l68 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



tion of corn. I will not name thfe amount now but I would like 

 to leave the whole arrangement to a committee. Perhaps in 

 future years we might look forward to exjianding this to include 

 the small grains and grass and clover. I am a native of Michi- 

 gan and it is depressing to me to know that men in this State 

 are buying hay from Michigan, when we can raise it here better 

 than it can be raised there. It seems to me that something 

 ought to be done. Our fair associations are almost ignoring the 

 whole business ; they do not offer premiums enough to encour- 

 age these industries. 



Voted, That this association offer substantial prizes for an 

 exhibit of corn, that a committee be appointed to arrange a grain 

 contest for another year, and that the secretary of the associa- 

 tion be the chairman of that committee. 



This committee was appointed as follows : L. S. Merrill, 

 W. D. Hurd, Z. A. Gilbert. 



THE UDDER OF THE COW AND ITS DISEASES. 



By Dr. F. L. Russell, Orono. 



The udder of the cow consists of four glands that reach their 

 full functional development at the time of the birth of the first 

 calf, or a few days before. The ofiice of these glands is to 

 secrete milk. Primarily to secrete milk to nourish the calf dur- 

 ing the first three or four months of its existence, but, under 

 domestication with intelligent breeding and an abundant supply 

 of food, not only has the capacity of the udder for secreting 

 milk been increased beyond the needs of the calf but it continues 

 active during most of the cow's life. 



THE STRUCTURE OF THE UDDER. 



A yellow, elastic membrane of varying thickness completely 

 covers the glands, binding them together and attaching them to 

 the walls of the abdominal cavity. This elastic membrane also 

 sends off fibers and bands that more or less completely divide 

 each gland into sections or lobes. The gland tissue where the 

 milk is secreted consists of a vast number of small cavities or 



