VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 17 



REPORT 



OF THE 



THIRTIETH ANNUAL MEETING 



OF THE 



VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION, 



HELD AT 



BRATTLEBORO, JANUARY 9, 10, 11, 1900. 



The meeting- opened Tuesday at 10.30 a. m. in Grange Hall 

 with President G. W. Pierce in the chair. Rev. R. K. Marvin 

 invoked Divine blessing. A very cordial welcome was extend- 

 ed to the Association by Col. G. W. Hooker in behalf of the 

 citizens of Brattleboro; responded to by M. A. Adams of Der- 

 by, President of the Vermont Butter and Cheese Makers' As- 

 sociation, hearty welcome from C. S. Hopkins in behalf of 

 Protective Grange, responded to by C. J. Bell, Sec'y State 

 Board of Agriculture. J. G. Stafford welcomed the Associa- 

 tion in behalf of Brattleboro Creamery Association, respond- 

 ed to by A. Messer, late lecturer of the National Grange, 

 Rochester, Vt. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



G. W. Pierce, Brattleboro. 



Members of the Vermont Dairymen' 's Association, Ladies and 

 Gentlemen : 



In accordance with established custom it becomes the duty 

 of the president at this time to deliver an annual address upon 

 the work of the Association, and to offer suggestions on sub- 

 jects relative to dairying. It is not my intention today to tire 

 vou with a lengthy address concerning matters foreign to our 

 work, but simply, in the brief time alloted me, to offer a few 

 thoughts touching upon different phases of dairying. Before 

 entering upon the work assigned me, it may be well for us to 

 consider for a moment the work accomplished in the past. 

 This is the thirtieth annual meeting of the association. The 

 Vermont Dairymen's Association is the oldest Dairy organiza- 

 tion in the United States, being formed in 1870. Well can 

 we be proud of its work when we stop to consider that Ver- 



