FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION H5 



Mr. Matthews' department can teach the farmers how to use 

 profitably. I thank you." (Applause.) 



Mr. Ferdinand Kohl, Centralia : ''For 35 years I have 

 played the game which, for want of a better name, is called" 

 business. I have tried to play it hard and fair, and the longerj 

 I stay at it, the better I like it. I can truthfully say that it is 

 much more fascinating than a game of chess and much safer 

 than a game of cards. 



My field of activity has always been in the office and I did 

 not take tim)e, like many others are now doing to take a look 

 into the other world of nature. However, I thank our mutual 

 friend, Pure Food Commissioner Matthews for one day coming 

 into my office and talking to me about a phase of life whichj 

 was entirely new to me; and as I listened I became more (anc* 

 more interested in what he had to say. He showed the way. 

 indirectly, how I could add a new pleasure to my life, in other 

 words, he caused me to become interested in the cow and her 

 surroundings. He told me among many other things, how every 

 herd could be made a factory, and each individual cow a ma- 

 chine of efficiency and a reliable daily revenue producer, and I 

 am convinced that it is true that the cow can be made a sus- 

 tainer and not a boarder like many of the cows now are in 

 Southern Illinois. 



As a boy I had to take care of a cow, and I, therefore, 

 know a little of what can be expected from a good cow and I' 

 can see if one becomes interested in the cov\^, how she can help 

 to sweeten, broaden, and make happier our days by watching 

 her development. 



My notion, Mr. Business Man, — and by that I mean bank- 

 er, professional men, and others — she can help turn some of our 

 thoughts to that other world of Nature which is so new to you 

 and to me. This peaceful and contented good world of Nature 

 that so few of us know anything about and understand less. 



Have you ever noticed how^ soothing it is to go into the 

 field and get acquainted with flowers, the many beautiful birds, 

 listening to the ripple of the brook, and watch the contented 



