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sion. Some arranj^onient should be made for collecting this butter 

 through central points and seeing that it gets to St. Louis in i)roi)ei' 

 condition. I think the dairymen will furnish the goods, if the as- 

 surance is given that they will be properly handled. 



MR. AUSTIN LEONARD: If dairying is represented at St. Louis 

 it will have to be done through the Commission. How many of us 

 are here to-day, and why? Why have we not 500 here in attendance? 

 If we as dairymen of this State have not enough interest to attend 

 this meeting we have not enough interest or money to carry on an 

 exhibit at St. Louis, and although we do make in this State as fine 

 butter as is made, we cannot get it to St. Louis unless the Commis- 

 sion puts it there. 



The PRESIDENT: I should not like the suggestion to be under- 

 stood as pointing toward any diminution in the amount that has 

 been appropriated for the representation of the general agriculture 

 of the State. That is a mere pittance at best. What the Dairy 

 Union wants is not to divert some of the funds already appro- 

 priated, but the appropriation of an additional contribution for a 

 specific dairy exhibit. I take it that that is the sentiment of all 

 who have spoken. 



As I understand the question, it is the sense of the Dairy Union 

 that the State Commission should provide in such ways as they deem 

 best for the expense of an adequate representation of the Pennsyl- 

 vania dairy interests at St. Louis. 



COL. WOODWARD : I would like to have the wording of the reso- 

 lution so complete and full that it Avill express the sense of the 

 organization and that I shall not be obliged to put any interpreta- 

 tion upon it. 



The PRESIDENT: Mr. Norton, I am sure, will express in writing 

 that which we all understand the sense of the Dairy Union to be. 



Unanimously agreed to. 



DISCUSSION OF DR. NEAL'S PAPER. 



MR. H. W. COMFORT: I would like to ask whether crimson clover 

 is a palatable food and easily made? There was a feeling that the 

 heads of crimson clover were very poor feed, especially for horses. 



DR. NEAL: Our people have learned to make the croi) earlier in 

 the year when they intend to feed it to horses. The hull makes an 

 indigestible mass wdiich, when moistened, distends the stomach of 

 the horses. In some cases the horses were found dead and an im- 

 mense mass was taken from the stomach. It has been many years 

 since the occurrence of a case of that kind, but the lesson taught 

 has been to cut the grass when it is young. 

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