232 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The President : Is there anything further before the meet- 

 ing-? For this afternoon we have a prog-ram of great interest. 

 In addition to the fact that Governor Cnnimins wiU address you, 

 we have IMr. Col>l), otherwise known as "Buff Jersey" with us, 

 Mr. Mowliray of Minnesota an.d Mr. Kennedy of Ame^, and we 

 want everyone to l^e present. W'e want to give the Governor 

 one of the most nxising receptions ever given at a dairv conven- 

 tion. 



If there is nothing more before the house we will consider 

 ourselves adjourned until 2 o'clock this afternoon. 



AFTERXOOX SESSION. 



The President : It is not often that the Iowa State Dairy As- 

 sociation is favored by the presence of its Governor ; it is less often 

 perhaps, that it is favored by the presence of a Governor who 

 has attracted the attention of the nation lowaward bv the ad- 

 \anced position that he has taken upon all questions of pu1)lic 

 interest. 



I want to reiterate just one word that I said last night — one 

 statement — and that is I l>elieve if it were possible to measure 

 the advancement that has been made in the State of Iowa in 

 the last year in the dair^- interests, we would compare fa^•orably, 

 if not be at the head, in point of advancement. This is due al- 

 most wholly to the appointees the Governor has made, and I am 

 glad to have an opportunity to say it in the presence of the dairy- 

 men of Iowa because thev will bear me out in it. This, coupi^^. 

 with our dairy school, has brought about this result. 



\\> have with us today that Governor, and I Iiave the pleas- 

 ure and the honor of introducing to you Gov. A. B. Cummins. 



ADDRESS. 



Gov. A. B. Cummins, Des Moines. 



Mr. President. Gentlemen of the Association: The most perplex- 

 ing thought that has filled my mind during this morning is why I was 

 invited to speak to this association. You will share that diffculty before 

 I am through. 



It is true that I was born and raised on a farm, though I never 

 heard of a Jersey, or of a Galloway, or a Holstein. or a Guernsey so 



