2i4 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



Wednesday, 9:30 a. m., February 19, '02 



DAIRY SESSION 



Joseph Newman, President Illinois Dairymen's Association, Chair- 

 man. Mr. W. R. Kimzey, President Illinois Farmers' Institute, called 

 convention to order. 



Exercises opened with a violin solo, Mazurka, by Miss Woodward. 



PRAYER 



REV. B. E. S. ELY, PASTOR FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. 



Almighty God, our Heavenly Father, unto Thee we lift our hearts and 

 our voices in prayer. 



We ask Thy blessing to rest upon us this day. Grant usi Thy presence 

 in the deliberations of this day. Be pleased so to favor us by Thy Divine 

 grace, so we shall be led to those results which shall be for the highest 

 and the best. 



Be pleased, Lord God, to remember us while we are here tarrying, 

 Keep us in health, and in life. We pray for a blessing on those whom 

 we have left in our homes; watch over them during our absence, and in 

 Thine own time do Thou return us unto them in safety and in peace. 



We pray Thee that Thou wilt bless us in all pursuits in which we 

 are here engaged, so that we may follow them in accordance with Thy 



