104 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



I am not going to talk a great while today because it is get- 

 ting late and I know you are getting tired. 



This reminds me of a story and I cannot remember whether 

 I ever told it to you before or not, but I am going to tell it just 

 the same. One fellow met an old school mate of his that he had 

 not seen for a long time and he said : 



*'Hello Jack, how are you, married yet?" 



"Yes." 



''That is prety good." 



"But she has an awful temper." 



''That is pretty bad." 



"But she has a lot of money." 



"Pretty good." 



"But she put the money in a flock of sheep." 



"That is pretty good." 



"They died." 



"That is pretty bad." 



"But the pelts sold well." 



"That is pretty good." 



"She put the money into a house and the house burnt up." 



"That is pretty bad." 



"But she burned up with it." 



I don't want you to feel that way toward me this afternoon. 

 First, Mr. President, I w^ant to say a word about an affair of my 

 own. Over at the National Dairy Show at the Farmers' meet- 

 ing the room was only about a fourth full; but when it came to 

 the National Creamery Buttermakers' meeting the room was 

 about full. Now it occurred to me and also to a great many of 

 the dairy farmers present, if there were any class of people con" 

 nected with dairying that needs inspiration, it was the dairy farm- 

 ers, and I am sure that you will all agree with me that we ought 

 to have some sort of an organization of the dairy farmers ; that 

 you ought to have representatives from your state ; that we should 

 send representatives from Michigan, and all these other states 

 should send representatives so that we might have a general as- 

 sembly held for united action ; so there was a resolution presented 



