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have skipped in one of our earlier sessions, ''Sheep Husbandry," bj 

 Mr. J. S. Burns, of Clinton, Pa. 



MR. SEXTON: 1 sa\v Mr. Detricli only a few days ago, and 

 he really expected to be here. I am sorry that he is not coming. I 

 consider his method in the dairy one of the most practical exhibitions 

 of its kind, and those of you who have not visited his farm will won- 

 der how on that little farm of fifteen acres from twenty to thirty 

 cows are kept the year round, and all the fodder and feed raised on 

 which those cows are kept, pure bred Jerseys, excepting the bran 

 that he buys to balance the ration. I am sorry he is not here, for 

 you would begin to think that it is not acres you needed so much as 

 intelligence in conducting the dairy. 



MR. MARTIN: Mr. Detrich, being a minister, we are aware that 

 there are times that he is called by special cases, sickness, funerals 

 and marriages, so that we must make allowances for his not being 

 in attendance. We will say, how-ever, that it is our hope to publish 

 these papers in pamphlet form, and I am quite certain that Mr. 

 Detrich will furnish us his paper on the topic assigned him and that 

 you will be able to get it in the printed form later on. 



(Since the adjournment of the meeting, Mr. Detrich's paper has 

 been received and is presented, as follows:) 



FP:ED,. breed and care of the dairy ANIMAL. 



By Rkv. J. D. Dktrich, Fiourtowii, I'a. 



During one of the institutes held in the State of Pennsylvania last 

 winter, three competent statesmen were engaged in an intelligent 

 conversation on breeding and the dairy points in certain renowned 

 animals; in the same room sat an apparently quiet listener, but 

 taking no active part in the conversation until a certain point was 

 raised, when the quiet observer Joined in the discussion, and deliv- 

 ered himself after the following manner: "I have heard all you 

 gentlemen have been saying and have been very much interested, 

 but I will bet anv of von a handsome sum that vou can pick out 40 

 dairy cows and put them at work in the dairy and one-half of thew 

 will turn out failures." 



