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as much good as that; the foundation of the great interest in dairying in 

 Iowa was started through those buttermakers' meetings. I am proud of 

 the butte -makers' associations, 1 am proud of their exhibits. What does it 

 mean to have one hundred and sixty-seven tubs of butter in the Armory to- 

 night ? It means that the buttermakers of Iowa are earnest in their endeav- 

 ors to improve the dairy product of this State. If we could arouse one- 

 quarter the same interest in the dairymen that we have in the buttermakers 

 in Iowa, Iowa would not have to take second place to Minnesota or any 

 other State. 



I want to urge the buttermakers to continue those meetings. Since the 

 organization of those associations there has only been one that has not been 

 a success, and the association is larger and stronger today than when we 

 established it. The buttermakers of the State are the ones who have worked 

 up the sentiment that called those meetings. I want to say to you that I 

 believe with the assistance we have had in the last year, and I have every 

 reason to believe it will be continued this year so far as the dairy department 

 is concerned, we will work in harmony with you. We want you to know 

 that if some of the three dairy departments do not attend your meetings it 

 is not because we do not want to do so, it is simply because we can not spare 

 the time, or our dates are taken. The State dairy school, the State dairy 

 commissioner, of Des Moines, aad his assistants have never refused an in- 

 vitation to attend these meetings when possible to do so; and, so far as I 

 am concerned, whenever it has been possible for me to go and meet the 

 boys I have never failed to do so; and whatever conditions may exist in the 

 future, it is my intention to do as I have done in the past. 



Take these thoughts home with you and give more attention to the meet- 

 ing; thou even in the past. If I were going to find any fault with you boys as 

 buttermakers, it would be in this. I have always regarded it as a part of 

 your duty to be an instructor as well as buttermaker. I believe that it should 

 be in your province to fit yourselves, not only to be good buttermakers, but 

 should fit yourselves in the lines of feeding and breeding, and become 

 instructors to the dairymen of your community. As I said before, I would 

 like to impress this upon you and have you take it home with you. The 

 Lord knows I have no disposition to find fault with you, but I think if you 

 are weak anywhere it is in that one place. While you are efficient in every 

 branch of the manufacture of butter, you are deficient in the fact that you 

 have not made the instructing of the dairymen a part of your study it 

 belongs to you to post yourselves as much upon feeding and breeding as on 

 buttermaking, and to take it right to your patrons. 



I am not going to take any more time, except to say a few words of 

 apology to the audience. This meeting was called for the Wilson Opera 

 House, but we were forced to make a change in our plans on short notice, 

 but hereafter our meetings will be held at the opera house. 



In conclusion, I wish to say that our programme is very full and complete, 

 and after today we will take up and dwell more particularly on dairy sub- 

 jects. Some of the best speakers we could secure in the United States will 

 be on the programme prepared to meet you . The next session for the dairy- 

 men will be tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. 



I thank you. 



