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wl-at (H)in'enti()n Inittcr lie lias liou^-lit befcre, lint llial is wliat he 

 said. 



Now, in conclusion of this sliort lall<. 1 want to say we are 

 g-oing- tO' have as good a session tliis afternoon as we have had 

 since this convention commenced Just one thing more, I A\ant 

 to say that we feel gratified at the interest -you have taken in tlie 

 way we have opened the l^ntter-room. Professor McKay tells 

 me that it has been an enlliusiastic lot of ])ovs that have visited, 

 the butter-room. We did the Ijest thing possible when we 

 opened that room t(; you and, so far as I am concerned, I feel 

 we made no mistake, and liope we will be in ])osition tO' do the 

 same next year. W^e will n(;w i)rocee(l with the program. 



The first on the j)rogram this afternoon is ''Losses and Profits 

 in the Creamery P)usiness," by Prof. Geo. L. McKay, of the 

 Iowa Agricultural College. It does not seem to me necessary 

 to stand beft)re you with an introduction of this gentleman, but 

 I want to say to- you now that if there is a friend to' the Ijutter- 

 makers in the State of Iowa today, if there is a man in^Iowa 

 who has your welfare and interest at heart, it is Professor ]\[c- 

 Kay; and I do not believe it is necessary for me to tell you that 

 from the fact that he inaugurated the six months' contest and 

 carried it on when there was no' call upon him to do this except 

 to advance your interest and knowledge as butter-makers. Pie 

 needs no introduction. 



ADDRESS. 



PROF. (!. L. MCKAY, A:kIES. 



I am pleased to be present at this meeting, but I am sorry to see 

 the small gathering. This is a butter-makers' convention, and I believe 

 a butter-makers' session should have been called earlier. However, the 

 officers will probably have more experience another year. They havo 

 worked hard to make this one of our best conventions and we will have 

 to put up with it. 



Mr. Chairman, Gentlemen: The subject assigned me, the ''Profits 

 and Losses of Dairying," I find is a very important one at the present 

 time, owing to the decline in the price of beef. 



WHien our worthy secretary first notified me, I immediately began 

 to look into this subject and prepared an address on milk production 

 and the breeding of the dairy herd. Just as I had completed my woriv 

 I was notified by the secretary that I was expected to speak on the 



