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Resolved, That we ask that a comprehensive hiw be enacted 

 regulating the branding and sale of skimmed cheese. 



7. Whekeas, The Agricultural Committee of the House of 

 Representatives has granted a hearing to the dairymen of the 

 country upon the matter of proposed oleomargarine legislation 

 for Tuesday, December IT, 1912, 



Resolved, That the ISTew York State Dairymen's Association be 

 represented at said hearing by its president and secretary, or by 

 two delegates chosen by them, and that their expenses for such 

 appearance be paid out of the treasury of this association. 



8. Resolved, That a vote of appreciation and thanks be ten- 

 dered by the officers of this association, to the officers of the 

 National Guard, to the Syracuse Chamber of Commerce, to His 

 Honor, Mayor Schoeneck, to the speakers and singers, all of whom 

 have contributed to the success and pleasure of this most interest- 

 ing convention of the Xew York State Dairymen's Association. 



Chairman Smith : AYe have a little more time that we can take 

 up in discussion of the very valuable talk of Mr. Lillie. 



Mr. Matteson: There is one question that Mr. Lillie men- 

 tioned two or three times that I would like his opinion on. I 

 agree with you from beginning to end on the matter of bam tuber- 

 culosis. What temperature would you recommend for a stable? 

 You say to keep the cows warm. I can sleep in a warm room, 

 but I do not eat very well if they set me by a radiator. What 

 would you call a good, normal temperature for a stable ? 



Mr. Lillie : Warm air is not necessarily impure air. You 

 can have warm air just as pure as cold air. I do not believe in 

 making yourself or the cows uncomfortable. A stable should not 

 go below 40 degrees ; keep it between 40 and 60 degrees. 



W. E. Dana, or Avon : I am a little bit of a heretic, forced to 

 it by disastrous experience. In the first place, I kept a cow barn too 

 wai-m and the cows had tuberculosis. My barn was warm, but my 

 milk cans showed every variation in temperature. I had the 

 misfortune to have a fire which burned up the old barn; and I 

 built a new one different from the old. I have a great abundance 

 of light in it and T planned that T would have it colder. Last 

 winter the temperature went to freezing. I did not see with 

 the extreme cold any variation in my milk. My cows 



