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cheese factories, and described the centrifugal method of separation of cream? 

 from new milk by means of cylinders revolved by machinery, which makes it- 

 possible to feed the skim milk to the calves before it has lost the animal heat. 



Milk consists chiefly of casein in the skim milk and fat in the cream. 

 Casein is the flesh-forming substance, the fat being chiefly useful in keeping 

 the animal warm, so that by use of warm stables, if the milk is not skimmed 

 too closely, calves can be raised as well in this way as on milk with all its 

 cream. 



Mr. Graham: Which is the best crop for feeding cattle, barley or corn? 



Mr. Youmans : Corn makes the most and the richest milk, as it has more 

 sugar than barley has. 



Mr. Graham: I find barley cheaper to raise than corn. 



Mr. Geddes: Barley is a cheap crop to grow, and draws but little on the soiL 

 The hulless variety is the best. 



Mr. Beeman: I always soak barley for feeding, and consider nothing so- 

 cheap or so good. Have raised it for several years, and get from 40 to 4?-| 

 bushels per acre. 



GEASS LAKE INSTITUTE. 



PROGRAM. 



Monday Evening, Feb. 15.— 7 p. m. 

 Music. 



Prayer, by Rev. John Patchin. 

 Welcome Address, by Rev. J, M. Kerridge. 

 Music. 



Peaches for Profit — Prof. W. H. Merritt, Grass Lake. 



The Needs of Agriculture— Prof. Samuel Johnson, of Agricultural College. 

 Music. 



Tuesday Morning, Feb. 16, 10:00 a. m. 

 Music. 



Farming on Light Soils — C. L. Hall, Norvell. 

 Essay — Miss Mary Hitchcock, Sharon. 

 Music. 



Style in Farming — Prof. L. H. Bailey, Agricultural College. 

 Music. 



Afternoon Session — 2 p. m. 

 Music. 



How does the soil lose its fertility ? — H. A. Ladd, Brooklyn.- 

 The Agriculturist— Martin Haynes Grass Lake. 

 Music. 



Suggestions relative to Farm Economy — Hon. William Ball, Hamburg. 

 Music. 



Evening Session — 7 p. m. 

 Music. 



The Agricultm-al CoUege — Lems Palmer, Napoleon. 

 Music. 

 Robert Burns as Peasant and Poet — Prof. E. J. MacEwan, Agricultural College- 



