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only one thing. Bnt when we consider the gradual widening out of the 

 dairy production, the high price of labor, mishaps that follow along 

 with a herd of cow.;, the ups and downs of the seasons, in their . 

 influence upon the fodder supply, all having a tendency to narrow in the 

 profits, it is well, I think, for Vermont dairymen to stop and consider 

 if there is not an opportunity for them to make a combination of 

 dairying with one or more side lines, thereby making farming more 

 profitable to them and more sought after by their family. 



President Aitken: — Do you wish to ask the gentleman any ques- 

 tions in regard to his talk? He will be glad to answer them. 1 was 

 very glad to hear him take up that subject of the advisability of farmers 

 not carrying all their eggs in one basket. It is not good policy to 

 ignore so many things upon the farm that mav be turned to account 

 and I was very glad to hear Mr. Clark bring this fact to your 

 attention. 



The next speaker is Professor J. W. Decker of Columbus, Ohio, who 

 will talk to us on cheese making. 



Professor Decker said: 



I am very glad to come to Vermont and meet with the wide-awake 

 dairymen of this State. I expect to pick up a good many pointers while 

 I am here, if it was not for that I doubt if I would have been able to 

 come. I was recently at a meeting at Keene, N. H., and when I spoke 

 to the President of the University at Columbus about coming so far 

 he said he thought it was going a long way to milk a cow, but if they 

 were satisfied he was. It is about the same way coming to Vermont. 

 I am surprised that with the oldest Dairymen's Association in the 

 State and in the Nation, in a State that has 300,000 milch cows, worth 

 over $"0,000,000, with an army of 30,000 men to wait on those cows, 

 that you cannot afford to support a dairy school properly. 



If this organization is the strongest organization in the State, 

 vou ought to make your wants known and get what you want. In 

 Ohio we have a State Dairymen's Association also, but it is only 

 within the last four years that we have had a good Dairymen's Associa- 

 tion, but we have got a dairy equipment at the State farm and we 

 propose to walk up to the State Legislature and ask for about $80,000 

 in dairy stock and barn and dairy equipment for the next two years, 

 and we think the dairymen are going to insist we get it. You can do 

 the same in Vermont. I am sure you do not realize the value of your 

 dairy school. We have been hearing of the good work you are having 

 done in your experiment station and I hope you fully appreciate it. 



I have a large subject this afternoon which will naturaly have to be 

 shallow to cover the field. I hope to cut the subject short and hope 

 you will help me develop the subject further by qu^.,tions you will 

 ask. 



