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thought of the future, and he thought probably he might die by tomorrow 

 morning, so he took that bottle and drank the contents. 



About 1 o'clock Jack woke up, and he began to look around to see if 

 Pat was asleep. He saw he was fast asleep and snoring, and he reached 

 down and felt for the bottle. All at once Pat jumped up. "What are 

 you looking for Jack?" "Nothing." "Yes, you'll find it down there in 

 the bottle." 



That's the way with me; there is nothing left for me. I want to say, 

 before I begin my subject, that it affords me great pleasure, in the be- 

 ginning of the twentieth century, to congratulate the dairymen of Illinois 

 on this occasion for the partial success or rather their partial achieve- 

 ment in the passage of the Grout Bill. We hope that the twentieth cen- 

 tury will prove to be a marvelous one in the way of progress of dairy 

 industry. We hope the good work will be continued. 



The subject I am to talk of, is one of great importance to the public. 

 So let us then first consider the most vital point — the proper handling and 

 €are of milk — which is the principal object, and which is at the bottom of 

 all meritorious dairy productions. 



The improper handling and care of milk has been a ban to the dairy 

 business. The 19th century dairyman has little faith in the proper hand- 

 ling and care of milk, simply because we didn't achieve his results. He 

 didn't understand the underlying principles, and often tried to explain 

 Mmself in that story, which I mus t tell you. 



There were three boys playing in a back yard, and as boys do, they soon 

 got tired of play and began to brag. One boy said: "My father has got 

 a cupola on his barn." The other boy said: "My father has got a pea- 

 , cock." The third boy couldn't for the life of him think what his father 

 had. "I will tell you what your father's got," said one of the boys, "he's 

 sot the big head." Johnny became somewhat vexed over this matter 

 and w*ent home crying. His mother noticing his serious condition said: 

 ^"Johnny, what are you crying for?" "Well, he says that pa's got the 

 big head." "Well," says his mother, "there is nothing in it." That is 

 the way the 19th century dairymen thought of the underlying principles 

 of the proper care of milk. 



