There 

 are also grades and crosses among the human species. 



There are men whose breeding especially fits them for the dirty work of 

 the farm. They like the odor of horses, of cattle, and even of the barnyard. 

 They seem never so happy as when ankle deep in rich hog-manure, they 

 heap up the load that is soon to be transmuted into golden corn. 



Then there are human beings whose breeding totally unfits them for 

 the work of the farm. If they attempt to wort in the garden even, among 

 the verbenas and asters, they will put on their rubber gauntlets, and, holding 

 their hands well away from their sides, will direct the hired man while he 

 performs the labor. So particular are these cleanly-bred individuals that a 

 fly in the cream unfits it for use and a hair in the butter is intolerable. 



A cross between these two varieties of "humans" might produce a 

 good dairyman. 



But the science of stirpiculture is not yet so well defined that it will 

 be safe to depend on this cross for our future supply. Neither is there a 

 thoroughbred race sufficiently numerous to answer the purpose. So, for the 

 present generation, at least, a judge, a doctor of medicine, or a good clean- 

 handed farmer, with a wife that dares throw dirty milk into the swill-tub, 

 or even a schoolmaster, may hope to take high rank as a dairyman. 



But pedigree alone will not enable a short-horn to win in the show-ring. 

 An abundance of wholesome food, judiciously given, is also necessary. • 



Hambeltonian blood alone, will not enable a horse to distinguish himself 

 upon the course. There is necessary besides this the skillful training of a 

 Higby or a Doble. 



