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OF THE 
SEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING 
• OF THE 
Illinois State Dairymen’s Association, 
Held at Marengo, III., December, i 5 ,„i 6, 17, 1880. 
The Association was called to order at 2 p. m. on 
Wednesday, December 15, 1880, Dr. Tefft, president, in 
the chair. 
The president introduced R. M. Patrick, of Marengo 
who delivered the following' 
address of welcome. 
Mr. President and Members of the Illinois State 
Dairymen s Association:— In the absence of the Hon ' Ira 
K. Curtiss, who was selected to deliver the Address of 
elcome on this occasion, I have been requested in behalf 
of the citizens of Marengo, and the dairymen of the sur¬ 
rounding country, to bid you a hearty welcome to our 
