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58 ILLINOIS STATE DAIRYMEN’S ASSOCIATION. 
Take another view of this subject. The dairymen in Wisconsin 
made “ full-cream cheese ” a specialty, and prided themselves on the 
quality of their product. Now they are in a quandary as to whether 
they have chosen wisely ; whereas the dairymen of Iowa, who made 
butter a specialty, and have taken the cream of the business, are jubi¬ 
lant over their success. 
It is true that the Iowa dairymen have been highly tavored, in 
that the Governor and all the leading men of that State have been in 
active sympathy with their efforts. They have attended their Fairs 
and Conventions, and have used their personal efforts and the influence 
ot their official station, in giving promience and notability to the qual¬ 
ity of their dairy product. 
This is as it should be. And here I may be allowed to express 
surprise that these in our own State, who are especially charged with 
with the oversight of our agricultural industries are rarely if ever 
found at our Dairymen’s Convention. I know that it is not a Fair, 
where articles are exhibited, that will attract public notice. It is 
simply a gathering of men who are heartily enlisted in one department 
ot our agricultural industries, and who meet to devise means for its 
fuller development, and one would naturally think that the members 
of our State Agricultural Board would deem it a pleasure, even 
though they did not regard it as an obligation, to be present at our 
annual gatherings, so as to lend the influence of their official position in 
furthering our endeavors. I hail it as a happy omen that our Gov¬ 
ernor has arranged to be preseut with us on this occasion. 
In behalf ot this association, and of the dairymen of this State, I 
thank him for this manifestation of his interest in our welfare, and I 
may be permitted to express the hope that this interest may be so 
abiding that he will frequently favor us with his presence and his cheer. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Lord’s paper, Gov. Cullom was intro¬ 
duced to the audience, who received him with cheers and applause. 
After complimenting Miss Price on her able essay, and expressing 
himself pleased with Mr. Lord’s paper which had given him much 
light on the subject of dairy farming he spoke as follows : 
GOV. CULLOM’S SPEECH. 
Mr. President , Ladies and Gentlemen : I know of no subject 
which would seem more appropriate for me to talk about, holding the 
relation I do to the people, than the condition and affairs of our State. 
There is no country in the world which possesses the natural resour¬ 
ces essential to the necessities, comfort and happiness of a people, 
equal to the United States. Our prolific soil produces, under the hand 
of free, intelligent labor, a superabundance of the greatest variety of 
food, not only in sufficient quantities for ourselves, but sufficient to 
supply the wants of another nation as large as our own. 
The element of the soil, wonderfully incorporated in plants and 
flowers and trees, develops a result in grain and fruit and fiber, in this 
as in no other country on the globe. Our mountains yield us iron, 
lead, silver and gold in value of untold millions ; we have our cotton 
