ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



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CHILAPER PRODUCTION AND LARGE.R PROFIT FOR 

 THE DAIRYMEN. 



BY H. C. CARPENTER, GARDEN PRAIRIE, ILLINOIS. 



Gentlemen: 1 want to tell you in the first place, the first request L 

 make is this. In my work in the State of Illinois for the past three 

 months, in talking in school houses and various places trying to instruct 

 the patronsi of the Elgin Creamery Company in feeding a balanced ra- 

 tion, the first request when they come in is to ask them to get right close 

 together. I believe in outdoor religion. I believe in direct contact of 

 that electric shock; all is broken if the current is broken, and if you touch 

 elbows you will be close together, and when your hearts beat I want you. 

 to feel my heat throb. 



I am now looking into an audience of manly faces, but why are not 

 the wives here as we have them in Minnesota. The best friend a man 

 ever had is his wife. The idea of his going to these conventions and 

 leaving her at home and the splendid talks we hear here, it is a great mis- 

 take. You never have as good a convention as when your wives are with 

 you. It inspires the speaker. If the audience want me to go up on the 

 platform I will do so. Now, figuratively speaking, I will be closer to- 

 you when this paper is ended tha n I am now. 



Mr. Chairman, Officers and Members of the Illinois Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion: 



First of all, before taking up the subject assigned to me by your Sec- 

 retary, I wish to express my grateful asknowledgment and thanks, for 

 your invitation to mingle with the dairymen of this convention. Espec- 

 ially so, having been twenty years actively engaged in the dairy industry 

 in Minnesota and for many years closely allied to our state dairy asso- 

 ciation. 



