114 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME, 



By Mayor Blaisdell. 



As you have already been tendered a reception, in which our 



college president, our lawyers, our doctors and our merchants 



have taken part, and have listened to addresses of welcome from 



some of the best talent, it appears to me that anything along this 



line would be entirely superfluous. Therefore I will only say 



in this regard that I hope we shall be able to give you such 



accommodation and welcome as will induce you to come to our 



city again, and bring your neighbors with you. And right here 



I want to say that I fear some who would be most benefited by 



this meeting are not present. If I could reach all the farmers in 



Maine I would say to them, Go about more and get new ideas. 



If interested in dairying, go to the dairymen's convention, if 



in stock, go to the fairs ; go about more, learn more, be broader 



men and women. I have been interested in dairying for the 



greater part of my life. When I was a young man we made 



butter and cheese the same as most New England farmers did 



in those days. I cannot quite remember the time when the 



blooming milkmaid went to the barn to milk the cows, but I do 



remember the old fashioned churn, and the long, hard hours 



with the cream that refused to be butter. 



I thank you very much for bringing to us, where we can see 

 them without money and without price, the beautiful display of 

 dairy machines that are on exhibition at the Armory. It is very 

 interesting to compare this machinery with the old machinery 

 that I can remember. 



