10 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



• THE STATE DAIRYMEN'S MEETING. 



The opening session of the dairymen's association was called to order 

 in the Senate Chamber at 1:30 Tuesday afternoon by the president of 

 the association, Hon. Fred M. Warner. Alderman Lawrence Price, in 

 the absence of Mayor James P. Hammell, welcomed the members of 

 the association to Lansing. 



In his response Hon. E. A. Blakeslee, of Galien^ spoke of the wonder- 

 ful strides in dairying that have been made in Michigan in the last ten 

 years. The growing of wheat and other cereals has given way to the 

 business of dairying. Under the grain system of farming, the lands 

 became poorer, but now they are becoming richer each year under the 

 new system of dairying. It is but ten years since the first creamery 

 was established at Galien. It was a hard matter to induce the farmers 

 to send their milk to the creamery, and in fact they had but a small 

 amount to send. They would not go to the expense of buying a milk 

 can and the hardware men of the town offered to furnish them cans on 

 trial, and if they were pleased with the results obtained from the 

 creamery they were to pay for them and if not they could return the 

 cans. None were ever returned. The interest in dairying has spread 

 until now there are six well supported creameries within a radius of 

 15 miles. 



Michigan is well adapted to dairying, having a good climate, good 

 water, good grasses, and besides it is a splendid State for cows and 

 best of all is surrounded by the best markets in the world. Michigan 

 is destined to become one of the leading dairying states in the Union. 



PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



BY FRED M. WARNER^ FARMINGTON. 



Our products today are double what they were 10 years ago, still 

 there is ahead of us plenty of work. While I feel no danger that Michi- 

 gan will go backward in her dairy interests, I do not think that with 

 proper management and necessary laws our State can get much nearer 

 to the front rank than she is today. In dairy products no state in the 

 union can produce a better article. Our natural advantages as regards 

 climate, pure water, etc., are unsurpassed. It should be impressed upon 

 all dairymen not only the desirability of keeping a better class of 

 cows and endeavoring to constantly improve them, but also the import- 



