PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



Thirty-Sixth Annual Convention 



OF 



Illinois State Dairymen's Association 



HELD AT 



Vandalia, Illinois, January 19, 20 and 21, 1910. 



The Illinois Dairymen's Association met in annual session 

 at the Armory, in Vandalia, Illinois, January 19, 1910, at 10:30 

 A. M. President L. N. Wiggins in the chair. 



The convention was opened with prayer by the Reverend 

 Mr. Hall. 



Mr. Hall : God, our Heavenly Father, we rejoice this morn- 

 ing in Thy loving kindness and all Thy tender mercies. We praise 

 Thee for health, for love and strength and for this beautiful day 

 and for all Thy blessings, and for the way that Thou has led us, 

 the people of this world, and for bringing us into the light, 

 where the light shines brighter and brighter, and along the ave- 

 nues of life we can find the richness of Thy hand and Thy divine 

 presence has been with us. 



We thank Thee for the beginning of this, the 36th Annual 

 Convention of the Illinois State Dairymen's Association. We 

 pray Thy blessing upon these gentlemen. We pray that Thou 

 will lead and guide them, so that in all their deliberations they 

 may have the protection of Almighty God, for Jesus' sake. 

 Amen. 



