Annual Meeting 1139 



I wish first, on and in behalf of the city of Utica, to extend her 

 thanks to this association for the honor which they have conferred 

 by meeting in convention here and to each and every one who has 

 attended this convention." Mr, Sessions then proceeded to place 

 the name of President Hnson in nomination for re-election, and 

 moved that the secretary of the association be directed to cast one 

 ballot for Mr. Huson for president. Mr. Sessions put the ques- 

 tion to the members, and all voted " aye," whereupon he declared 

 Mr. Iluson president for the coming year. 



Mk. Huson : This is the first time that Mr. Sessions has been 

 out of order in any of the meetings of this association. He knows 

 very well, as do most of you gentlemen, my feelings in regard 

 to this association and in regard to serving as its president. I am 

 anxious and desirous of serving in any capacity, or doing any- 

 thing in my power towards promoting the animal husbandry 

 interests of this state, and if I felt that my continuance in the 

 office of president of this association would add anything to what 

 I otherwise might do, I would not hesitate to accept the position 

 you so kindly and generously tender me. I desire to assure you, 

 however, that, serving in the ranks of this association as a private, 

 I will give to it the same attention, the same interest, and will 

 labor as faithfully towards its success as I have done as your 

 president. 



As you are aware, I have but very little leisure. I feel that I 

 have neglected, to some extent, the affairs of this association ; and 

 while your vice-president was kind enough to say that I was re- 

 sponsible for this program (and I was, in a way), that was the 

 least of the things that had to be done to make this meeting here 

 in Utica the great success it has been made. The detail work, 

 the thousand and one things that had to be done in order to bring 

 this meeting to a successful conclusion fell entirely upon the vice- 

 president, Mr. Sessions, as you are aware, and it is to him, more 

 than any other man in all this association, to whom is due the 

 credit of this successful meeting. 



I linvc stat('<l sutiieic lit reasons why you ought not to ask that 

 I should serve in the capacity of president another year. I l)e- 

 lieve it is better for the welfare of this association, that these posi- 

 tions, honorable though they are, and highly prized by those called 



