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State Dairymen’s Association. 
SIXTH ANNUAL MEETING, 
Held at Marengo, Ills., December 9 , 10 and 
11, 1879. 
Marengo, Dec. 9, 1879, \ 
3 o’clock p. m. / 
The convention was called to order at 3 o’clock p. m . 
by the president, Dr. Tefft, who occupied the chair. After 
stating that the convention would now be considered form¬ 
ally opened, the president called upon T. McD. Richards, 
president of the Kishwaukee Farmers’ club, who delivered 
the following address of welcome : 
MR. M’D. RICHARDS’ ADDRESS. 
Mr. President, and Members of the Illinois Dairymen's 
Association : ladies and Gentlemen : In behalf of the Kish 
waukee Farmers’ club, the citizens of Marengo and the 
dairymen of McHenry county, I bid you welcome on this 
annual reunion of yours. Marengo and vicinity open their 
homes and hearts to make your stay pleasant, and we all 
hope to profit from your essays and mutual discusssions 
this is a region deservedly noted, at home and abroad, for 
