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Burlington has received more calls from this Association 

 than any other place in the State. I have been a member for 

 sixteen years and attended every meeting; and during those 

 sixteen years we have come here four times. I feel that we 

 have done well by Burlington in the years that have passed, 

 and that she has always done well by us. It seems to me that 

 in no place where we meet do we do more good to the young 

 Vermonters than here. We find more young farmers in our 

 Burlington audiences than anywhere else, — and it is young farm- 

 ers in whom our hopes lie for the future growth and prosperity 

 of this Association. 



Mayor Burke long ago extended the officers of the Asso- 

 ciation a very cordial invitation to hold this meeting here, and 

 Ex-Gov. Woodbury offered the free use of this hall for this 

 meeting, one of the best we have ever had. The butter exhibit, 

 machinery exhibit, and audience room, all in the same building, 

 and close to the hotel, make it much more pleasant and easier to 

 view the exhibits and attend the meetings. In behalf of this 

 Association I extend its thanks to Gov. Woodbury, to Mayor 

 Burke and to the city for this invitation and for this welcome 

 which we have received. 



President Bruce : — We will now listen to the report of the 

 Secretary and Treasurer. 



