No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTl 'KK 507 



MINUTES OF THP^ MEETING OF THE STATE BOARD OF AGRI 

 CULTURE, HELD AT HARRISRITRG, PA.. JANUARY 27 AND 

 28, 1904. 



Wednesday, January 24, 1904, 9. A. M. 



The Board met in the Board of Trade Rooms at Harrisburg, Jan 

 uary 27th, at 9 o'clock A. M., Vice President J. A. Herr in the chair. 



The roll of membership was called and the following members 

 were found to be present: Maj. T. B. Brown, Dr. N. C. Schaeffer, 

 Hon. N. B. Critchfield, Gen. James A. Beaver, Norris G. Temple, A. 

 I. Weidner, S. S. Blyholder, H. G. McGowan, John A. Woodward. 

 M. E. Conard, S. X. McClellan, J. W. Nelson. J. A. Herr, H. V. 

 White, George G. Hutchison, S. M. McHenry, Matthew Rodgers. 

 Henry "W. Northup, P. S. Fenstemaker, A. J. Kahler, R. F. Schwarz. 

 Jason Sexton, J. Newton Glover, and M. N. Clark. 



The Minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. 



The Chair appointed the following Committee on Credentials: II. 

 G. McGowan, S. S. Bh^holder, J. Newton Glover, A. I. Weidner and 

 Norris G. Temple. 



The chairman of the Committee on Dairy and Dairy Products, Mr. 

 H. W. Northup, read the following jjliper: 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON DAIRY AND DAIRY 



PRODUCTS. 



BY H. \V. NORTHDP, Chairman. 



The Committee on Daiiy and Dairy Products make tlie following 

 report: % 



The United States Secretary of Agriculture, Hon. James Wilson. 

 December 20, 1902, reported to Congress 5,740,000 farms in the 

 United States. The aggregate value of the annual dairy products of 

 the United States (savs Henrv E. Alvord, (^hief of the Dairv Di- 

 vision), considerably exceeds 500,000.000 of dollars; and according 

 to some estimates it is placed at 600.000.000 of dollars. Taken 



