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VERMONT DAIRYMEN'S ASSOCIATION. 



THIRTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The meeting was called to order at i 130 P. M. Tuesday^, 

 January 10, by the President, H. C. Bruce of Sharon. An in- 

 vocation was offered by the Rev. Guy C. Lamson, pastor of the 

 First Baptist Church of Montpelier, after which President Bruce 

 introduced Mayor F. M. Corry of Montpelier, who said : 



"Mr. President, ladies and members of this Dairymen's As- 

 sociation and Sugar Makers' Association : 



It is the mayor's duty always at the opening of an annual 

 meeting of any association to give you a welcome. I represent 

 the citizens of our city. (Jur citizens always welcome organ- 

 izations that meet here, and especially organizations made up of 

 farmers. A great many people have an idea that they can be 

 a farmer and sit down and make a success. They cannot do it ; 

 a farmer has to have a great deal of push in order to make 

 a success. Our State owes its success to the farmer ! Years ago 

 it was said that the farming business of our State was conducted 

 by young men that came into Vermont; the farmer's sons went 

 into trade. Our city would not be the large city it is today with- 

 out the farming community. Every hill has a farm and every 

 valley has a river and with the help of the farmers and the 

 water that we have Vermont has been made one of the greatest 

 States in the Union. 



In looking upon this body of men today I can see men here 

 that have grown rich and have grown old in farming. They 

 have made a success. They started in with their hands and a 

 small piece of land, and today they have large farms. A great 

 many of the farmers have gone, their children have taken their 

 places, they have improved, as the machinery right here in your 

 room has improved, on the old. The young men have been edu- 

 cated and they have come back to the farms ; a great many have 

 settled down and a great many have come to stay. 



In regard to the young men that have come here, we have 

 them among our merchants, farmer's sons, and they are the 

 most successful merchants we have. We have young men who 

 have come here in our banks, our insurance companies and all 



