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operatively such a large amount of material to be used for the 

 farm, is, in my mind, a stepping stone for some higher and 

 wider system of co-operation. 



CO-OI'KRATIVi: liREKDF.RS' ASSOCIATION'S. 



The members of the Co-operative Breeders' Associations 

 have taken great pride in the results of the workings of those 

 associations by attending the meetings in large numbers and 

 taking part in general discussions of questions and subjects 

 that pertain to their associations, whether it be Holstein, Jersey, 

 Hereford, or some other breed. 



August 22nd. 23r(l and 24th the three local Holstein-Friesian 

 Breeders' Associations co-operated in securing the world-known 

 Advanced Register Holstein-Friesian breeder. Colonel R. C. 

 Goodell of Antrim. Xew Hampshire, to address these three 

 meetings, viz., Androscoggin County Holstein-Friesian Associa- 

 tion at the home of Fred H. Chandler. Xew Gloucester, August 

 22nd. with an attendance of fifty-five; Oxford County Holstein- 

 Friesian Breeders' Association at the farm of C. L. Case, Paris 

 Hill. August 23rd. with an attendance of one hundred sixty-five, 

 and the Sebasticook \'alley Holstein-Friesian Breeders' Asso- 

 ciation at the home of I. R. Shorey. Corinna. with an attend- 

 ance of sixty-five. 



The stock owned in these associations is being improved, as 

 the members are getting helpful ideas by having a chance to 

 exchange courtesies at these meetings, which arc proving very 

 beneficial. 



MKETIXGS, 



As a rejjresentative of this Department, I have attended fifty- 

 six meetings of various descriptions, with an attendance of two 

 thousand eight hundred forty- four, not counting in the attend- 

 ance at the meetings during my trip through northern Maine 

 on the so-called "Xorthern Maine Fariuing Special." where I 

 performed my duties as Dairy Instructor, devoting the required 

 time in speaking at the meetings in various place-^. .\s near as 

 could be estimated there were between eight and ten thousand 

 people who visited the train and attended the evening meetings 

 held bv the entire instructional fcirce. Neither does this take 



