FIRST SESSION 



Wednesday Morning, January 22 



Meeting called to order at 10 a. m., President Huson in the 

 chair. 



In presenting Honorable F. J. Baker, Mayor of Utica, the 

 President said: 



" When this program was prepared it was doubtful whether 

 we ought to hold a morning session, but as we have attempted to 

 crowd a great deal in a session lasting two days it was deemed 

 advisable to start our proceedings this morning, and I am very 

 glad indeed to see so many familiar faces of those who can always 

 be depended upon to attend the first session of this association 

 at whatever hour it may be held. I am also pleased to see some 

 others present here this morning. 



" I have the honor of now presenting to you His Honor, Mayor 

 Baker, of this good city, who will address you." 



ADDRESS OF WELCOME 

 F. J. Bakee, Mayor of Utica 



Mr. Huson, Chairman and Gentlemen: If I were to arise and 

 say, in a somewhat perfunctory way, " welcome to our city," you 

 might take it that the invitation was indeed perfunctory and did 

 not carry with it any appreciation of the effort that many of you 

 must have made to attend this convention. ISTot being a breeder 

 myself, possibly I am not in a position to extend to you the right 

 hand of fellowship in the way that you might most desire. How- 

 ever, I know a little something of the objects of your state organi- 

 zation, and in extending the welcome of Utica to you at this time 

 I want to say that I hope that the results of this convention will 

 bo such that each one of you will go home with some new 

 thought which intimately concerns the object for which you 

 gathered here. 



For many years the breeding of stock, of whatever name or 

 nature, has been referred to as an art. I take it that it is advanc 

 ing so fast that it more nearly approaches a science, and some of 

 the things that you first based your conclusions upon are now 



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