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$5.00, $10.00 and up as high as $2,000," and he hstened with 

 intense interest. He felt satisfied that she found his match in 

 the $2,000 class. ''Did you see any there like, me?" ''Yes, 

 and they were tied up in bunches at loc a dozen." So I want 

 to say to you young ladies that the future agriculturist that neg- 

 lects to have a herd of dairy cows on his farm will be like those 

 liusbands a dozen in a bunch for loc. So use your influence 

 in the interest of this wonderful animal, for it is the foundation 

 for a better home, and a better country, and during this terrible 

 warfare in Europe those countries engaged more particularly in 

 dairying are the countries at peace with themselves and the 

 world, and the animal that they are interested in is a peace- 

 loving animal and she won't do business on any other basis, 

 harmony must prevail or she absolutely refuses to give results, 

 and the association of these people with the dairy cow has 

 made them a better people, a more prosperous people, has given 

 them better home, happier homes, more contented people, there 

 is not anything else that they want, consequently they will al- 

 ways be at peace as long as it is possible for them to be. 



Now I think that I have but one more thing to say with 

 reference to congratulating you for today of all the pictures 

 that hang on memory's wall is the picture of a little farm home 

 in Missouri and in that connection I see the old school house 

 and I compare it with this one. A young man went into his 

 father's blacksmith shop and the first thing he did was to make 

 the link of a chain and his father said to him: "Make that link 

 so strong that it will resist the test of time forever." So I will 

 say as each of you form a link in a great chain, as you go out 

 into the world let your influence be the link in the chain that 

 while others may break, yours will stand the test of time. I 

 thank you. (Applause.) 



