562 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



President Qnartoirs remarks ^vere brief, ])iit. effective. He paid 

 a high tribute to liis co-workers, the otlier officers of the association, 

 whom he praised for the good work they have done during the 

 past for the organization and for Iowa's dairy industry. 



Mr. Quarton reviewed the activities of the association during 

 the year and pointed to several new dairy laws which the organiza- 

 tion has been instrumental in placing on the statute books and 

 which would be of great benefit to the dairy and creamery men. 

 The very foundation is the cow, said Judge Quarton, but the farm- 

 ers must depend on the buttermakers to make butter that will bring 

 the right price in the markets. He complimented the latter on the 

 tine showing made in the past and especially on the excellent 

 quality of the exhibit at this convention and urged them to send 

 butter to the National convention of the same quality and so cap- 

 ture the prize banner for Iowa. 



"The man behind the cow," said Mr. Quarton, "the butter- 

 maker in the factory, and the manufacturers of creamery machin- 

 ery, have been keeping pace with the procession of progress and 

 advancement, and will contijiue to improve and progress until the 

 time comes that Iowa will be recognized as the greatest dairy state 

 in the Union. But we must not forget that w^e are as much de- 

 pendent upon the man in the creamery as we are upon the cow, 

 and that we must work hand in hand to make the progress and 

 advancement which we desire." 



Following Judge Quarton. the secretary, J. J. Ross, of Iowa 

 Falls, made his report as follows: 



SECRETARY'S REPORT. 



OwinR to the lateness of the hour and as there is a great deal of 

 work to be done I will be as brief as possible with my report, but I 

 do want at this time to thank each and every one who gave so liber- 

 ally of their time and money for the success of this convention. We, 

 the officers of the Iowa State Dairy Association, certainly appreciate 

 the help that has been given us by the dairy press, and by Mr. Barney's 

 department and the dairy department at Ames and we wish especially 

 to thank the commission men for their liberal support and also the rail- 

 road men, and in fact all who contributed in any way to the success of this 

 convention, for I realize that without your help and support we could not 

 have been so successful in pulling off so great a convention. I also wish 

 to thank the buttermakers of Iowa for the grand showing that we have in 

 the butter exhibit. I want to assure you that in all of my experience in 

 handling butter contests that this exhibit is by far the best that I have 



