ANNUAL MEETING MAINE SEED IMPROVEMENT 



ASSOCIATION. 



Held in connection with meeting of Maine Dairymen's Asso- 

 ciation at City Hall, Portland, December 3, 4, 5, 6, 1912. 



Tuesday Evening, 7.30 O'clock. 



In the absence of Mayor Curtis the welcome in behalf of 

 the City was given by Representative-elect John B. Kehoe, who 

 spoke in an appreciative way of the progress which the farmer 

 has made and is making, emphasizing especially the thought that 

 the day of slipshod methods on the farm has passed, these 

 being followed by scientific methods in the dairy and other 

 branches of farm life. 



Silas B. Adams, vice president of the Portland Board of 

 Trade, extended a cordial welcome in behalf of that organiza- 

 tion, speaking of the spirit of co-operation which existed be- 

 tween the board and the two organizations which are holding 

 their annual sessions here this week. He spoke of the Board 

 of Trade as appreciating the fact that agriculture is the basic 

 industry of the State and the measure of its prosperity, the 

 members being anxious to see it prosper. 



Col. Fred N. Dow brought the greetings of the Portland 

 Farmers' Club of which he is president, and in his remarks 

 urged greater loyalty to the State and devotion to its welfare. 

 Speaking of business men buying farms and conducting them as 

 a side issue, Col. Dow stated that seldom did the business man 

 profit greatly if any from such a project, yet he contributed to 

 the general advancement of agricultural interests by improve- 

 ments in methods, by which the community profited. 



