Report of the Assistant Professor of Husbandry 



and Animal Industry. 



To the Director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment 

 Station: 



Sir. — I have the honor to transmit a brief report upon the work 

 of the Dairy Division of the Agricultural Experiment Station for 

 the year 1896. 



The work of the Division has progressed along the lines pur- 

 sued in former years. The most extensive experiments for the 

 past year have been in relation to the quantity of milk as effected 

 by changes in the food of the animal, and in this work I have 

 had the assistance of graduate students in the College of Agri- 

 culture. Material is now in hand that will be ready for publica- 

 tion at no very distant date. 



The records of the production of our herd that were begun 

 some five years ago have been continued during the year and 

 have added materially to our facilities for work. We have also 

 been able to test the weekly production of several herds of 

 thoroughbred cattle in various parts of the State. 



In conclusion I can not refrain from again calling attention to 

 the need for an assistant in this Division who shall give his 

 whole time to the work of the Agricultural Experiment Station. 



I H. H. WING. 



