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necessary; still I am inclined to think that for many cows^ specially 

 those giving a large quantity of milk, that they will give more if 

 milked three times a day. 



MR. RIDDLE: I asked the question for the reason that while vis- 

 iting the World's Fair at St. Louis some time ago I was very much 

 interested in the milk tests going on there, and became acquainted 

 with a number of the gentlemen who have animals in that test, and 

 I noticed that they milked three times a day, dividing the day into 

 eight hour periods. I asked the reason and they said that they got 

 more milk than they would by milking twice a day. 



PROF. MAIRS: I believe that is true, because all those cows are 

 giving a large quantity of milk. 



MR. SEXTON: I want to say right here that we have had a good 

 deal of experience in that direction in the making of milk records 

 when the attempt was to secure the largest number of pounds of 

 the milk. We didn't care so much about the quality if we only got 

 pounds, and we found that in three milkings a day we could increase 

 very largely, and that the cow that made the largest record for milk 

 production ever put on record^ was milked four times a day. 



QUESTION: ''Has the milk-pail, sketched on the board, any spe- 

 cial advantage — any sanitary advantage?" 



PROF. MAIRS: It is supposed to keep out the dirt and hair, but it 

 has the unsanitary disadvantage that it is diflScult to clean, because 

 of the fact that there is so much mechanism about it. I do not recom- 

 mend that one. 



MR. MARTIN: As visitors, we no doubt will be interested in going 

 through the Carnegie Library which will be open after the hour of 

 2.30 o'clock this afternoon, so that those who desire to avail them- 

 selves of the pleasure of going through the library may do so at any 

 time after the hour named. This auditorium will be the place of 

 meeting this afternoon and to-night, and during the interval at noon 

 and this evening — between our sessions — this auditorium will be 

 open for rest and sociability. 



Adjourned to 2.30 P. M. 



PROGRAM— SECTION B. 



State College, Pa., Thursday Morning, Oct., 13, 1904. 



Z. T. CURE, Chairman. 



The CHAIRMAN: The audience will now come to order. We have 

 a very important subject to-day, "Market Gardening," and we have 



