124 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATE DAIRY CONFERENCE AND ANNUAL 



MEETINGS 



OF THE 



MAINE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION 

 MAINE SEED IMROVEMENT ASSOCIATION 



AND 



MAINE LIVE STOCK BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION 



City Hall, Augusta. 

 December 4-8. 1916. 



Monday Evening, December 4. 



Meeting opened by Hon. William T. Giiptill, Commissioner 

 of Agriculture. Invocation by Rev. V. O. Anderson, Augusta. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 

 Blaine S. Viles, Mayor of Augusta. 



It is always a pleasure for the people of the Capital City to 

 welcome those from beyond our borders and tonight, as Mayor 

 of Augusta, it becomes my privilege to extend to you a most 

 cordial greeting. We appreciate the honor conferred upon 

 Augusta in having you here for this convention and we trust 

 that you will return many times in future years for similar occa- 

 sions 



