2 12 ILLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



O : — Where do your dairymen get your cows ? 



A : — We got them right there, got lots of them in Nebraska. 

 They are not good cows, but are improving. We find we can 

 get native cows and can get good resuUs with good care and 

 feeding. Still there is quite a little improving along the line of 

 stock. 



Mr. Newman : — How cheerful to live in a country where 

 they are getting good prices, but thirty cents for butter fat in 

 Nebraska is better. 



By the President. — 



We have with us this afternoon a representative from the 

 World's Fair at St. Louis. We had hoped to have Mr. Taylor 

 with us, but he has sent us Mr. Sudendorf instead. 



ADDRESS. 



By Mr. Sudendorf, St. Louis Exposition. 



Ladies and Gentlemen and Brother Farmers : 



Mr. Taylor expected to be here, but at the last moment 

 found it would be impossible. He has too much work to do in 

 his office and can't get away. I am sorry for your sakes that he 

 can't come. I can't give you anything that will keep you very 

 long. All I can do is to express his regrets at not being able to 

 come and extend his welcome as Chief of the /\gricultural De- 

 partment of the exposition. 



I want to tell you that we have the largest building ever 

 erected for agricultural purposes. We have a building that is 

 1,660 feet lengthwise and 525 feet wide. It is large enough to 

 put 400 stores there, 57 railroad trains and you can walk all 

 around. And in this building the Exposition has given the 



