ILLINOIS 
State Dairymen’s Association. 
FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 
Held at Elgin, III., December 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1877. 
Elgin, Dec. 11th, 1877,) 
10 o’clock, a. m. j 
The fourth annual meeting of the above Association 
was held at the Court House, in the city of Elgin, pursuant 
to call, Dr. J. Tefft, president, in the chair. 
After some preliminary business, the organization was 
perfected and an adjournment taken to 1 p. m. 
Tuesday, 1 p. m. 
Convention met and called to order as per adjourn¬ 
ment. Whereupon the president delivered the following 
address of welcome : 
DR. TEFFT’S ADDRESS. 
Fellow Citizens, Gentlemen of the Illinois Dairymen’s 
Association : -Through the kindness of an oyerruling Providence we are 
permitted to meet here again in convention, after the lapse of a year spent 
in various pursuits most congenial to our feelings, and, at the same time, we 
trnst, in full harmony with our social relations to our fellow man. 
Before entering upon the business of this convention, you will please 
