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" 18, Knox County, South Warren, 



" 19, Cumberland County, Portland, 



" 21, Lincoln County, Damariscotta, 



" 23, Franklin County, Farmington, 



These institutes were, most of them, well attended. The in- 

 terest manifested by those in attendance was a very encouraging 

 feature of the meetings. The secretary regrets to state that he 

 found it impossible to attend more than three of these meetings. 

 They were under the personal direction of Hon. W. G. Hunton, 

 president of this association, and Mr. R. W. Redman, our 

 State Dairy Instructor. The Worcester Salt Company very 

 kindly offered premiums for the best exhibit of butter at all of 

 these meetings, provided Worcester Salt was used in the man- 

 ufacture. 



The president of the association communicated with the three 

 different state fairs in relation to a revision of premiums of- 

 fered for dairy products and the method of conducting the dairy 

 exhibits. Arrangements were made for a conference with the 

 trustees of the Central Afaine Fair at Waterville and the Maine 

 State Fair at Lewiston. The secretary is very glad to report that 

 the trustees showed evidence of desiring to meet the requests of 

 the association in every possible manner ; in fact, a revision of 

 the premium list was secured and in consideration of that action, 

 the Dairy Division of the Department of Agriculture and the 

 Dairymen's Association acted in co-operation with them in secur- 

 ing and caring for the dairy exhibits made at those two fairs; 

 and this co-operation resulted in a largely increased exhibit at 

 both fairs. 



The secretary desires to present for your consideration the 

 following recommendations : 



1st. That the association continue its efforts to secure a still 

 further revision of the dairy premiums offered by the several 

 state and county fairs receiving aid from the state treasury. 



2nd. That this association shall endeavor to secure from 

 all agricultural fairs receiving aid from the State of Maine a 

 change in the methods under which the judging of all live stock 

 is to be done, so that said judging shall be as educational as pos- 

 sible. 



3rd. That the plan of offering premiums for judging con- 



