MISSOURI DAIRY ASSOCIATION. 



Abstract of Addresses at Annual Meeting held November ii, 12, 13, 1902. 



PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



(By J. J. Smith, Sweet Springs, Mo.) 



When the Missouri State Dairy Association met at Palmyra last 

 year we were asked by many where our next meeting should be held. 

 Our reply to all was, "Columbia, if the proposed dairy building should 

 be completed by that time." We felt that the members of this asso- 

 ciation and the creamery men, dair}Tnen and those interested in the vari- 

 ous branches of dairy work could not better show their appreciation of 



New Dairy Building, Missouri Agricultural College. 



the exceedingly liberal appropriation made by the last legislature for 

 the advancement of the dairy interests of the state, than by holding our 

 13th annual meeting in the building erected for the purpose of educat- 

 ing our farmers in what should be one of the leading industries of the 

 state, and one to which because of our mild climate and diversity of 

 grasses, it is peculiarly adapted. 



