FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL CONVENTION 151 



THURSDAY, 10:00 A. M. 



Mr. Mason : "The meeting will please come to order now. 

 I will appoint on the Nominating Committee the followhig gen- 

 tlemen : 



Mr. John Nelson, of Peoria. 



Mr. Elmer Mack, Springfield, and 



Mr. H. G. Easterly, of Carbondale. 



The first speaker is a practical Southern Illinois dairyman 

 and he will discuss his subject according to Southern llhncis 

 conditions, and I take pleasure in introducing to you Mr. Irish, 

 of Farina." 



THE DAIRY BARN. 



H. P. Irish, Farina. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



I do not come before you today as a regular speaker, I am 

 a hard-handed farmer from Southern Illinois, and I know what 

 it means to handle cattle in many ways as we are in Southern 

 Illinois. I am not here today to speak to you on the modern 

 barn, I am here to speak to the average farmers of Southern 

 Illinois, not these gentlemen visiting here that know more about 

 it than I do. We are not ready today as a general thing for* 

 v$ J 0,000 barns or $500 cows. 



We have heard a great deal about dairying. The farmers 

 need developing just as much as cows, — you have got to grow.> 

 Grow into this dairy business. I have known several m.en in 

 Southern Illinois that saw the checks of practical men that camie 

 back from the creamery, and they wanted to get into the game ; 

 they jumped in and could not make good. The average farmer 



