REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



STATE DAIRY COiNFEREME 



HELD AT 



Dover, December i, 2 and 3, 1903. 



The State Dairy Conference, under the control of the IMaine 

 Dairymen's Association and Department of Agriculture, held 

 at Dover on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, Dec. i, 2, and 

 3, was one of the largest and most successful meetings of this 

 nature held in recent years. On Tuesday evening from 8 till 

 9 o'clock a reception was given to the dairymen by the citizens 

 of Dover and Foxcroft. Addresses of welcome were delivered 

 by Hon. J. B. Peaks of Dover and Hon. W. E. Parsons of Fox- 

 croft, which were responded to by Prof. G. M. Go well of Orono, 

 and F. S. Adams of Bowdoinham. Music was furnished by the 

 local band. At 9 o'clock a banque^t was served by the Asso- 

 ciation at which the dairymen and their wives, also a large num- 

 ber of the citizens of Dover and Foxcroft, were present. Toasts 

 pertaining to many of the educational and agricultural institu- 

 tions and prominent industries of the State were responded to 

 by representative men in these lines, whose eloquence, wit and 

 humor were highly appreciated by all present. This social fea- 

 ture of the meeting was so much enjoyed that we believe the 

 banquet will have a regular place upon the program of the 

 annual meeting of the Maine Dairymen's Association. 



At the sessions of Wednesday and Thursday addresses of 

 much interest and value were given, many of which appear in 

 the following pages. A good exhibit of dairy products and 

 dairy machinery was made, the quality of the products comparing 

 favorably with that of former years. The following are the 

 officers of the association for the year 1904: President, F. S. 

 Adams, Bowdoinham ; vice president, C. L. Jones. Corinna ; 

 secretary, L. W. Dyer, Woodfords ; treasurer, R. Alden, W^in- 

 throp : member of Experiment Station Council, R. Alden. 



