ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. i ^ ^ 



education of the dairyman. I was also very much interested in my 

 friend who claimed himself a Dane, and he is just as good an American 

 citizen as though he had first opened his eyes here, I mean the deputy 

 food commissioner of Illinois. What we want is to give our boys and 

 girls the privileges and opportunities that are within their grasp, and if 

 we go about this intelligently; go about it vigorously, and go about it 

 earnestly, we will reap success. The day has passed when the farmer 

 from Illinois or dairyman or any, of these interests are to take a back 

 seat. 



People who live in the cities point to the dairyman as the aristocrat. 

 1 am glad to know it. The man in the dairy interest who works from 

 early morning until night, I am glad to know that he has been successful 

 along the lines of business, and it will not be long before you will need 

 to look in your villages for our millionaries, not in your cities of Illinois. 

 It is upon your men of the country that the future depends, the future 

 prosperity of our great State depends. I know there is no class of men 

 any more proud or have a higher regard for the welfare and the honor 

 and integrity of our country than you people Lave, and I know that upon 

 this occasion and upon all other occasions you will acquit yourselves as 

 to reflect credit upon this great country and its welfare that we love sa 

 well. 



ereamery Buttermaking 



GRANT MALLORY, FREEPORT. 



Creamery buttermaking is liie subject assigned me for this occasion, 

 and it is a subject on which butt'3i-makers widely differ. 



I will give you my ideas of making cream.ery butter. In the first 

 place the buttermaker should be tbe manager of the creamery, then he 

 has full control of the milk, cream, and butter. He should be an engi- 



