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annual meeting, I want to extend to you the heartiest invitation I 

 can to come to Waterloo next year. This invitation I bring in 

 behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Trade in 

 Waterloo, in behalf of the various manufacturers of creamery and 

 dairy supplies of Waterloo, in behalf of the enterprising hotel peo- 

 ple of Waterloo, in behalf of the dairy and creamery paper pub- 

 lished in Waterloo, and in behalf of the whole town. If that is not 

 strong enough, I will do what I can to get the W. C. T. U. and 

 Sunday schools to join in the invitation. 



Since you met with us last we have grown some, our hotel capac- 

 ity is at least doubled and we are still building. I feel we are 

 advantageously located for holding a meeting of this sort, have 

 ample railroad facilities, and we assure you if you come to Water- 

 loo next year we will do our best to show you the greatest convention 

 you have ever seen, and when I say that I realize we have "to go 

 some" to beat this. 



Mr. Ejefper : As a member of this association I am very much 

 pleased to hear this invitation extended from Waterloo to us to 

 meet there next year. We have not had Waterloo make any claim 

 for this convention for the past two years but I am glad that they 

 are again in position to ask us to meet there. I can say that when 

 we had our last meeting in Waterloo, I had the honor of being your 

 seeretar\' and that the committee that extended the invitation and 

 made the promises to us carried out their promises in full and did 

 more than we expected them to do, and I assure everyone here and 

 can guarantee that if you hold a meeting there next year, being 

 centrally located in the dairy district as Waterloo is, you wiU have 

 one of the largest meetings this association has ever had. 



The Chairman : Gentlemen, permit me to thank you, in behalf 

 of the Dairymen's Association, for your kind invitation. We well 

 remember the cordial reception we got at Waterloo and I assure 

 you that we will take the matter under advisement. We will now 

 stand adjourned until this evening. 



THURSDAY EVENING SESSION. 



Meeting called to order at 8 P. M. President Barney in the 

 chair. 



The Chairman : We will open our program with an address by 

 Professor G. L. McKay, on General Dairying. 



