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appreciate the noble work, the improvements and hidden 

 beauties of nature. With alacrity he will bring to bear all ap- 

 pliances devised by inventive genius, tools wrought by deft 

 hands, discoveries brought forth by wise and learned scientists 

 to materially advance his interests and proficiency in his calling. 

 He will prove an apt pupil and be a close student thus improv- 

 ing and embellishing his own nature, mentally and morally. 



" Beauty is only skin deep," but alas, mankind is more given 

 to top dressing than to the solid treasures beneath the surface. 

 Not so with the Illinois dairyman. With him " handsome is that 

 handsome does ; " the performances of the gentle, lowing cows, 

 the sprightly dairy maids, the dairy attendants, the men and 

 women of the dairy farm, each and every one, singly and col- 

 lectively, are valued for intrinsic merit, rather than fine looks or 

 fine plumage. The civilizing influence of the dairy which has 

 been forcibly brought to public attention within a few years 

 hovers over him. 



Progress is one of the necessities of civilization, hence 

 progress in dairying is an urgent necessity of civilization. It is 

 more a question of brains than of muscle ; heads are better than 

 hands; intelligence is more productive than mere hard work. 

 One-fourth the old-time labor now accomplishes double the old- 

 time result. This dairying industry is fast taking its place 

 among the exact sciences; its extensive adoption is a huge 

 advance in the career of intelligent improvements; its magnitude 

 is such as to attract whatever chemistry, science, mechanics, can 

 supply to make its operations perfect and render its rewards 

 certain. 



Material progress can be the results of only a higher education. 

 This is especially true of the dairy in Illinois. 



Let me say right here — and I have thought a good deal about 

 it — let me say right here to you, friends and neighbors of 

 Carroll county, the successful dairyman is he who mixes the 

 rations of his cows, takes care of his milk, and looks after the 

 details of his butter-making with brains. 



The representatives here with you are of this stamp and 



