D4IRY AND SEED IMPROVEMENT MEETINGS. I95 



BUSINESS MEETING OF MAINE DAIRYMEN'S 



ASSOCIATION. 



The annual business meeting of the Maine Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation was held at City Hall, Lewiston, commencing Wednes- 

 day afternoon, December 3d. 



The meeting was opened by the president, Mr. L. E. Mc- 

 Intire, who gave the annual address, as follows : 



ANNUAL ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT. 



One more year has passed and the Maine Dairymen have 

 met again for their annual meeting. It has been a pleasant, 

 and we hope a prosperous year for the dairymen of the state. 

 The question that interests all dairymen is. How can we better 

 our condition, or, in other words, increase our profits ? How can 

 we do it? In the first place, we must have confidence in our 

 business. In the second place, we must put something into that 

 business. We cannot expect to get something out of a business 

 proposition unless we put something into that business. We 

 have got to adjust ourselves to our conditions and have a thor- 

 ough practical knowledge of our business to the smallest detail, 

 also a determination to overcome all difficulties. 



The time has been when dairymen could buy cows cheaper 

 than they could raise them ; that time is past. There is no ques- 

 tion but that the right kind of a dairy cow, properly handled, 

 will make a profit. The question is where and how to get 

 them. If we have cows, some one has got to raise them. The 

 milkman who sells whole milk is not the best fitted to raise his 

 own cows, but he is in a position to pay good prices for cows 

 that have quality. 



There are hundreds of farms in the state of Maine that are 

 adapted to some kind of stock growing, that are practically 



