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LLINOIS DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Reception in CoW Stable 



University 'Barns, January 6th, 1903 



By the Toastmaster, Prof. Fraser. — This may be the first time you 

 have attended a reception given by the cows, and I hope the cows will 

 prove good entertainers, if that is the case. 



Across the water they think nothing of this kind of thing; they think 

 as much of their Holstein cows as they do of their families. These ladies 

 you see on both sides of you here and who are very glad to do you honor 

 this afternoon, and I think some honor should be shown them. If there 

 had never been any cows, we would have had had no Illinois Dairy- 

 men's Association. The chief object in their inviting you up here this 

 afternoon is that you may remember that their home is a place where 

 food is produced, the same as the home is, and if it is a place where food 

 is produced, it seems quite proper that it might be eaten there as well. 



We have with us today a man who has done more toward making the 

 cow stable a sanitary place than any other man, and we would be glad to 

 have Mr. Gurler respond to the toast, "Why Not." 



WHY NOT. 



By Mr. H. B. Gurler. 



Mr. Toastmaster, Ladies and Gentlemen. — I need not tell you that it 

 is not my forte talking in a place like this. You will discover that. This 



