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I have already voiced my appreciation of the lack of encouragemeut 

 many farmers have to do better. But better cows are possible, bet- 

 ter feeding- and care are practicable, and both will pay. Better and 

 cleaner milk may not bring larger returns now, but it ought to and 

 will some day. If we but resolve to better our practice so far as in us 

 lies, and make good our resolutions, our example will be helpful in 

 others, twentieth century milk making will be just that much further 

 advanced towards perfection, and that great earthly goal towards 

 which we should all strive will be in some measure attained — the 

 world will be the better because we have lived in it. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Galbraith: I would like to ask if the benighted individuals of 

 the south-western section of the State spoken of by Professor Hills, 

 read dairy papers? 



A. I do not believe that they do; if so, they probably read with 

 their eyes shut. I consider the dairy paper one of the strongest 

 helps to the dairy interests that we have. 



Mr. Galbraith : I am glad to hear Professor Hills' remark in regard 

 to the dairy papers. I read every paper of this kind of any value. 



Q. I would like to ask what kind of a stable floor Professor Hills 

 considers the most cleanly. 



A. The cement floor is perhaps, all things considered, the most 

 cleanly, but it has the disadvantage of being cold. In Vermont the 

 plank floors are generally used, the gutters being made of cement, 

 asphalt or plank. 



FIRST DAY— EVENING SESSION. 



SOME ESSENTIALS OF SUCCESS IN BREEDING DAIRY CATTLE. 



By K. H. SIBLEY, Manager, MiUer & Sibley's Stock Farm, Franklin, Pa. 



The science of breeding is a complex and difficult one. Nature 

 does not trumpet forth her teachings from the house tops, nor does 

 she even whisper her wisdom to every careless passerby. Her pre- 

 cious truths are imparted onl}' a few at a time, and to only the dili- 

 gent and patient inquirer. 



In the half hour allotted to me for the discussion of this compre- 

 hensive subject, I cannot hope to do more than to make a mere 

 outline sketch. ]\Ioreover, I do not pose as an authority. My ex- 

 perience has been confined almost exclusively to the breeding of 

 Jersey cattle; but I trust that I may glean some facts which shall 



