Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-12-12
Profitable Session Maine Dalrymen.
ANNUAL MEETING AT NORWAY IS A
DECIDEDLY LIVE ONE.

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Held by the commissioner of agri-
culture in connection with and with the
aid of the State Dairymen's Association"
with the commissioner left out.
That's what the annual meeting of the
Dairymen's Association at Norway last
week was. Commissioner Of Agriculture
Buckley said he wouldn't, and be didn't,
and 1t wac the Associations own meet
ing from start to finish. 1t was we'll at
tended, and the program was kept NOV
ing with interesting discussions and
ton Of dairy products. Several members
who have been regular attendants at the
meetings Of the association say that they
have never been at a more interesting
meeting, or one where there was larger
and more appreciative audience.
Tuesday evening the first session was
held in the Norway Opera House, when
the association was welcomed by Hon.
A. s. Kimball in behalf of the Norway
Board of Trade, and by n. D. Smith,
master of Norway Grange, in behalf of
that organization. The response was by
Hon. G. S. Stetson, master of the Maine
State Grange, who paid Oxford County,
and Norway particularly, good compli-
ments as the host ON this occasion.
President Robert j. Alley OF the
University of Maine then gave an able
and thoughtful address, on education as
preventive of poverty, disease and
crime.
1t was a little later than the hour OF
$50 set for the meeting when the bust
ness session of the association op ened in
Grange Hall Wednesday morning. Some
of the delay was due to the entering and
arranging of the exhibits of milk, butter
and cheese, Of which there was a good
show in the grange dining ball on the
first floor Of the building. A number of
sepsrators were on exhibition there, Ia
charge of agents, as well as other dairy
apparatus.
There was good number in the hall
field called the meeting to order, and
Others coming on the forenoon trains
and otherwise filled the hall up we'll
later in the session.
President Hunton's annual address
was first on the program-although he
preferred to call it report rather than
an address. He found conditions in the
dairy industry fairly good during the
past year. 1t has been a good clover
year, and the prices Of products have
kept up we'll. The high price OF cows
shows that the dairymen are too much
given to making veal of their heifer
calves when they are high. There is no
feature in the present situation that
should discourage dairymen from in
creasing their product. The capital re-
quired 10 not large, and the element of
necessary waste is small. The worst
feature of the situation is the high price
of concentrated feeds and Of their trans
portation. This we should seek to over
come by substituting home grown feeds
as far as possible.
The report of the secretary, DR.. Leon
S. Merrill of Orono, summarized the |
of the executive committee for
the year and special meeting of the
association, and made certain recon-
one of which was that this !
and the Seed Improvement
Association should hold their annual |
meetings in conjunction.
II being in order next to read the
records of the meetings of the executive |
committee and the special meeting of |
the association, those records were read |
by DR.. Merrill These records were very
full, giving a summary of the discus |
sions at the several meetings, and pre- |
senting very complete history of the |!
between the association and |
of Agriculture John P.
Buckley.
1t seemed from the records, as is in
deed known to many of the readers,
that Commissioner Buckley was dis
pleased at the associations choice of |
Norway as the place Of meeting, and at
the fact that he was not notified OF the
meeting when it was decided. He want
ed the meeting held in Portland. The
outcome Of the matter was a special
meeting OF the association at which
Buckley was present, and
the matter was fully discussed. There
was unanimous vote to hold the meet
ing at Norway, and Commissioners Buck
lev then informed the association that it
could hold its meeting at Norway, but !
he should not furnish any of the states
money for the meeting.
At tho conclusion Of the reading of
these records. which occupied some
lime, several of the members who were
present at the special meeting compli-
mented the secretary upon his full and
perfectly fair record, and the records
were approved.
Considerable time was taken up by
discussion of financial matters, the cut
ing off of the state aid making 1t neces-
,ary for the association to pay all the
expense of the meeting. A subscription
paper was in the hands of Vice. President
3. E. McIptire, on which there was al
.eady about 800, and it appeared by the
statement of Secretary Merrill that those
" no were assisting In the program were
Ihowipg good spirit In the matter Of
paying their own expenses II necessary.
But President Hunton stated emphat.
cally: I'VE don't propose to give this
Up. We propose to have this appropria.
ion from the state If possible" 1t was
evident that there was unanimity in the
association in its controversy with the
The report OF the treasurer. Rulillus
Alden of Winthrop, showed s215.37 on
,and