l62 AGRICULTURE) OF MAINE. 



tioned above and to secure from the trustees of the University- 

 favorable consideration of the recommendation. 



At the annual meeting of the Maine Live Stock Breeders' 

 Association held in Waterville, November 15th and i6th, 1910, 

 the action of the Maine Dairymen's Association in recommend- 

 ing changes in the barns at the University farm was approved 

 and the appointment of a committee was ordered to act in con- 

 junction with the committee from the Dairymen's Association. 

 We, the members of the above mentioned committees, have in- 

 vestigated the conditions of the cattle and horse barns and be- 

 lieve that the preamble of the resolution introduced in the Dairy- 

 men's Association meeting, a copy of which follows, accurately 

 states the conditions and needs of the Agricultural College: 



"In recognition of the splendid work that has been and still 

 is being done by the Maine College of Agriculture, and of the 

 fact that at present the Animal Industry department is limited 

 in its usefulness by barns and outbuildings that are neither con- 

 venient nor of suitable size for carrying on its work education- 

 ally or commercially to the greatest advantage to the students 

 or profit to the State : — " 



We therefore respectfully request the trustees of the Uni- 

 versity to take immediate steps to carry into effect some change 

 which will meet the needs of the College and the State. 



L. E. McIntire, East Waterford. 



John Pease, Cornish. 



Dr. H. M. Moulton, Cumberland Center. 



M. E. Williams, Winthrop. 



John A. Ness, Auburn. 



L. S. Merrill, Orono. 



Replying to a request from the trustees as to what sugges- 

 tions our committee had to offer, the following was presented 

 as the proper solution of the conditions we found there : 



Suggestions for changes to be made in cattle and horse barns 

 at the University Farm. 



That the upper cattle barn (100x40) be moved to a suitable 

 site and remodeled to a suitable stable to meet the needs of the 

 work and breeding horses. 



That the lower cattle barn (100x50) have an addition built 

 to the east end and this barn be used as a storage barn for 



