Henry Baird Favill, AB, MD, LL.D., 1860-1916, a ... - University Library

AGRICULTURE AND DAIRYING 501
Delivered, First Annual Meeting of the National Dairy Council, Chicago,
November 5, 1915.
Printed specially.
IN
THE CALL TO ARMS
setting forth the reason for the call of this unusual
gathering of men, it is well to regard briefly the history
of the National Dairy Council, the body which
has assumed responsibility for this gathering.
During the National Dairy Show of 1913 there was a
gathering of men representing all
the prominent branches
of the dairy industry, the majority of whom were delegates
selected by the representative organizations. At this meeting,
after full discussion, there was created a National
Dairy Council, which at that point was regarded as a circle
within the National Show.
As then conceived, its purposes were vaguely defined.
The general idea underlying its formation was to promote
more intimate acquaintance and opportunity for freer discussion
and promotion of
the interests which are found to
be common within the industry.
As time went on the various inter-relations became
better defined, and it was found that there are many questions
and problems facing the dairy industry which point
logically to better organization and closer coherence of all
factors in this enormous field. Whereas at the outset the
predominating idea was internal harmony and furtherance
of a forum which could be regarded in the light of a clearing
house for all subjects germane to the industry, but more
particularly within it, it developed clearly that there is still
greater need for such organization as will enable the industry
to fortify itself in its
general commercial relations.
Many matters of serious import became distinctly issues
for consideration, and culmination occurred at the time of
the 1 914 Dairy Show, when the appalling menace of the