2/4 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



question of animal odors, of course, is a very peculiar one, 

 but I think there is but very little question but what most 

 of the animal odors that we talk about come from manure. If 

 we can get rid of the manure we can get rid of the animal 

 odor. How that can be done I do not know. I do know, 

 however, that I have seen milk with these animal odors 

 strongly marked drawn from cows which were kept in very 

 bad condition. In one case eighty cows in a room no bigger 

 than this, and in very bad condition, and where, of. course, 

 there was a very strong odor. I have seen that milk run 

 through a separator of a certain kind, and when it came out 

 the odor had disappeared. All they had done was simply to 

 throw the manure out of it. Most of the animal odors com- 

 plained of I think are due to that fact. 



Mr. HoYT. I would like to ask Prof. Conn if he thinks 

 there is any money selling milk at the present prices of feed? 



A Member. No, sir. No one can make a profit selling 

 milk that has to pay the present prices of grain. You can- 

 not make money by selling milk at two cents when it is costing 

 you three to make it. 



Mr. \'aile. I should like to inquire regarding the results 

 of the recent experiments which they have been carrying on at 

 the college for the last three or four years with tuberculous 

 cattle. I have heard nothing about it recently. It is one of the 

 most vital subjects of interest to dairymen. They had heard of 

 tuberculous cows up there that they were raising calves from, 

 and I would like to know what the results have been from the 

 quarantining of the progeny; how much of it is healthy and 

 how much they found diseased, and what has been done in rela- 

 tion to the experiment which they were trying. I think it 

 would be of very great interest if some of the professors from 

 the college would give us some information about it. 



The President. I believe that Dr. Atwater said that you 

 would hear something about that later. Prof. Phelps is here, 

 and I hope he will tell us something about it. 



