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town as a whole. I thank you, Mr. Mayor, for the cordial invi- 

 tation, and the dairymen here I am sure will do nothing you will 

 be ashamed of, if they do, speak to the police magistrate. 



By the President : — The dairymen don't know what you 

 mean by the police magistrate. They never travel in that line. 

 The keys can be left right here and you can see us walking the 

 good moral path that all good dairymen walk in. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



I suppose the Dairymen's Association meeting without a 

 president's address would be like Hamlet without the ghost. 



Ladies and Gentlemen : — 



Again the rapid flight of time has brought around another 

 year, and it gives me much pleasure to meet with you in this city 

 of Effingham, in a part of the State before unvisited by the asso- 

 ciation, and the officers feel sure of a successful meeting and of 

 gaining an added amount of interest from any who are having 

 their first opportunity of attending the meetings. I met some 

 of you- two years ago at Greenville and learned of your success 

 in having a condensing factory located here, and this meeting 

 should aid you in your efforts to furnish them a wholesome, pure 

 article of milk at a moderate price; this will make the factory a 

 success and you a home market for your milk. The general 

 markets the past year were good considering the heavy production 

 owing to the favorable weather for making milk. The refriger- 

 ators were filled with butter as never before, but, with England 

 opening her doors it is fair to predict that all will go out at a 

 profit before March 15th. The fresh make at the present time is 

 very light indeed. Undoubtedly, next summer with ordinary 

 weather conditions it will be hard to keep fine creamery butter 

 up during the storing season to 20 cents, which will necessitate 



