No. 7. DEPARTMENT OP AGRICULTURE. 629 



PAPERS READ AT THE EIGHTH ANNUAL MEET- 

 ING OF THE PENNSYLVANIA DAIRY UNION, 

 HELD AT HARRISBURG, PA., JANUARY 24 AND 

 25, 1907. 



OFFICERS FOR 1907. 



PRESIDENT. 

 PROF. H. E. VAN NORMAN, State College. 



VICE PRESIDENT. 

 G. M. CARPENTER, Wilkes-Barre. 



SECRETARY. 

 W. E. PERHAM, Niagara. 



TREASURER. 

 M. E. REEDER, Muncy. 



BOARD OF DIRECTORS. 



J. H. REICHERT, Scranton. 

 M. P. SHOEMAKER, Greensburg. 

 HENRY PALMER, Avondale. 

 E. E. JONES, Harford. 

 L. O. MAY, Granville. 



ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT. 



By Prof. H. E. VAN NORMAN, State CoUege. Pa. 



The president's address is often looked upon as a necessary evil, 

 and it may be so. I want, in my remarks this afternoon, to call the 

 attention of the dairy interests — and when I say ''dairy interests" 

 I mean that use of the term which includes butteT making-, milk 

 shipping, cheese making, breeders of dairy cattle, in fact all the 

 dairy interests of the state — to the possibility that stands before us. 



The Dairy Union has seen the milk shipping business of this state 

 very largely increased; at the same time, there is an increased de- 

 mand for more of the best butter, and to the dairymen who are mak- 

 ing the butter, I want to say that if they would increase their prod- 

 uct and get a good price for it, there are three things to be taken 

 into consideration: First, that you make a good article; second, 

 that you make it good from day to day, uniformity being one of the 



