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honor but also the added responsibihty ; and I will try, my 

 friends, as I said in the first place, to do the best I can. 



One more thought : While this Association has done much 

 to elevate dairying, as the scoring of butter and cheese here to- 

 day indicates ; while much has been done in that line and in 

 many others, there is one thing that I want to suggest which it 

 seems to me has been neglected, and that is the other end of the 

 business, — the marketing of our products. Make as good butter 

 as you will ; make as good cheese as you will, raise as good stuff 

 as you can upon your farms, and what is the result? You are 

 placing your goods in the hands of somebody else to make the 

 real profit. Now the man who can tell us of some way that we 

 can put our goods upon the market, ask a price like other dealers 

 and receive that price and control our own business, not in an 

 exorbitant way, but in a fair way and save to us the product 

 of our labor, will be a benefactor of the farmers of the State of 

 Vermont. I thank you for your attention. 



Proceeding to further business the following gentlemen were 

 nominated and elected by ballot to the offices named: 



First vice-president, Mr. B. A. Hatt of Ryegate. Nomin- 

 ated by Mr. H. L. Lyster. 



Second vice-president, Mr. Geo. Dinsmore of St. Albans 

 Bay. Nominated by Hon. J. K. Curtis; seconded by Hon. Geo. 

 Aitken. 



Secretary, Mr. Fred L. Davis of North Pomfret. Nomin- 

 ated by Hon. Geo. Aitken and seconded by many voices. 



Treasurer, Mr. M. A. Adams of Derby. Nominated by Mr. 

 Northrop. 



Auditor, Mr. C. F. Smith of Morrisville. 



The Secretary elect following his election said: 



I feel very highly honored in receiving this election as 

 Secretary of the Vermont Dairymen's Association for the eighth 

 time. I had thought perhaps it was time to change, to let some- 

 one else have it and I think I have said during the past summer 

 that I thought it would be best for me not to serve another 

 term ; but nearly every member here has approached me and 

 seemed anxious that I should hold the office another year, and I 

 have consented, I will do the best I can and I thank you very 

 much. 



Mr. Hitchcock : — In regard to the distribution of the butter 

 fund. It certainly seems to me, (as it did last year, when the 

 proposition I shall now advance was unfavorably met), that the 

 standard should be raised. As I understand it, the method of 



