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a more and more complete understanding of their needs, the 

 soil is calling for a still more intelligent tillage. 



Many ideas which at first seemed radical have been worked 

 out and the solution has brought satisfactory results. The 

 tuberculin test, so firmly opposed by many dairymen in the past, 

 is recognized as of immense value. 



It was Holmes who said "I find the greatest thing in the world 

 is not so much where we stand but in which direction we are 

 moving." How true that is and what an influence the mind 

 has in the matter. It is the way it looks at great questions and 

 how it looks at them that determines in which direction we are 

 going or whether we are merely standing. I have been 

 impressed many, many times with the importance of this mov- 

 ing in the right direction. What a wonderful influence it has 

 upon a man's life, when he does things, when he seems to get 

 in the habit of doing things. Then there is the influence it has 

 upon a community, upon the boys and girls growing up in our 

 midst. They look on a busy world where men and women are 

 striving and winning. Is it any wonder then, that young and 

 ambitious lives are stirred by the activities and possibilities they 

 see? I feel sure that better methods for educating our boys and 

 girls for farm and home life is a necessity. 



As we look back over the past ten years we note the great 

 progress that has been made by the dairymen of our State and 

 very largely this progress has been made along the line of 

 quality. The question of quantity has troubled us somewhat 

 but the production will be materially increased when conditions 

 that have been interfering with its progress have been solved. 



While criticisms and condemnation of gathered cream are 

 common in many parts of our country, the Maine farmer is 

 furnishing a quality of cream that has gained an enviable repu- 

 tation in the sweet cream markets of New England. But we 

 must remember, that the road to success is a hard one, up hill 

 all the way and that a position once gained can only be main- 

 tained through constant and intelligent efifort. More and more 

 is the consumer becoming an important factor in this struggle 

 for position in the markets of the world, and rightly so, I believe. 

 We expect and demand purer feed stuffs, cleaner seeds; we 

 believe in supervisory laws, in more careful inspection; and with 



