Year: 1872

year old steers, full fed,the common


stock of this country, at less than si7


per head, making . difference to


them and TO the country of more


than $50 per head in favor Of blood
alone. Now, multiply this by the


number OF cattle marketed annually


by our farmers and we have the
astonishing result of two hundred
thousand times $50, equal to sl0,-
100000 per annum; which depend
upon the conduct Of our Iowa farm
ems, and which are gained by their
wisdom or lost by their folly, in one
branch OF industry alone.


But most intimately associated


with this is the rearing OF swine,
mules, horses, sheep, and the same
rules apply in all of these, and at
least doubles the stake played for in
this great game of honest thrift, sue.
cess in which gives comfort and in.
dependence.


I call your attention to these
things now, that you may not neglect
the opportunity here offered of sup
plying your necessities, and bring
good to yourselves and your neigh.
bors. Here are the choicest herds
and focks Of the land, from which
you may select to-day or choose to-
morrow.


You cannot each distribute doz-
en- among your neighbors, but do
no: fail in that you can do. Many
canno, even supply themselves with
the single animal they need, but if
not, there are few here that could
not by cooperation with their neigh
bors own valuable share in one an
imal, and reap large profits In the
early future ther cfrom.


The time has now fully come in
which the Iowa farmer must be true
to himself and to his surroundings
lie must bear in mini that this is an
age Of progress. The world moves
and he that is content to stand still
moves backward. The overland
route succeeded the Mormon trail,
to De itself lost to view in the dust OF
the railway The time TO trudge
and the time to drudge are in the
past, and the farmer who is not alive
to the great privileges and solemn
duties of selt-culture. co operation,
dealing honestly with his farm, his
stock and his family, as we'll as by
his neighbor, is on the wrong road,
and had better employ himself i'll
answering advertisements, such as
.Agents Wan,ed"-"Tcn Dollars for
One Dollar" or some other business
by which he imagines he can get
more than he gives. He that neglects
to cultivate his brain AMI his fields
honestly, will find his family dis
couraged, his sons avoiding that
noblest of all callines, the tillage
of the soil, aud probably falling in
some more tempting but less certain
field.


In conclusion. fellow citizens, I call
your attention to this exposition,
which in completeness and variety is
seldom cxcelled, and hope you will
learn from It's observation those les
sons SO plain that he that runs may
read. Having profted by what You
have seen, having learned that the
best IS the cheapest. and that thri's
follows thought and care, may you
return TO your homes and friends in
safety, satisfied with our society and
prouder yet OF the State that is such
q giant in its youth. But as you so,
remember your duty to the State
Bear in mind that the State never
dies and that we are yet the pioneers
of a civilization and progress upon
these prairies that tongue cannet de-
scribe, nor has it entered into the
heart of man to conceive. Let US
then, as we stand before the unknown
future, make high resolve that we
will be true to our day, and that
posterity shall write our epi,aph as
we write for those who have gone
before: ale was true to his convic-
tions OF duty, and did all that he
could"