REPORT OF THE DAIRY DIVISION. 



To Hon. A. W. Gilman, Commissioner of Agricnltnre: 



Having resigned from the position of State Dairy Instructor, 

 I herewith present my report to and including September 30th, 

 1910, the date when my official relations with the Department 

 of Agriculture closed. 



The report will not include as heretofore, those made by 

 others members of the Dairy Division, as it appears desirable 

 for such reports to cover the entire year rather than to have 

 two reports, each covering a section of the year. 



Since my last report a considerable amount of constructive 

 work has been accomplished along certain lines and as usual 

 this will be discussed under its respective heads. 



DAIRY TESTING ASSOCIATIONS. 



The Dairy Testing, or as it is frequently called the Cow 

 Testing, Association has already, proven itself to be the most 

 important factor in the making of dairy progress in our State 

 within recent years. 



The circle of its influence has not been confined to the mem- 

 bership alone, but it has spread until in some respects the whole 

 State has received benefit from it. Let us examine briefly as 

 to what extent these benefits have accrued to the membership 

 and their relation to dairy progress in general. 



The writer of this report will hereafter use the words Dairy 

 Testing wherever applied to this particular form of organiza- 

 tion, first, because it more nearly describes the actual work of 

 the association, and second, because it avoids confusing the 

 purpose of the association with that of testing cows for tuber- 

 culosis, for strange as it may appear, regardless of all that has 

 been written in the newspapers of the State or spoken in public 

 meetings, many people still understand that a Cow Test Asso- 

 ciation is an organization effected for the purpose of testing the 

 cows owned by the membership for tuberculosis. 



