2i6 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Afternoon Session, 2 O'clock 



UNIVERSITY CHAPEL. 



Music — Gardes du Corps Hall 



University Military Band. 



Address — Thomas F. Hunt, M. S .Columbus, Ohio 



Dean of the College of Agriculture, Ohio State University. 



Address— Hon. Joseph G. Cannon Danville, 111. 



Chairman of Committee on Appropriations, United States 

 House of Representatives. 



Music — Pilgrim Chorus Wagner 



University Military Band. 



Address by S. Noble King, Bloomington. 



Just fifty years ago at the first farmers' convention held in Illinois, 

 the seed was planted) whose fruitage we behold in the beautiful building 

 Which we are now assiembled to dedicate. 



This convention was held at Granville, Putnam County, and was 

 called, "To take into consideration such measures as might be deemed 

 most expedient to further the interests of the agricultural community, 

 and particularly to take steps to wards the establishment of an agricul- 

 tural university." 



Among the resolutions introducedby Professor Jonathan B.B Turner 

 of Jacksonville, and passed by the convention, were the following: 



"Resolved, That we greatly rejoice in the degree of perfection to 

 which our various institutionsi, fo r the education of our brethren engaged 

 in professional, scientific, and literary pursuits, have already attained, 

 and in the mental and moral elevations which those institutions have 

 given them, and their consequent preparation and capacity f or^ the great 

 duties in the spheres of life in wh ich they are engaged, and that we will 



