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ness done there. The streets were crowded. He tried to get 

 through; then he tried to turn around. He didn't know which 

 was "gee" and which was ''haw." He would crack his whip 

 and holler ''gee" when he wanted them to go "haw," and "haw" 

 when he wanted them to "gee." He had run into some teams and 

 some teams had run into him. He had completely blocked the 

 street and business was completely congested. You can imagine 

 the frame of mind of teamsters on the street. He was very much 

 excited and then he remembered what the manager told him, that 

 he could ii't drive oxen without swearing. He he says, "This is 

 the time, that's exactly what's needed to straighten this muss out," 

 and in his loudest voice he said, "You are the by Goddest oxen I 

 «ever saw; you don't know 'gee' from 'haw' in spite of hell." St. 

 iLouis is full of this kind of men, and you need have no fears, 

 as Superintendent of the Dairy Department for Missouri. I 

 want to ask every dairy;iian of Illinois to come and see us. We 

 want the opportunity of removing from your minds the idea that 

 the principal product in our country is tobacco. I am told one 

 of your farmers who had decided to raise his own tobacco wrote 

 to our Experiment Station for seed, and after telling how much 

 he wanted, he said he preferred Horseshoe, but if they did not 

 have it he would take Battle Axe. We used to raise a large 

 amount of tobacco, but we have changed. 



? A little girl got up in her papa's lap and said, "Papa who 

 ■made me." He answered, "God made you." She then said 

 "Who made you?" He said "God." She said immediately, 

 ^'God is doing better work than He used to, ain't He?" 



We are doing better work than we used to. 



Illinois, superior men. Dairy Association, let me for a 

 moment represent your state and in the name of your five mil- 

 lion people, as well as in the name of the people of our state, in 

 the name of the boys and girls, in the name of the agricultural 

 interests of America, I plead with you to let the good work go 

 on. Increase the monument you have laid the foundation of; 

 extend it higher and inscribe more names with those already 

 there. The eves of the world are on you, and the question is 



