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jou have up stairs, and witli the exhibit of cattle that you 

 have in the otlier part of the l)uil(liiig' for sak>, but I have 

 been particuhirly impressed with the interest that yuu dairy uien 

 and breeders of dairy cattle in New York have shovni in the 

 educational meetings that have been held in this hall, and I want 

 to sav to von that I believe I would be ungrateful did I not con- 

 gratulate you upon the attitude you are taking toward these meet- 

 ings and in the grasping of the opportunity for gaining addi- 

 tional knowledge pertaining to the business in which yuu are 

 interest. And I would be ungrateful if I did not say to 3'ou 

 that you owe much to the officers of this association in making 

 possible a convention such as you are holding here. 



In the course of my business throughout the year it is neces- 

 sary for me to visit dairy conventions from Canada to the Gulf 

 and from coast to coast, and I want to assure you that very 

 seldom indeed have I attended a convention at which there has 

 been so much interest shown and so much given in return in the 

 way of educational value. 



I have been asked to speak to you this afternoon on the subject 

 of " Large and Economical Milk and Butter Fat Production," 

 and 1 believe that it is a subject that at this time in your state, as 

 well as wherever agriculture is pursued, is fitting and proper, be- 

 cause like all other phases of agriculture at the present time the 

 great problem that we must solve is the furnishing of human food 

 at a cost within keeping. 



In addressing you it is with appreciation because of the realiza- 

 tion that you are dairymen and breeders of dairy cattle who are 

 making the production of milk and butterfat a business rather 

 than a side issue, which is true in so many other localities. You 

 recognize the advantages dairying has over other phases of agri- 

 culture. Y^ou have learned that the fundamental principle of 

 retaining and building greater fertility of your farms is with 

 the replacing through live stock the fertilizing ingredients 'of the 

 crops you raise supplemented with those from purchased food 

 stuffs. By adhering to this princijjle your farms are becoming 

 more productive and, therefore, uku'c valuable year after year. 



Y"ou are aware that of all animals a good dairy cow provides 

 the most dependable and most profitable market for the grains 



