TRANSACTIONS. 
The Association was called to order at n a. m. on Wednesday, Dec. 
*4> i88r, by the President, Dr. Joseph Tefft, when on motion an ad- 
iournment was had until after dinner. \ 
AFTERNOON. 
The Association was called to order at i: 30. and the President in- 
.roduced Hon. W. W. Norton, of Dundee, who delivered an address 
. welcome, so hearty, and cordial, that all felt at home at once. Du¬ 
ring his remaiks he alluded to the growth and importance of the in- 
lustry they represented, and the necessity of care in all their work. 
J; H. Broomell, of North Aurora, responded, on behalf ot the as- 
^ociation, and accepted the generous welcome so heartily offered. 
I he President then delivered his annual address. 
ANNUAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT 
DR. JOSEPH TEFFT. 
Fellow Citizens, Members of the Illinois Dairymen’s Associ¬ 
ation,—Ladies and Gentlemen,— We meet here to-day in accord- 
ince with a preconcieved idea for the purpose of spending a few hours 
n social communion and mental improvement. I trust you will bear 
1 Spend a few moments in glancing at the early history 
)i this old section of our state. I say old in contradistinction Jo a pre¬ 
vailing opinion which has been universally recieved that our lands have 
>nly recently been raised from the ocean bed. 
Prof. Agassiz informed us years ago that in his opinion the first¬ 
born land in the known world was on the American Continent. 
. This was contained in one unbroken stretch or line from Nova Sco- 
ia to the Far West. If you please, draw two lines on your map, the 
ipper one running from the mouth of the St. Lawrence westward 
iearly to St. Paul on the Mississippi, and the lower one from the nernh- 
lorhood of St. Johns, in Newfoundland, running southwesterly about 
0 the point where - the Wisconsin joins the Mississippi, but jutting 
lown to form an extensive peninsula comprising part 01 the States of 
ndiana and Illinois, and you include between them all of the United 
states which existed at the close of the Devonion period. 
Now if Prof. Agassiz was correct in the foregoing (of which we 
