Annual Meeting 1051 



productiveuess unimpaired, it seems, to me we luust give greater 

 attention to the breeding of domestic animals. There is no 

 means kno^vn to modern scientific agriculture by which our 

 depleted soils can be more quickly restored, or by which the 

 productiveness and fertility of our agricultural lands can be 

 maintained, than by the old-fashioned method of animal hus- 

 bandry. And at- this time more than at any other, at least for 

 many years, animal husbandry presents a very attractive busi- 

 ness proposition. The City of New York consumes more than 

 two million quarts of milk every day in the year, to say nothing 

 of the other great cities, towns and villages all over the state. 

 We are sending out of the state every year a very considerable 

 number of our best dairy cows; that fact has been brought to 

 my personal attention in this way, because they have to be 

 subjected to the tuberculin tost before they can be shipped out 

 of the state, and during the three or four months just past wo 

 have passed tests of more than 12,000 of the best dairy cows 

 in the State of New York that have gone out of the state. And 

 we are breeding but comparatively few dairy animals to take their 

 place. 



The great niunber of veal calves that are thrown upon the 

 market indicates that we are sending them to the m^arket at this 

 tender age rather than rear them for the future dairy cow. I 

 know the temptation is great in view of the high price paid for 

 veal, but it is not for the immediate present alone that we should 

 approach this subject; we must have some regard for the future, 

 and the future of this great industry. The dairy interest, as 

 you know, is the largest single agricultural interest in the State 

 of New York. We are now producing a hundred million dollars 

 a year in dairy products. We stand first of all the states in the 

 value and the quality of our dairy products. The demand for 

 these products is without limit. Our markets are the best in 

 the world; and while we may have troublesome market condi- 

 tions and problems to solve, that is no reason why we should 

 not plan for the future and meet the future demand for dairy 

 products in the State of New York. 



So it is with each branch of animal husbandry. We are buying 

 our horses for use on the farm. Some of you may feel that we 



