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an increased price commensurate with the increased expense of 

 production. 



In closing, may I express my profound thanks to the Associa- 

 tion for conferring on me the undeserved honor of being its Presi- 

 dent during the year just closing. 



I look forward to the new administration, taking up the work 

 with industry and enthusiasm, which will show 1907 the grandest 

 year in our history. I am sure the present meeting will be one of 

 much value, and an inspiration to every member to do his share to 

 make Missouri the greatest dairy State. 



Gentlemen, the meeting is open and ready for consideration of 

 business. 



THE INEVITABILITY OF DAIRYING. 



(H. J. Waters, Dean of Missouri Agricultural College.) 



The subject, "The Inevitability of Dairying," is not of my 

 own choosing. I am not by birth, education or sympathy a dairy- 

 man. My sympathies and tastes are all in the other direction — the 

 production of meat, and primarily the production of beef. I like 

 the Shorthorn, the Hereford, or the Angus much better than I 

 do the Jersey or Holstein or Guernsey, and I like the beef business 

 much better than I do the dairy industry. Nevertheless, I realize 

 that the man who stands out against dairying as the basis of our 

 permanent agriculture is standing out against an irresistible force, 

 and will in the end be as effectual as he who with a broom attempts 

 to sweep back the ocean tide. Either this country is going to be 

 an exception to all human experience, or we must ultimately sur- 

 render to the inevitable. 



There is no question that as population becomes denser, as 

 land becomes higher, as labor becomes more abundant, and, there- 

 fore, cheaper, we must produce on our farms products which will 

 require and reimburse more labor. 



The beef business is primarily adapted to the newer condi- 

 tions of a country, to broad acres, to cheap land, to scarce and 

 high-priced labor, to transportation of products over long distances. 

 As the country becomes more densely populated and land becomes 

 higher, they look to something else. New York, Pennsylvania, 

 Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut were formerly 

 the great beef producing centers of this country. Then the dairy 

 industry was being nursed and carried along by its enthusiastic 



