10 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



Hon. t. K. Porter, Mayor of Carbondale 



"A/[r. President, Ladies and Gentlemen : 



It is indeed with pleasure, Mr. President, that I welcome 

 you and this Convention to Carbondale. I do not feel that it is 

 of local interest wholly, but the entire district of Southern Illinois 

 is honored by your coming amongst us. 



A few years ago the State Legislature very wisely appro- 

 priated a small sum of money to start scientific farming at our 

 State Normal University, and each successive Legislature has 

 added a small sum to that amount. Now we have with us the 

 Dairymen's Association which probably will add more to the 

 wealth of Southern Illinois than any other movement on foot, if 

 we can get dairying established as it is in the Northern and Cen- 

 tral districts. 



Our lands are not nearly as expensive as they are in those 

 districts, and yet we have never applied the scientific methods of 

 farming to the Southern lands as I feel we should do. I am 

 convinced that every member that is within this hall who will 

 pay close and strict attention to the discourses will be greatly 

 benefited. 



We gladly welcome you and I wish it might be so that you 

 could establish permanently a convention of this kind in this 

 end of the state. I thank you." (Applause.) 



