Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Report of the Illinois Dairymen's 

 Association; Held at Effingham, 111., Jan. 1 6, 1 7, 1 8, 1 906. 



The Illinois Dairymen's Association met in annual session m 

 the opera house at Effingham, January 16th, 1906, at 1 :30 p. m. 



President Joseph Newman in the chair. 

 The President : — 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — It is my pleasure to again open 

 the Illinois Dairymen's Association, and call to order its 32nd 

 annual meeting. As usual, being christian citizens, we will open 

 this association with an invocation, and Father Lammert will 

 invoke a blessing. 



INVOCATION. 



Rev. Fr. Lammert, Effingham, Ills. 



Mr. President, Officers, Members of the Illinois Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation, and Ladies and Friends : — 



I have been invited to open your thirty-second session of 

 the Illinois Dairymen's Association to invoke God's blessing upon 

 this session, and it is with the greatest of pleasure, I can assure 

 you, I have accepted the -invitation. I have always been for the 

 welfare and for the best interests of our farming community 

 and the community at large as well. Nothing will give me more 

 pleasure than to see God's blessing with you. It will surely 



