378 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



There are a good many reasons why Waterloo is glad to see you 

 people here this week. I might talk an hour or more and not exhaust 

 all the good things that might be said, but I am going to cut my speech 

 short. We have had conventions in Waterloo, we have had your own 

 annual meeting, and we have every reason to be proud, but we are cer- 

 tain that this week's meeting of the Iowa State Dairy Association is 

 going to knock the spots out of any convention ever held in Waterloo. 

 We are glad to have you here because you are - an organization that 

 does things, and if there is anything Waterloo people like it is people 

 who are alive. These are a few of the things you have been doing. You 

 have secured yourselves a small appropriation from the state and are 

 spending that money for educational work and in a way that every 

 one of you can feel proud, as you are using it in a way that it ought 

 to be used and the way it was intended to be used. Not only that, but 

 you are engaged in the greatest industry on earth. We are proud of the 

 honor that hangs over your head. That is another reason why we are 

 glad to have you in Waterloo. We hope you will enjoy yourselves. If 

 there are any policemen in Waterloo this week they are deaf, dumb 

 and blind. We welcome you here and hope you come again — often. I 

 thank you. 



RESPONSE TO ADDRESS OF WELCOME. 



H. E. FOWLER, HAXLOXTOWN. 



Mr. President and Members of this Association: I appreciate the 

 honor of being called upon to respond to the generous welcome that we 

 have received from Mr. Shoemaker and Waterloo. No city within the 

 borders of our commonwealth is better equipped to entertain a convention 

 of this kind than Waterloo. No better facilities can be had anywhere 

 than we have here at this time, and we sincerely hope that your city will 

 be so well pleased with us while we are here this week that they will 

 be glad to entertain us again. 



We are gathered here in our 34th convention, and during that time 

 we have witnessed some wonderful changes. We have seen this associa- 

 tion grow from a mere handful to our present strength and numbers. We 

 have seen our creameries grow from one to nearly 600. We have seen 

 the output of butter grow from a few hundred pounds to nearly 200,000, 

 000 pounds per year. Yet, notwithstanding all this growth and all that 

 has been said and done, the dairy industry is still in its infancy, and 

 not until the past two or three years have we begun to realize the 

 possibilities. It was not until our legislature woke up to these possibil- 

 ities that we were able to secure such a man as Van Pelt, who in a 

 short time has caused our farmers to appreciate the importance of keep- 

 ing good cows by showing them the difference between good ones and 

 poor ones. It was not until our dairymen began to see this difference 

 that this branch of farming really became an industry, and no better 

 proof of this condition can be offered than the quality and quantity of 

 the exhibits here at this time. All this activity and interest has been 



