REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



State Dairy Conference 



AND 



TENTH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



MAINE DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION, 



December 3, 4, 5, 1907. 



The annual State Dairy Conference was held at I. O. O. F. 

 Hall, Auburn, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 

 3, 4 and 5. 



Tuesday evening, December 3, the meeting was called to order 

 by F. S. Adams, president Alaine Dairymen's Association, at 

 7.30 o'clock. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. T. Crosby, Auburn. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



By Prof. L. C. Bateman, Lewiston. 



When I came home from the city of Hartford the other day 

 I found lying on my table the program of this conference, and 

 I then discovered for the first time that I was down for an 

 address of welcome. It did not disturb me in the least, because 

 I knew that whatever I might say, whatever terms of hospitality 

 I might make, the citizens of Auburn, "Loveliest city of the 

 plain," would stand behind me. I knew that I was to talk to 



