Illinois State Dairymen’s Association. 
SECOND ANNUAL MEETING, 
At Elgin, December 14 TH, 15 TH and i6th, 1875 . 
The convention was called to order by President J. R. Mc¬ 
Lean, at 11 a. m., and alter an organization was effected, the 
convention adjourned to meet at 1:80 p. m. 
AFTERNOON SESSION. 
Tuesday, Dec, 14, 1875—1:30 p. m. 
Convention called to order by President McLean, who then 
read the Annual Address of Welcome, which was as follows: 
PRESIDENT McLEAN’S ADDRESS. 
Ladies and Gentlemen : It has become a custom among associations 
of this kind, of attaching a penalty to its President, in such a manner that 
it seems very difficult to avoid, and frequently more so to satisfy its demand 
No one can possibly regret this state of things more than I do at this time! 
In making up the Programme for this Second Annual Meeting of the State 
Dairymen’s Association of Illinois, the Executive Committee have named, 
as the first order of business, the Address of Welcome by the President. 
This is the cause of the above expressed regrets. Not that I would with¬ 
hold the welcome, but the fear that I shall not employ suitable language to 
