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SECOND ANNUAL REPORT
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Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Association
PRESIDENVrS ANNUAL ADDRESS.
J. P. BONZELET, EDEN.
Members of the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Associa-
tion.-Owing to the absence of our worthy president the duty
of presiding at this meeting has fallen to your vice-president
who feels the burden of this arduous task. I sincerely hope you
will bear with me in my attempt to render judgment in a just
and impartial manner. Rest assured that the welfare of your
association is the uppermost thought in mind, and I sincerely
hope that the coming meeting will be the best in its history.
It is really surprising the wonderful strides made by our in-
fant organization of a few years ago. From an association of a
few members we have grown until now, we have nearly reached
the 600 mark. The character of our work is attracting attention
far and near and I feel that every state in the Union should have
an organization founded upon similar lines to carry progressive
agriculture to the very door of the farmer. This experimental
work appeals to young and old in a way, that will prevent the life
work of the farmer of the future from running in the old ruts of
the past. We have reached that period in agricultural advance-
ment when it calls for the united efforts of all interested in that