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set aside specifically for the dairy exhibit of this state. The next thing 

 is to select a man whom all of you believe to be the best man to represent 

 the state there. Urge that he be appointed in ample time to make the 

 many and varied preparations he must make to install that exhibit and 

 keep it until the closing day. I have found that local societies do not 

 quite realize what they might do by urging the necessity of having their 

 own interests cared for, until it is too late. I don't know of anything else 

 you need to have said to you. I don't believe you need to have this said 

 to you, but it is something I always say in order to have my conscience 

 clear. What I have said with regard to the placing of the dairy exhibit 

 on the first floor of the building means that it will have good space and as 

 much of it as it needs ; that there is a greater amount of ground space than 

 in Chicago, and if the state will make the necessary appropriation to show 

 that they will carry out an exhibit they can have the proper space. I have 

 no doubt you will do your part to bring the exhibit there. I know of no 

 industry which has made more progress since the last exposition than has 

 dairying, and I know of but one that has made as much. I refer to horti- 

 culture, the growing of fruit and particularly of apples. Part of the 

 growth of these industries has been in instilling into people's minds better 

 ideas in regard to packing, and part to better facilities in shipping — cold 

 storage for instance. 



We expect within sixty days to have the final plans of this building sent 

 out and we expect to have appointed a superintendent of dairy exhibits. 

 I don't know yet who it will be, but I am sure you will be satisfied. As soon 

 as we are ready to send out the name of the superintendent it will be your 

 duty to respond. And if there is any way in the world in which my depart- 

 ment can help I know it will be glad to do it. 



President : The next question before von is a question which 

 today is probably the most important of any before the dairymen 

 of the state. And I am going to request that in the discussion 

 of it you refrain from all personalities, that you will not take 

 the opportunity to do any advertising. We will now have a dis- 

 cussion of the hand separator question. Mr. 1ST. II. Trimble of 

 Alden is first. 



ADDRESS. 



N. E. TrimMe, Alden, Ioiva. 

 When I came into the auditorium last night and saw all the hand sep- 

 arators on exhibition, and looked around and saw all the hand separator 

 agents I was a little sorry I had come. Two weeks ago today I was put 

 on the program at a Farmers' Institute without my consent. They had 

 me on to talk on the hand separator. I said some things about the hand 

 separator then and when I saw that some of the hand separator men were 

 in the audience I didn't know but what I was going to get the worst of it. 



