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to give his sons as much expert dairy knowledge, through the 

 Experiment Station courses, as it is possible. This is certainly 

 a day and age of specialization and we cannot afford to over- 

 look the fact that the successful men in the dairy business are the 

 men who have had some special University education in the dairy 

 industry. 



I feel that we are sadly deficient in this state in the produc- 

 tion of dairy heifers from pure bred sires. I know it is a great 

 temptation for a dairyman to buy his cows, fatten them and turn 

 them off to the butcher. He probably feels that he cannot afford 

 to raise the heifers, but year by year the supply of profitable 

 dairy cows is decreasing and if we can use more pure bred sires 

 and save the heifer calves, the dairy farmers will add to their 

 bank accounts. 



In behalf of the members and officers of this Association, I 

 wish to extend a hearty welcome to the Buttermakers' Associa- 

 tion. We Dairy and Buttermakers are all one and our Associa- 

 tions should act as a unit. In unity there is always strength, 

 our interests are one and we all have to depend upon the good 

 old dairy cow, the foster mother of the world. 



At this time, I wish to speak of the earnest effort of your 

 Secretary. He has been untiring in his devotion to the Asso- 

 ciation and its interests. He has brought it in close touch with 

 the public and, I, personally, wish to thank him for his hearty 

 support. I also wish to thank the Directors of this Association, 

 who have in the past year been very active and willing to give 

 much time and energy towards the promotion of the interests of 

 this Association. 



Wednesday Afternoon Session. 



Meeting called to order at 1 :30 P. M. by President Wiggins. 



The Chairman : — As you will see from your programs, we 

 have an interesting program this afternoon. We will first hear 

 from Professor Hayden, of the University of Illinois. As you 

 know. Professor' Hayden is engaged in work at the experiment 

 station there and lives with the cows. We will take great pleas- 

 ure in hearing from him this afternoon. Professor Hayden will 

 you please open the program ? If you have any questions to ask 

 while Professor Hayden is reading his paper, please put them 



