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tried the hackney, but it was a failure. A few years ago, after 

 the depression, the high prices offered and the demand has been 

 so great, that during the last five years a very large number of 

 Clydesdale mares as well as stallions have been imported from 

 Scotland. 1 wrote to a dealer and he offered a beautiful filly, 

 and I gave $330 for her. A few months later she dropped a 

 filly foal, and later a grade gelding. That grade gelding would 

 sell at $215. That mare has produced offspring that would sell 

 at $200 or $300 and has won first prize in one class and second 

 in another. That shows you what can be done in a 

 country close to yours — only the lakes between us. A neighbor 

 ■sold a grade gelding for $2(30. Ivight along they are selling at 

 $225 up to $300. These mares are doing the work, and this 

 year this same importetl mare produced a beautiful stallion colt 

 and did the work of the farm. I believe to-day that the use of 

 the Clydesdale stallion — start with the small one, the snappy 

 one, and then use him from IGOO to 1700 pomids, and I think the 

 people of the State of New York, as well as we of the Province 

 of Ontario, will make a profit. 



]\rR. HusoN : If there are no further annoimcements to be 

 made we will stand adjourned until to-morrow morning. 



Meeting adjourned. 



THIRD SESSION 

 Thursday Morning, January 23 



Meeting called to order 10:30 a. m. 



Mr. Husox : The first address on the program this morning 

 is one, I am sure, that will prove of great interest and profit 

 to all of us, and I have great pleasure in introducing to you 

 Mr. ]\[. S. Nye, of Preble, who will discuss for a time the 

 " Fitting of Dairy Animals for Show." 



FITTING DAIRY ANIMALS FOR SHOW 



Mr. M. S. Nye, Preble, N. Y. 



Certainly it ought to be a pleasure for anyone to say a word 

 about the dairy cow, for she is a most useful animal. It is only 

 right and proper for one for whom the dairy cow has done so 



