DAIRY MEETING. iOJ 



ADDRESSES DELIVERED AT STATE DAIRY CON- 

 FERENCE, SACO, DECEMBER 12 AND 13, 1912. 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



By Mayor F. L. Palmer. 



It is customary to ask the Mayor to say a few words on occa- 

 sions like this and I am very glad to do so, and to extend to you 

 in behalf of the City, a hearty welcome. I feel that we ought to 

 appreciate what has been done in bringing this Conference to 

 York County. As has been said by the Chairman, this is the 

 first time that we have had this opportunity. This Conference 

 has never been held here before and of course a great many 

 do not realize the value of it. I hope that as a result of this 

 meeting we will be able to awaken public interest in the dairy 

 industry. There are a great many engaged in the dairying 

 business in this section, and there is an opportunity for more. 

 There is an opportunity for us to adopt business principles in 

 the conduct of our dairying, which will no doubt make it more 

 profitable so that it will appeal to us more than it does at the 

 present time. 



To those who are visitors to Saco I will say that I am very 

 sorry that as a result of our fire last Monday morning we 

 cannot ofifer you the hotel accommodations that we expected to 

 and would like to very much, but we will do our best. In 

 behalf of the City I extend to you a welcome and assure you 

 that anything we can do to help make this Conference a success 

 we shall be only too pleased to do. 



