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VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



THIRTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



Burlington, Vt, Jan. 4, 1904. 



Shortly after half after one o'clock the thirty-fourth annual meeting 

 of the Vermont Dairymen's Association was called to order in City 

 Hall by the President, Hon. George Aitken, of Woodstock, Vt. Prayer 

 was offered by the Rev. George Y. Bliss of Burlington, which was 

 followed by an address of welcome by the Hon. J. E. Burke, Mayor of 

 Burlington, who said: 

 "Mr. President, Reverend Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



A short time ago I received a communication from F. L. Davis, 

 Secretary of the Vermont Dairymen's Association, also one from 

 Victor I. Spear, President of the Vermont Maple Sugar Association, 

 saying to me that they would like to hold their annual meeting here, 

 in the city of Burlington. I felt it my duty to reply at once by saying 

 'come.' You are here with us to-day and I can assure you that it is with 

 great pleasure in behalf of the citizens of Burlington that I extend to 

 you a cordial greeting of welcome. We are not unmindful of the fact 

 that you have shown us great honor in coming to the city of Burling- 

 ton for the purpose of holding your annual meeting. I feel I can 

 truthfully say that the queen city of Vermont is the Association city 

 of the State, and while it is a pleasure for us at all times to enter- 

 tain in our humble way, I can assure you the pleasure is greatly in- 

 creased when we have for our guests a representative gathering from 

 tne grand old State of Vermont of ladies and gentlemen such as I see 

 before me to-day; an organization having such a grand and noble 

 purpose, namely, the lifting up and the upbuilding of two of the most 

 important industries, and, which I believe, will be one of the results to 

 be accomplished by your meetings, the solving of another great prob- 

 lem, namely, the benefiting of the farmer. 



Ladies and gentlemen, for the skilful carrying on of any great 

 project two things are necessary: First, you must have the right 

 motive; second, you must have the right persons back of it in order 

 to push it to a successful ending. I know that you have the right 

 motive and I know equally well that you have the right persons to 

 push it. 



The spirit of the hour is for the perfecting of organizations. About 

 one hundred years ago there was perfected an organization of one of 

 the greatest organizations ever organized by man, which became known 

 as the United States of America. That great organization is repre- 



