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of the judges who have passed upon the display that the quality 

 of the goods shown is certainly a credit not only to the state of 

 Illinois but the entire country. The scores are higher relatively 

 and in the aggregate than the majority of the dairy exhibits 

 that have been held in this United States . It is impossible to- 

 night to give you a list of the entire premiums. We thought 

 it best at this gathering of the people of this locality to give this 

 evening the names of the four young ladies who are entitled to 

 the prizes in the dairymaid's class. In this class, which admits 

 only young ladies under twenty years of age, and those who have 

 entered are all under seventeen, the first prize, which is a solid 

 gold ladies watch, is won by Miss Mettie Bailey, of Mount Car- 

 roll, with a score of 86. The second, a regular dairy outfit, 

 offered by our friends, Cornish, Curtis & Green, of Wisconsin, 

 is won by Miss Emma Poorman, with a score of 84. The third 

 prize, a churn, offered by the Union churn company, is won by 

 Miss Clara Gordon, with a score of 80. The fourh prize, a 

 copy of Willard's Dairy Husbandry, offered by the Dairy 

 World, is won by Miss Edna B. Melendy, of Thompson, with 

 a score of 76^. 



HOLSTEIN CATTLE. 



Hon. E. A.Powell: 



Gentlemen of the Illinois State Dairymen '5 Association : It 

 x s with deep regret that I deny myself the pleasure and the 

 profit of attending this this (the 14th) anniversary of your associ- 

 ation. I have never attended such an assemblage of practical 

 men without gaining much useful information. 



The question of the selection of breeds for the dairy is of 

 paramount importance, the decision of which frequently de- 

 cides the future success or failure of the enterprise. This differ- 

 ence in breeds often marks the dividing line between profit and 

 loss, and hence this question is worthy of, and should receive, 

 your most earnest, candid and unprejudiced consideration. 



By the request of your esteemed secretary I have reluctantly 



