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edge of these subjects of breeding that bring ns together and 

 which we are here to consider, I think you will all agree that, 

 from his eloquent address, he discloses the fact that he is quite 

 familiar with those great underlying principles that we are here 

 to consider, and that he knows more about them than he is 

 willing to admit. 



At this initial session of the association I desire to call your 

 attention to some facts in regard to the situation of the animal 

 husbandry interests in the State of ISTew York, so that when 

 we come to take up these questions from session to session we 

 will be in a better position to realize just what the condition 

 of that industry is to-day in the great State of New York, as 

 compared with what it has been at various periods in the past. 



The federal census tells that in the year 1890 there were 

 1,440,000 dairy cows in the State of New York. In the year 

 1900 that number had increased to 1,501,000, an increase, dur- 

 ing the ten years, of only 61,000. In 1910, the last authentic 

 figures we have on the subject, there appeared to be 1,509,000 

 dairy cows, an increase, during the period of ten years, of only 

 8,000, or less than 1,000 per year. When we turn to the value 

 of these animals, however, we get a different result. The federal 

 census does not disclose the value of the dairy animals in the 

 year 1890, but in the year 1900 we learn that the value of all 

 the dairy cows in the state was $48,000,000, and in 1910, 

 $69,000,000, an increase within the ten years of $21,000,000 

 in value, although there was an increase of only 8,000 in number. 



In that connection I desire to call your attention to another 

 fact in which there is a warning, that during the year 1910 

 young calves were sold to the extent of 1,027,000. From a 

 million and a half dairy cows more than a million veal calves 

 were sold in the year 1910. If that is to continue, from what 

 source is the future dairy cow to come ? 



Turning to the swine industry in the State of New York, 

 we find that in 1890 there were 843,000 pigs, old and young. 

 In 1900 there were only 678,000 of all ages, a decrease during 

 the ten years of 165,000. In 1910, ten years later, there were 

 666,000, a further decrease of 12,000 in the ten-year period. 

 The value, however, in 1900, appears to have been $3,800,000, 



