panies. The cold storage services, both on land and sea, wMcli 

 were inaugurated tbrougli the initiative of the Department of 

 Agriculture, at the head of which is the Hon. Sydney Fisher, 

 who is our chairman this evening, have been of incalculable 

 benefit to the dairying industries. 



Ladies and Gentlemen, I have attempted in this brief 

 sketch, to give you some idea of the importance and value of 

 the dairying industries to Canada. I hope I have been suc- 

 cessful in some degree at least. 



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