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ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMENS ASSOCIATION. 
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points registered. As nil knew what then numbers wcie, 
each exhibitor will be able to see at once wherein his butter 
failed. 
The president called upon Mr. Wheeler, a lepresenta- 
tive of the Chicago Linseed Oil Co., who occupied a short 
time in explaining the usefulness of the linseed meal as a 
feed for dairies. 
Mrs. F. G. Hackley, of Marengo, then read the follow- 
jflo- paper on 1 The homes of dairymen and what they 
should be:’' 
MRS. HACKLEY’S PAPER. 
Mr. President , Ladies and Gentlemen : I quite agree 
with you. What presumption ! What am I that I should 
have superior knowledge of dairymen s homes, and the 
conceit to even attempt to shadow forth their future ? I 
confess to being intimately acquainted with one dairyman, 
possessing to a high degree interest in his home and sur¬ 
roundings, and out of supreme respect for him, and for 
most reasonable objections on his part, I know compaia- 
tively little of other men of like pursuit. I have viewed 
their homes, in holiday attire, occasionally in undress uni¬ 
form and actual service. From my own experience and a 
plimpse of those traveling in the “ milky way,” it is a safe 
conclusion to arrive at, the homes in question must neces¬ 
sarily be exceedingly busy ones. Else should they differ 
materially from the homes of “the butcher, the bakei or 
the candlestick-maker”? Are the dairymen considered 
a peculiar people in the land ? Undoubtedly they are recog¬ 
nized by their dress of overalls and coarse boots with a 
broadway cut, which they wear with such an air as smells 
to heaven.” But what will not one endure with butter in 
the neighborhood of forty cents per pound ? 
Let the consumer felicitate himself upon his past good 
fortune, obtaining something for comparatively nothing, 
dairy goods being below the actual cost of production. 
“General average ” has a word to say, and the late ruling 
prices bring sunshine and plenty into the dairyman’s home. 
